The Rock plays Riddick.
Richard B. Riddick , more commonly known as Riddick , is a fictional character and the antihero of four films in the Riddick series ( Pitch Black , The Chronicles of Riddick , the animated movie The Chronicles of Riddick : Dark Fury , and Riddick ) , as well as the two video games The Chronicles of Riddick : Escape from Butcher Bay and The Chronicles of Riddick : Assault on Dark Athena .