Fast Five was the first Fast & Furious film to feature Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs.
Released in 2011, Fast Five introduces Hobbs as a Diplomatic Security Service agent pursuing Dominic Toretto and Brian O'Conner. His mission changes when he recognizes that the criminal mastermind they face is a larger threat, leading him to cooperate with the crew.
The casting of Dwayne Johnson significantly broadened the film's ensemble. Fast Five combines the franchise's established street-racing identity with a Brazil-set heist story, and Hobbs becomes one of the series' most important recurring characters afterward.
Johnson returned as Hobbs in Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, The Fate of the Furious, and later the Hobbs & Shaw spin-off. His first appearance is therefore Fast Five, not the sixth film, even though the character becomes more prominent in subsequent installments.