Vin Diesel
Born July 18, 1967 (Age: 58)
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Alameda County, California, USA
Biography
Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and film producer. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known for portraying Dominic "Dom" Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise. Born in California, Diesel attended Hunter College in New York City, where studies in creative writing led him to begin screenwriting. He wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the short drama film Multi-Facial (1995) and his debut feature, Strays (1997). He came to prominence in the late 1990s. First, he gained recognition for his appearance in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan in 1998. He followed up with commercially successful films such as Boiler Room (2000) and The Pacifier (2005). He gained stardom as a leading action star headlining numerous franchises, including Fast & Furious, XXX, and The Chronicles of Riddick. His voice acting work includes The Iron Giant (1999), the video games The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (2009), and the voices of Groot I and Groot II in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU); he portrayed the characters in six superhero films, beginning with Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Diesel has reprised his role as Groot for the Disney+ animated shorts series I Am Groot (2022–2023), the television special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), and the animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). He founded the production company One Race Films, where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for his star vehicles. Diesel also founded the record label Racetrack Records and video game developer Tigon Studios, providing his voice and motion capture for all of Tigon's releases.
Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and film producer. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known for portraying Dominic "Dom" Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise.
Born in California, Diesel attended Hunter College in New York City, where studies in creative writing led him to begin screenwriting. He wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the short drama film Multi-Facial (1995) and his debut feature, Strays (1997). He came to prominence in the late 1990s. First, he gained recognition for his appearance in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan in 1998. He followed up with commercially successful films such as Boiler Room (2000) and The Pacifier (2005). He gained stardom as a leading action star headlining numerous franchises, including Fast & Furious, XXX, and The Chronicles of Riddick.
His voice acting work includes The Iron Giant (1999), the video games The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (2009), and the voices of Groot I and Groot II in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU); he portrayed the characters in six superhero films, beginning with Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Diesel has reprised his role as Groot for the Disney+ animated shorts series I Am Groot (2022–2023), the television special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), and the animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).
He founded the production company One Race Films, where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for his star vehicles. Diesel also founded the record label Racetrack Records and video game developer Tigon Studios, providing his voice and motion capture for all of Tigon's releases.
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Filmography
Fast X
2023
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as Dominic Toretto
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Age: 55
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
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as Groot (voice)
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Age: 55
A Journey to Sundance
2023
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as Self
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Age: 55
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
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as Groot (voice)
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Age: 54
F9
2021
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as Dominic Toretto
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Age: 53
Bloodshot
2020
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as Ray Garrison / Bloodshot
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Age: 52
Avengers: Endgame
2019
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as Groot (voice)
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Age: 51
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018
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as Baby Groot (voice)
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Age: 51
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
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as Groot (voice)
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Age: 50
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
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as Baby Groot (voice)
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Age: 49
The Fate of the Furious
2017
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as Dominic Toretto
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Age: 49
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
2017
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as Xander Cage
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Age: 49
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016
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as Shroom
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Age: 49
The Last Witch Hunter
2015
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as Kaulder
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Age: 48
Furious 7
2015
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as Dominic Toretto
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Age: 47
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
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as Groot (voice)
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Age: 47
Riddick
2013
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as Riddick
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Age: 46
Fast & Furious 6
2013
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as Dominic Toretto
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Age: 45
Fast Five
2011
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as Dominic Toretto
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Age: 43
Fast & Furious
2009
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as Dominic Toretto
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Age: 41
Babylon A.D.
2008
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as Toorop
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Age: 41
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006
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as Dominic Toretto (uncredited)
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Age: 38
Find Me Guilty
2006
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as Jackie DiNorscio
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Age: 38
The Pacifier
2005
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as Shane Wolf
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Age: 37
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
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as Riddick
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Age: 36
A Man Apart
2003
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as Sean Vetter
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Age: 35
xXx
2002
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as Xander Cage
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Age: 35
Knockaround Guys
2001
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as Taylor Reese
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Age: 34
The Fast and the Furious
2001
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as Dominic Toretto
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Age: 33
Into Pitch Black
2000
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as Richard B. Riddick
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Age: 33
Boiler Room
2000
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as Chris Varick
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Age: 32
Pitch Black
2000
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as Richard B. Riddick
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Age: 32
No Image
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
1999
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as Self
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Age: 32
The Iron Giant
1999
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as The Iron Giant (voice)
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Age: 32
Saving Private Ryan
1998
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as Private Caparzo
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Age: 31
Awakenings
1990
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as Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
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Age: 23