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Vin Diesel
Diesel in 2013
Born	Mark Sinclair (1967-07-18) July 18, 1967 (age 57) Alameda County, California, U.S.
Education	Hunter College
Occupations	Actor producer writer director
Years active	1990\u2013present
Partner	Paloma Jimenez (2007\u2013present)
Children	3
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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 Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise.\n

Born in California, Diesel attended NYC's Hunter College, 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, and first became known for appearing 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.\n

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\u20132023), the television special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), and the animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).\n

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.\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1990\n	Awakenings\n	Orderly\n	Uncredited\n
1995\n	Multi-Facial\n	Mike\n	Short film; also writer, director and producer\n
1997\n	Strays\n	Rick\n	Also writer, director and producer\n
1998\n	Saving Private Ryan\n	Private Adrian Caparzo\n	\n
1999\n	The Iron Giant\n	The Iron Giant (voice)\n	\n
2000\n	Boiler Room\n	Chris Varick\n	\n
Pitch Black\n	Richard B. Riddick\n	\n
2001\n	The Fast and the Furious\n	Dominic Toretto\n	\n
Knockaround Guys\n	Taylor Reese\n	\n
2002\n	XXX\n	Xander Cage\n	Also executive producer\n
2003\n	The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious\n	Dominic Toretto\n	Short film; uncredited; archive footage\n
A Man Apart\n	Sean Vetter\n	Also producer\n
2004\n	The Chronicles of Riddick\n	Richard B. Riddick\n	Also producer\n
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury\n	Richard B. Riddick (voice)\n	Short film\n
2005\n	The Pacifier\n	Lieutenant Shane Wolfe\n	\n
2006\n	Find Me Guilty\n	Jackie DiNorscio\n	\n
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift\n	Dominic Toretto\n	Uncredited cameo\n
2008\n	Babylon A.D.\n	Hugo Cornelius Toorop\n	\n
2009\n	Fast & Furious\n	Dominic Toretto\n	Also producer\n
Los Bandoleros\n	Short film; also writer, director, producer\n
2011\n	Fast Five\n	Also producer\n
2013\n	Fast & Furious 6\n	Also producer\n
Riddick: Blindsided\n	Richard B. Riddick (voice)\n	Short film\n
Riddick\n	Richard B. Riddick\n	Also producer\n
2014\n	Guardians of the Galaxy\n	Groot (voice)\n	\n
2015\n	Furious 7\n	Dominic Toretto\n	Also producer\n
The Last Witch Hunter\n	Kaulder\n	Also producer\n
2016\n	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk\n	Shroom\n	\n
2017\n	XXX: Return of Xander Cage\n	Xander Cage\n	Also producer\n
The Fate of the Furious\n	Dominic Toretto\n	Also producer\n
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\n	Groot (voice)\n	\n
2018\n	Avengers: Infinity War\n	\n
Ralph Breaks the Internet\n	Cameo appearance\n
2019\n	Avengers: Endgame\n	\n
2020\n	Bloodshot\n	Ray Garrison / Bloodshot\n	Also producer\n
2021\n	F9\n	Dominic Toretto\n	Also producer\n
2022\n	Thor: Love and Thunder\n	Groot (voice)\n	\n
2023\n	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3\n	\n
Fast X\n	Dominic Toretto\n	Also producer\n
TBA\n	Riddick: Furya\n	Richard B. Riddick\n	Filming; also producer\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
2019, 2021\n	Fast & Furious Spy Racers\n	Dominic Toretto (voice)\n	4 episodes; Executive producer\n
2022\u20132023\n	I Am Groot\n	Groot (voice)\n	Main role\n
2022\n	The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special\n	Television special\n
2023\n	Marvel Studios: Assembled	Himself	Episode: \"The Making of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3\u200a\"\n
2024\n	Ark: The Animated Series\n	Santiago Da Costa (voice)\n	Also executive producer\n

Year\n	Title\n	Voice role\n	Notes\n
2004\n	The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay\n	Richard B. Riddick\n	\n
2009\n	Wheelman\n	Milo Burik\n	\n
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena\n	Richard B. Riddick\n	\n
2020\n	Fast & Furious Crossroads\n	Dominic Toretto\n	\n
2024\n	Ark 2\n	Santiago Da Costa^[60]\n	Also executive producer\n

Title\n	Year\n	Album\n
\"Feel Like I Do\"\n	2020\n	Non-album singles\n
\"Days Are Gone\"\n

Year\n	Award\n	Category\n	Work\n	Result\n
1999\n	Screen Actors Guild Award\n	Outstanding Performance by a Cast \n	Saving Private Ryan\n	Nominated^[a]\n
Online Film Critics Society Award\n	Best Cast\n	Won^[a]\n
2001\n	Blockbuster Entertainment Award\n	Favorite Actor\n	Pitch Black\n	Nominated\n
2002	MTV Movie Awards\n	Best Male Performance\n	The Fast and the Furious\n	Nominated\n
Best On-Screen Team\n	Won^[b]\n
Black Reel Award\n	Best Actor\n	Nominated\n
2003\n	MTV Movie Award\n	Best Male Performance\n	xXx\n	Nominated\n
Teen Choice Award\n	Choice Movie Actor: Drama/Action Adventure\n	xXx A Man Apart\n	Nominated\n
2004\n	Spike Video Game Award\n	Best Performance by a Human Male\n	The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay\n	Nominated\n
2005\n	Interactive Achievement Award\n	Outstanding Character Performance - Male^[61]\n	Nominated\n
Teen Choice Award\n	Choice Movie Actor: Comedy\n	The Pacifier\n	Nominated\n
Golden Raspberry Award\n	Worst Actor\n	The Chronicles of Riddick\n	Nominated\n
Video Software Dealers Association Award\n	Male Star of the Year^[62]\n	Won\n
2009\n	Spike Video Game Award\n	Best Performance by a Human Male\n	The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena\n	Nominated\n
MTV Movie Award\n	Best Male Performance\n	Fast & Furious\n	Nominated\n
2010\n	People's Choice Award\n	Favorite Action Star\n	Nominated\n
2011\n	CinemaCon Award	Action Star of the Year^[63]\n	Fast Five\n	Won\n
Teen Choice Award\n	Choice Movie Actor\n	Nominated\n
2012\n	Image Award\n	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture\n	Nominated\n
Black Reel Award\n	Best Cast Ensemble\n	Nominated^[a]\n
People's Choice Award\n	Favorite Action Star\n	Nominated\n
2013\n	Teen Choice Award\n	Choice Movie: Chemistry\n	Fast & Furious 6\n	Nominated^[c]\n
2014\n	People's Choice Award\n	Favorite Action Movie Actor\n	Nominated\n
MTV Movie Award\n	Best On-Screen Duo\n	Won^[b]\n
2015\n	Phoenix Film Critics Society\n	Best Cast\n	Guardians of the Galaxy\n	Nominated\n
Black Reel Award\n	Outstanding Voice Performance\n	Nominated\n
Teen Choice Awards\n	Choice Movie Actor: Action\n	Furious 7\n	Won\n
Choice Movie: Chemistry\n	Nominated^[a]\n
2016\n	People's Choice Awards\n	Favorite Movie\n	Won\n
Favorite Action Movie\n	Won\n
Favorite Action Movie Actor\n	N/A\n	Nominated\n
2018\n	Black Reel Award\n	Outstanding Voice Performance\n	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\n	Won^[64]\n
2022\n	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award\n	Favorite Movie Actor^[65]\n	F9: The Fast Saga\n	Nominated^[66]\n
2024\n	Golden Raspberry Award\n	Worst Actor\n	Fast X\n	Nominated^[67]^[68]^[69]^[70]\n

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Director and writer	\n Multi-Facial (1995) \n Strays (1997) \n Los Bandoleros (2009) \n
Characters	\n Richard B. Riddick \n Dominic Toretto \n Groot \n
Related	\n One Race Films \n Racetrack Records \n Tigon Studios \n

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