Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as\u00a0Vin Diesel, is an American actor and film producer. One of the world’s\u00a0highest-grossing actors, he is best known for portraying\u00a0Dominic “Dom” Toretto\u00a0in the\u00a0Fast & Furious\u00a0franchise.<\/p>\n
Born in\u00a0California, Diesel attended\u00a0Hunter College\u00a0in New York City, where studies in creative writing led him to begin\u00a0screenwriting. He wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the short drama film\u00a0Multi-Facial\u00a0(1995) and his debut feature,\u00a0Strays\u00a0(1997). He came to prominence in the late 1990s. First, he gained recognition for his appearance in\u00a0Steven Spielberg’s\u00a0Saving Private Ryan\u00a0in 1998. He followed up with commercially successful films such as\u00a0Boiler Room\u00a0(2000) and\u00a0The Pacifier\u00a0(2005). He gained stardom as a leading action star headlining numerous franchises, including\u00a0Fast & Furious,\u00a0XXX, and\u00a0The Chronicles of Riddick.<\/p>\n
His voice acting work includes\u00a0The Iron Giant (1999), the video games\u00a0The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay\u00a0(2004) and\u00a0The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena\u00a0(2009), and the voices of\u00a0Groot I\u00a0and Groot II in the\u00a0Marvel Cinematic Universe\u00a0(MCU); he portrayed the characters in six\u00a0superhero films, beginning with\u00a0Guardians of the Galaxy\u00a0(2014). Diesel has reprised his role as Groot for the\u00a0Disney+\u00a0animated shorts series\u00a0I Am Groot\u00a0(2022\u20132023), the television special\u00a0The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special\u00a0(2022), and the animated film\u00a0Ralph Breaks the Internet\u00a0(2018).<\/p>\n
He founded the production company\u00a0One Race Films, where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for his\u00a0star vehicles. Diesel also founded the record label Racetrack Records and video game developer\u00a0Tigon Studios, providing his voice and\u00a0motion capture\u00a0for all of Tigon’s releases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as\u00a0Vin Diesel, is an American actor and film producer. One of the world’s\u00a0highest-grossing actors, he is best known for portraying\u00a0Dominic “Dom” Toretto\u00a0in the\u00a0Fast & Furious\u00a0franchise. Born in\u00a0California, Diesel attended\u00a0Hunter College\u00a0in New York City, where studies in creative writing led him to begin\u00a0screenwriting. He wrote, directed, produced, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7972","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n