Vin Diesel

Acting · Born 1967-07-18 in 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…

Filmography

• Saving Private Ryan as Private Caparzo
• The Iron Giant as The Iron Giant (voice)
• Awakenings as Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
• The Fast and the Furious as Dominic Toretto
• Fast Five as Dominic Toretto
• Guardians of the Galaxy as Groot (voice)
• Groot's Pursuit as Baby Groot (voice)
• The Little Guy as Baby Groot (voice)
• Groot Takes a Bath as Baby Groot (voice)
• Groot's First Steps as Baby Groot (voice)

TV

• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• The Daily Show as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Web Junk 20
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• ARK: The Animated Series as Santiago (voice)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
• CelebriD&D as Kaulder
• Marvel Studios Legends as Groot (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)