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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 "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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vin Diesel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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 "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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vin Diesel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Golden Globe Awards
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
Marvel Studios Legends
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Awakenings
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Avengers: Endgame
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avengers: Infinity War
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
ARK: The Animated Series
Avengers: Doomsday
Thor: Love and Thunder
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Saving Private Ryan
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Boiler Room
Bisping
The Fast and the Furious
Furious 7
Groot's First Steps
xXx
Fast & Furious 6
Bloodshot
Fast & Furious
Riddick
I Am Groot
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Last Witch Hunter
Riddick: Blindsided
Groot's Pursuit
The Little Guy
Magnum Opus
Fast X: Part 2
The Pacifier
Riddick: Furya
Fast Five
F9
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Pitch Black
Find Me Guilty
Fast X
Groot Takes a Bath
Into Pitch Black
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
The Fate of the Furious
Production Credits
Furious 7
The Last Witch Hunter
ARK: The Animated Series
Bloodshot
Fast X: Part 2
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Reyes
The Chronicles of Riddick
Fast X
xXx
Riddick: Furya
Riddick
Hitman
Fast & Furious 6
The Fate of the Furious
Fast Five
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
Fast & Furious
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
F9
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