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Mark Sinclair Vincent was born
Alameda, California, July 18, 1967, better known by the stage name of Vin Diesel, is an American actor, producer and film director. -
Vin began his film career as a director and screenwriter, influenced by Sidney Lumet.
His first work was in 1994 with the short Multi-facial, which was selected for the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. The short film is about racial mixture and identity. -
wrote and directed the feature film Strays
who was selected to compete in the Sundance Festival. The short film deals with adolescence and male friendship. -
played First Class soldier Adrian Caparzo in the war film Saving Private Ryan by acclaimed director Steven Spielberg.
Spielberg had the opportunity to see the short Multi-Facial and was so impressed by Vin's performance that he decided to include it. In 1999 he lent his voice to the character of the "Iron Giant" in the animated children's film The Iron Giant. -
He played the convicted murderer Richard B. Riddick in the movie Pitch Black.
Riddick is a furian and he operated his eyes to see in the dark. A lot of the action and risk scenes were done by himself. That same year he appeared in the movie Boiler Room where he played Chris Varick, a young businessman. -
he played Dominic "Dom" Toretto for the first time in the action movie The Fast and the Furious.
Dominic is the "King" of street racing in Los Angeles and together with his group is in charge of stealing electronic products with a very bold modality, during the course of the film he meets the undercover agent Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker †) who befriends That same year he appeared in the film Knockaround Guys where he played Taylor Reese, the film is about a group of young children of known gangsters who are heading to a small town in Montana to recover a bag of money. -
played Xander Cage
In the xXx action movie, Xander is a risky sports lover who is recruited by the government to perform a dangerous mission. -
appeared in the movie A Man Apart
where he played DEA agent Sean Vetter, who after locking up a man related to the drug trade, his wife is murdered and following his death Sean seeks revenge on the culprit. The film was produced by his own company One Race Productions. -
played Riddick again, this time in the movie The Chronicles Of Riddick
the sequel to Pitch Black. -
he made a movie for children The Pacifier
A super tough babysitter in Latin America as a bullet proof babysitter), where he played SEAL Shane Wolfe, who is charged with protecting the family of a scientist who worked on a secret military project and who is killed. Shane has to find the project before the spies get it. -
appeared at the end of the movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
playing the role of Dominic Toretto again. That same year he participated in the film Find Me Guilty, where he played the gangster Giacomo "Jackie" DiNorscio, a convicted prisoner who decides to represent himself in the largest trial against the mafia in the US. -
played Cornelius Toorop in the movie Babylon A.D., directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Cornelius is a mercenary who is entrusted with the safety of a young woman who has been genetically altered to carry a virus that allows her to generate a messiah. In 2009 he once again played Dominic Toretto in the fourth film Fast & Furious, which premiered in April of the same year; which at the same time directed, wrote and acted. That same year lent his voice to the character of CIA agent Milo Burik in the video game Wheelman, in this Milo is in a dangerous mission in the city of Barcelona. -
again played the role of Dominic Toretto in the movie Fast Five
fifth installment of the saga The Fast and the Furious. He will also appear in the movie The Wheelman, where Diesel is expected to play the lead role. The film will be based on the video game in which Vin participated in 2009. -
he returned to play the role of Dominic Toretto in the movie Fast and Furious 6
in which the actress Michelle Rodriguez reappears, which gives life to the character of Letty, the great love of Toretto. -
did again to Dominic Toretto in the movie Fast & Furious 7
where it was said that it had been difficult after the death of his partner Paul Walker. -
appeared in the television program El hormiguero.
He was going to appear with Charlize Theron, but he returned to the United States because a compromise had arisen, canceling all his plans for the premiere of Fast & Furious 8
