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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
Saving Private Ryan
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Fast and the Furious
Bisping
Boiler Room
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Fast & Furious 6
The Chronicles of Riddick
Riddick: Furya
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Pitch Black
The Pacifier
xXx
The Little Guy
Fast & Furious
Groot's First Steps
Groot Takes a Bath
Groot's Pursuit
The Fate of the Furious
I Am Groot
Find Me Guilty
Riddick: Blindsided
F9
Bloodshot
Riddick
Fast Five
Magnum Opus
The Last Witch Hunter
Fast X: Part 2
Into Pitch Black
Fast X
Furious 7
Production Credits
Fast & Furious
Riddick
Fast X: Part 2
Bloodshot
The Last Witch Hunter
xXx
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
Furious 7
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Fast X
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Reyes
Fast & Furious 6
The Fate of the Furious
Hitman
Riddick: Furya
Fast Five
F9
ARK: The Animated Series
The Chronicles of Riddick
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