Vin Diesel

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 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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Avengers: Infinity War

Golden Globe Awards

Avengers: Endgame

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

All Movies (63)

• Fast Forever2028 · as Dominic Toretto
• Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe2025 · as Self
• Fast X2023 · as Dominic Toretto
• Fast & Furious Greatest Moments: Refuelled2023 · as Self
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 32023 · as Groot (voice)
• A Journey to Sundance2023 · as Self
• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special2022 · as Groot (voice)
• Groot's Pursuit2022 · as Baby Groot (voice)
• The Little Guy2022 · as Baby Groot (voice)
• Groot Takes a Bath2022 · as Baby Groot (voice)
• Groot's First Steps2022 · as Baby Groot (voice)
• Magnum Opus2022 · as Baby Groot (voice)
• Thor: Love and Thunder2022 · as Groot (voice)
• F92021 · as Dominic Toretto
• Bisping2021 · as Self
• Ricky Powell: The Individualist2020 · as Self
• Bloodshot2020 · as Ray Garrison / Bloodshot
• Avengers: Endgame2019 · as Groot (voice)
• Ralph Breaks the Internet2018 · as Baby Groot (voice)
• Avengers: Infinity War2018 · as Groot (voice)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 22017 · as Baby Groot (voice)
• The Fate of the Furious2017 · as Dominic Toretto
• xXx: Return of Xander Cage2017 · as Xander Cage
• Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk2016 · as Shroom
• The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant2016 · as Self
• The Last Witch Hunter2015 · as Kaulder
• Furious 72015 · as Dominic Toretto
• Guardians of the Galaxy2014 · as Groot (voice)
• Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe2014 · as Self
• Riddick2013 · as Riddick
• Riddick: Blindsided2013 · as Riddick
• Fast & Furious 62013 · as Dominic Toretto
• Fucking Kassovitz2011 · as Self
• Fast Five2011 · as Dominic Toretto
• Los Bandoleros2009 · as Dominic Toretto
• Fast & Furious2009 · as Dominic Toretto
• Wheelman2009 · as Milo Burik
• Babylon A.D.2008 · as Toorop
• The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift2006 · as Dominic Toretto (uncredited)
• Find Me Guilty2006 · as Jackie DiNorscio
• The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage2005 · as Xander Cage (voice / archive)
• The Pacifier2005 · as Shane Wolf
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury2004 · as Richard B. Riddick (voice)
• The Chronicles of Riddick2004 · as Riddick
• The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious2003 · as Dominic Toretto
• A Man Apart2003 · as Sean Vetter
• xXx2002 · as Xander Cage
• Knockaround Guys2001 · as Taylor Reese
• The Fast and the Furious2001 · as Dominic Toretto
• Into Pitch Black2000 · as Richard B. Riddick
• Pitch Black2000 · as Richard B. Riddick
• Boiler Room2000 · as Chris Varick
• Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan1999 · as Self
• The Iron Giant1999 · as The Iron Giant (voice)
• The Making of 'The Iron Giant'1999 · as Self - Host
• Saving Private Ryan1998 · as Private Caparzo
• Strays1997 · as Rick
• Multi-Facial1995 · as Mike
• Awakenings1990 · as Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
• Breakin' in the USA: Break Dancing and Electric Boogie Taught by the Pros1984 · as Self
• Riddick: Furya— · as Richard B. Riddick
• The Last Witch Hunter: The Lion's Oath— · as Kaulder
• Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots—

All TV Shows (22)

• Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks2025 · as Himself
• Conan O'Brien Must Go2024 · as Dominic Toretto (archive footage) (uncredited)
• ARK: The Animated Series2024 · as Santiago (voice)
• I Am Groot2022 · as Baby Groot (voice)
• Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Groot (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Fast & Furious Spy Racers2019 · as Dom Toretto (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• CelebriD&D2015 · as Kaulder
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Web Junk 202006
• The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn1999 · as Self - Guest
• EP Daily1997
• Taff1997 · as self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter