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Sean Combs and Vin Diesel attend the Los Angeles Premiere of "Can't Stop Won't Stop" at the Writers Guild of America, West on June 21, 2017, in Los Angeles, California.
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2017
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Actor Vin Diesel presents an award at the NALIP 2017 Latino Media Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on June 24, 2017, in Hollywood, California.
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2017
Vin Diesel joins TODAY to talk about the new installment in the action movie franchise, in which his character betrays his team and locks lips with a female villain played by Charlize Theron. Diesel describes the sensation their kiss made when the trailer debuted in Times Square. Monday, April 10, 2017.
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2017
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Actor Vin Diesel attends 'The Fate Of The Furious' New York Premiere at Radio City Music Hall on April 8, 2017, in New York City.
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2018
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2018
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2018
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Vin Diesel seen out after attending a red carpet event in Manhattan on April 30, 2018, in New York City.
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2018
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Vin Diesel attends Fast & Furious - Supercharged Universal Orlando Premiere at Universal Orlando on May 2, 2018, in Orlando, Florida.
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2018
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Actor Vin Diesel speaks at Hunter College 2018 Commencement ceremony and receives his Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Radio City Music Hall on May 30, 2018 in New York City.
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2018
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Vin Diesel during the 'Fast and Furious Live' premeire at The O2 Arena on January 19, 2018, in London, England.
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2018
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Zoe Saldana and Vin Diesel attend the premiere of Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War on April 23, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.
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2019
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Vin Diesel (L) and Similce Diesel arrive at the premiere of Netflix's "Fast And Furious: Spy Racers" at Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood on December 07, 2019, in Universal City, California.
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2019
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Vin Diesel speaks onstage during the 2019 British Academy Britannia Awards presented by American Airlines and Jaguar Land Rover at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 25, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.
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2019
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Vin Diesel and Paloma Jimenez attend "The Lion King" European Premiere at Leicester Square on July 14, 2019, in London, England.
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2019
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Vin Diesel and his children, Hania Riley Sinclair, Vincent Sinclair and Pauline Sinclair attend "The Lion King" European Premiere at Leicester Square on July 14, 2019 in London, England.
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2019
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Vin Diesel arrives at the world premiere Of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures "Avengers: Endgame" at Los Angeles Convention Center on April 22, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.
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2019
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Lupita Nyong'o and Vin Diesel pose in the Press Room at the 50th NAACP Image Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 30, 2019, in Hollywood, California.
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2020
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Vin Diesel attends "The Road to F9" Global Fan Extravaganza at Maurice A. Ferre Park on January 31, 2020, in Miami, Florida.
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2020
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Vin Diesel speaks onstage during Universal Pictures Presents The Road To F9 Concert and Trailer Drop on January 31, 2020, in Miami, Florida.
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Sean Combs and Vin Diesel attend the Los Angeles Premiere of "Can't Stop Won't Stop" at the Writers Guild of America, West on June 21, 2017, in Los Angeles, California.
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Actor Vin Diesel presents an award at the NALIP 2017 Latino Media Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on June 24, 2017, in Hollywood, California.
Vin Diesel joins TODAY to talk about the new installment in the action movie franchise, in which his character betrays his team and locks lips with a female villain played by Charlize Theron. Diesel describes the sensation their kiss made when the trailer debuted in Times Square. Monday, April 10, 2017.
Actor Vin Diesel speaks at Hunter College 2018 Commencement ceremony and receives his Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Radio City Music Hall on May 30, 2018 in New York City.
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Vin Diesel (L) and Similce Diesel arrive at the premiere of Netflix's "Fast And Furious: Spy Racers" at Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood on December 07, 2019, in Universal City, California.
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Vin Diesel speaks onstage during the 2019 British Academy Britannia Awards presented by American Airlines and Jaguar Land Rover at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 25, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Vin Diesel and his children, Hania Riley Sinclair, Vincent Sinclair and Pauline Sinclair attend "The Lion King" European Premiere at Leicester Square on July 14, 2019 in London, England.
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Vin Diesel arrives at the world premiere Of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures "Avengers: Endgame" at Los Angeles Convention Center on April 22, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.
("Strays" is a 1997 American drama film written, directed,...)
"Strays" is a 1997 American drama film written, directed, produced by and starring Vin Diesel, which follows a drug dealer-hustler who is fed up with the repetitious life style he leads and begins looking for meaning in his life.
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Something humongous is among us! A young boy rescues a huge robot that has rocketed to earth from space and tries to protect the genial giant from a nosey government agent and military.
(When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the maroo...)
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick (Vin Diesel) isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light. Pitch Black is the original sci-fi hit that introduced the world to the character of Riddick, the ultimate anti-hero. Take a ride on the pulse-pounding adrenaline rush that USA Today calls "the best excuse to root for the bad guy since Arnold in the original Terminator."
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In this action-packed adventure, four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
(From Revolution Studios and and Sony Pictures comes a New...)
From Revolution Studios and and Sony Pictures comes a New Breed Of Secret Agent... A charismatic extreme sports competitor, Triple X (Diesel), is recruited by a government agent to infiltrate a Russian crime ring led by a mysterious figure called Yorgi, which soon sends him through a series of adventures across Europe and elsewhere...
(Vin Diesel (XXX, The Fast and the Furious) stars in this ...)
Vin Diesel (XXX, The Fast and the Furious) stars in this electrifying special-effects-fueled action spectacular! After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.
(From renowned animator Peter Chung (The Animatrix) comes ...)
From renowned animator Peter Chung (The Animatrix) comes this action-packed sci-fi adventure that bridges the incredible stories of Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick.
(Honor among thieves has never been more evident than in t...)
Honor among thieves has never been more evident than in this story about Lucchese family mobster, Jackie "Fat Jack" DiNorscio (Vin Diesel "Guardians of the Galaxy"). Brought to trial on racketeering charges with other gangsters, Jackie fires his lawyer and decides to represent himself. An outrageous two-year trial ensues, leaving the judge and jury shocked, bewildered and totally bemused.
(In the darkly futuristic world of Babylon A.D., the rules...)
In the darkly futuristic world of Babylon A.D., the rules are simple: kill or be killed. Hard-hitting action superstar Vin Diesel stars as Toorop, a ruthless mercenary hired to smuggle a mysterious young woman from the post-apocalyptic confines of Eastern Europe to the glittering megalopolis of New York City.
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Vin Diesel continues the action saga of the antihero Riddick, an escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the galaxy. Experience the Unrated Director's Cut with an alternate ending!
(When a group of lethal mercenaries steals a hi-tech weapo...)
When a group of lethal mercenaries steals a hi-tech weapon that poses a global threat, the world needs superspy Xander Cage. Recruited back into action, Xander leads a team of death-defying adrenaline junkies on a mission to save the world.
(Set to the sounds of Awesome Mixtape #2, Marvel Studios’ ...)
Set to the sounds of Awesome Mixtape #2, Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they seek to unravel the mystery of Star-Lord’s parentage.
(With the powerful Thanos on the verge of raining destruct...)
With the powerful Thanos on the verge of raining destruction upon the universe, the Avengers and their Super Hero allies risk everything in the ultimate showdown of all time.
(In Disney's Ralph Breaks the Internet Ralph and Vanellope...)
In Disney's Ralph Breaks the Internet Ralph and Vanellope risk it all by traveling to the world wide web--which may or may not survive Ralph's wrecking.
(The fourth installment in the Avengers saga is the culmin...)
The fourth installment in the Avengers saga is the culmination of 22 interconnected films and the climax of an epic journey. Earth’s heroes will finally understand how fragile our reality is - and the sacrifices that must be made to uphold it - in a story of friendship, teamwork and setting aside differences to overcome an impossible obstacle.
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The Fast Saga is an American media franchise centered on a series of action films that are largely concerned with illegal street racing, heists, and spies.
Vin Diesel is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He first became well-known for his role in several action thrillers, such as The Fast and the Furious and XXX.
Background
Ethnicity:
Vin's mother is white (with English, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry), and his adoptive father is African-American; referring to his biological father's background, Diesel has said that he himself is "definitely a person of color".
Vin Diesel was born on July 18, 1967, as Mark Sinclair in Alameda County, California, along with his fraternal twin brother, Paul Vincent. He was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother, Delora Sherleen (Sinclair), and adoptive father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theatre manager, in an artists' housing project in New York City's Greenwich Village. He never knew his biological father.
Education
Vin Diesel attended Village Community School in Greenwich Village of New York City.
His first break in acting happened by chance when at the age of seven he and his friends broke into a theatre to vandalize it. A woman stopped them and offered them each a script and $20, on the condition that they would attend every day after school. From there, Vin's fledgling career progressed from the New York repertory company run by his father, to the Off-Off-Broadway circuit. At age seventeen and already sporting a well-honed physique, he became a bouncer at some of New York's hippest clubs to earn himself some extra cash. It was at this time that he changed his name to Vin Diesel.
During his teens, he performed breakdancing in an instructional video on the subject.
Following high school, Vin enrolled as an English major at Hunter College, where he studied creative writing but dropped out after three years to go to Hollywood to further his acting career.
Being an experienced theatre actor did not make any impression in Hollywood and after a year of struggling to make his mark, Vin Diesel returned to New York. His mother then gave him a book called "Feature Films at used Car Prices" by Rick Schmidt. The book showed him that he could take control of his career and make his own movies. He wrote a short film based on his own experiences as an actor, called Multi-Facial (1995), which was shot in less than three days at a cost of $3,000. Multi-Facial (1995) was eventually accepted for the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it got a tumultuous reception.
Afterwards, Vin returned to Los Angeles and raised almost $50,000 through telemarketing to fund the making of his first feature, Strays (1997). Six months after shooting, the film was accepted for the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, and although it received a good reception, it did not sell as well as hoped. Yet again Vin returned disappointed to New York only to receive a dream phone call. Steven Spielberg was impressed by Multi-Facial (1995) and wanted to meet Vin, leading him to be cast in Saving Private Ryan (1998). Multi-Facial (1995) earned Vin more work when the director of The Iron Giant (1999) saw it and decided to cast Vin in the title role. From there, Vin's career steadily grew, with him securing his first lead role, as Richard B. Riddick in the sci-fi film Pitch Black (2000). The role has earned him a legion of devoted fans and the public recognition he deserves.
Since then, he has headlined a series of blockbusters, often but not only centered on fast-driving motor vehicles: The Fast and the Furious (2001), xXx (2002), The Pacifier (2005), Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Furious 6 (2013), and Furious Seven (2015). He also voiced Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and starred in the lower-budgeted courtroom drama Find Me Guilty (2006), the latter directed by Sidney Lumet.
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Religion
Diesel's mother is an astrologer and it has been rumored that his childhood was filled with mysticism, New Age paganism, and occultism. With that being said, he appears to not be religious and has not mentioned anything to suggest otherwise.
Politics
Vin Diesel has yet to unveil his political views in public. However, he had said in an interview that he felt a “kinship” with Barack Obama and would love to play the president in a biographical film.
Views
Quotations:
“When you grow up in New York City, you have to decide at a young age whether you're going to be predator or prey.”
"Well, I've worked out for years. For a long time it was my only sense of gratification."
"I would get into fights with other bouncers when a guy was already on the floor and the other guys thought it was alright to jump up in the air and land on the guy's head."
"I was a bouncer for nine years - it was all I knew how to do - and my training was not to talk loosely... That's still my thought process: Shut your mouth, watch your back and keep working 'til your ass falls off."
"With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug."
"I act because it's the one time I'm sure of my identity. There's no doubt. It's on paper."
"We're in a gaming society now, so people are conditioned to work a little bit for their story. People like to be rewarded for whatever equity they put into your universe."
Personality
Diesel has been an avid Dungeons & Dragons player for more than 20 years. He wrote the foreword for a commemorative book for the game in 2004.
Vin Diesel is a fan of cars. He used to be a big lover of high-speed ride, but he refused from this hobby after the birth of his kids. His favorite car is Chevrolet Corvette.
He is a game lover. In 2002 the actor founded his own game studio.
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 6 ft or 183 cm
Weight: 102 kg or 225 pounds
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Vin Diesel's trademarks are: shaved his head, muscular physique, deep, gravelly, powerful voice, and big, lanky boots.
Interests
cooking, watching movies, playing video games
Sport & Clubs
snowboard, yoga
Music & Bands
Michael Jackson, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jackson 5
Connections
Since 2008, Vin Diesel has been dating Mexican model Paloma Jimenez. Together they have three children: daughter Hania Riley who was born in April 2008, son Vincent who was born in 2010 and daughter Pauline, whose arrival Diesel announced in March 2015. Pauline is named in honor of his friend and Fast & Furious franchise co-star, Paul Walker, who died in November 2013. His daughter Hania studies Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo. He is also the godfather of Walker’s daughter, Meadow Rain Walker. Before this relationship, Diesel was in a relationship with American actress Michelle Rodriguez. They broke up after being together for five years.
2002 - Best On-Screen Team, Shared with Paul Walker, for The Fast and the Furious
2014 - Best On-Screen Duo, Shared with Paul Walker, for Fast & Furious 6
2002 - Best On-Screen Team, Shared with Paul Walker, for The Fast and the Furious
2014 - Best On-Screen Duo, Shared with Paul Walker, for Fast & Furious 6