Vin Diesel was born on July 18, 1967, in New York City. His real name is Mark Sinclair Vincent. He is the child of a theater actor father and a psychiatrist-astrologer mother. He was raised by his stepfather. He has a twin brother named Paul Vincent as well as one sister and one brother.

At the age of seven, he secretly entered a theater with his friends. They were caught and punished by being required to come to the theater every week and perform small roles. This incident marked the beginning of his acting career.

While in his third year of high school, he dropped out and went to Hollywood to develop his career. However, he failed to achieve success there and returned to New York one year later.

At the age of seventeen, thanks to his muscular physique, he began working as a nightclub bodyguard to earn money. He continued this job for nearly ten years and during this period changed his name to Vin Diesel.

His mother gave him Rick Schmidt’s book Feature Films at Used Car Prices. The book showed him that he could control his career and make his own films. He wrote a short film based on his acting experiences titled Multi-Facial (1994), which earned 3,000 dollars in less than three days. Multi-Facial (1994) was invited to the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

After this success, Vin Diesel returned to Los Angeles and tried to raise a budget for the film Strays (1997). He completed the film in 1997, but it did not perform as well as expected. Disappointed once again, Vin returned to New York.

Eventually, the long-awaited phone call arrived. Steven Spielberg had been deeply impressed by Multi-Facial and wanted to meet Vin Diesel and cast him in Saving Private Ryan (1998). Multi-Facial also brought him other opportunities. After watching the short film, the director of The Iron Giant offered him a role in the movie.

From that point on, Vin Diesel’s career accelerated rapidly. He achieved his first leading role as Richard B. Riddick in the science fiction film Pitch Black (2000). This role brought him fame and a large fan base.

He portrayed Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious film series, Private Caparzo in Saving Private Ryan, Xander Cage in xXx, and Richard B. Riddick in Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick.

One of his most acclaimed films is A Man Apart (also known as Man Apart), in which he played the character Sean Vetter and drew significant attention. With this film, Vin Diesel was regarded as one of the best action actors of his generation. He also proved his success in comedy with films such as Find Me Guilty and The Pacifier.

Vin Diesel owns the film production company One Race Productions. He is also passionate about video games and owns a game company called Tigon Studios.

Living in Los Angeles, Vin Diesel owns a large trailer truck used during film productions.

Vin Diesel is married to model Paloma Jimenez and is the father of a daughter named Hania Riley (born April 2, 2008).

Films and TV Series :

2023 - Fast X (Dominic Toretto) (Feature Film)
2021 - Riddick: Furya (Riddick) (Feature Film)
2021 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Groot (voice)) (Feature Film)
2021 - Avatar: The Way of Water (Feature Film)
2021 - F9: The Fast Saga (Dominic Toretto) (Feature Film)
2020 - Bloodshot (Ray Garrison / Bloodshot) (Feature Film)
2019 - Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Dominic Toretto) (TV Series)
2019 - Avengers: Endgame (Groot (voice)) (Feature Film)
2018 - Ralph Breaks the Internet (Baby Groot) (Feature Film)
2018 - Avengers: Infinity War (Feature Film)
2017 - Disneyland Resort: Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout! (Baby Groot (voice)) (Video)
2017 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Baby Groot (voice)) (Feature Film)
2017 - The Fate of the Furious (Dominic Toretto) (Feature Film)
2017 - xXx: Return of Xander Cage (Xander Cage) (Feature Film)
2016 - Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Shroom) (Feature Film)
2015 - CelebriD&D (Kaulder) (TV Series)
2015 - D&Diesel (Kaulder) (Short Film)
2015 - The Last Witch Hunter (Kaulder) (Feature Film)
2015 - Furious 7: Extended Turbo Charged Prelude (Dominic Toretto) (Short Film)
2015 - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth: See You Again (Dominic Toretto) (Music Video)
2015 - Furious 7 (Dominic Toretto) (Feature Film)
2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy (Groot (voice)) (Feature Film)
2013 - Riddick (Riddick) (Feature Film)
2013 - Riddick: Blindsided (Riddick) (Short Film)
2013 - Fast & Furious 6 (Dominic Toretto) (Feature Film)
2011 - Fast Five (Dominic Toretto) (Feature Film)
2009 - Los Bandoleros (Dominic Toretto) (Short Film)
2009 - The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (Video Game)
2009 - Wheelman (Milo Burik) (Video)
2009 - Fast & Furious (Dominic Toretto) (Feature Film)
2008 - Babylon A.D. (Toorop) (Feature Film)
2006 - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Dominic Toretto) (Feature Film)
2006 - Find Me Guilty (Jackie DiNorscio) (Feature Film)
2005 - The Pacifier (Lieutenant Shane Wolfe) (Feature Film)
2005 - GameStar: Die Redaktion (Richard B. Riddick) (TV Series)
2004 - Riddick: Dark Fury (Richard B. Riddick) (Short Film)
2004 - The Chronicles of Riddick (Riddick) (Feature Film)
2004 - The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (Richard B. Riddick) (Video Game)
2003 - A Man Apart (Sean Vetter) (Feature Film)
2002 - xXx (Xander Cage) (Feature Film)
2001 - Knockaround Guys (Taylor Reese) (Feature Film)
2001 - The Fast and the Furious (Dominic Toretto) (Feature Film)
2000 - Pitch Black (Richard B. Riddick) (Feature Film)
2000 - Boiler Room (Chris Varick) (Feature Film)
2000 - Into Pitch Black (Richard B. Riddick) (TV Film)
1999 - The Iron Giant (Feature Film)
1998 - Saving Private Ryan (Private Caparzo) (Feature Film)
1997 - Strays (Rick) (Feature Film)
1995 - Multi-Facial (Mike) (Short Film)
1990 - Awakenings (Hospital Orderly) (Feature Film)

Source: Biyografiler.com