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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 18, 1967
Place of Birth
Alameda County, California, USA
Also Known As
- Mark Sinclair
- فين ديزل
Vin Diesel
11.7 Popularity
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
0.0
Self
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe
2025
8.2
Dominic Toretto (archive footage) (uncredited)
Conan O'Brien Must Go
2024
8.3
Santiago (voice)
ARK: The Animated Series
2024
7.0
Dominic Toretto
Fast X
2023
0.0
Self
Fast & Furious Greatest Moments: Refuelled
2023
7.9
Groot (voice)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
0.0
Self
A Journey to Sundance
2023
7.1
Groot (voice)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022
7.1
Baby Groot (voice)
I Am Groot
2022
7.1
Baby Groot (voice)
Groot Takes a Bath
2022
Credits
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe
as Self
2025
0.0
Conan O'Brien Must Go
as Dominic Toretto (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
8.2
ARK: The Animated Series
as Santiago (voice)
2024
8.3
Fast X
as Dominic Toretto
2023
7.0
Fast & Furious Greatest Moments: Refuelled
as Self
2023
0.0
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Groot (voice)
2023
7.9
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2023
0.0
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
as Groot (voice)
2022
7.1
I Am Groot
as Baby Groot (voice)
2022
7.1
Groot Takes a Bath
as Baby Groot (voice)
2022
7.1
Groot's First Steps
as Baby Groot (voice)
2022
7.0
The Little Guy
as Baby Groot (voice)
2022
7.3
Groot's Pursuit
as Baby Groot (voice)
2022
7.1
Magnum Opus
as Baby Groot (voice)
2022
7.3
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Groot (voice)
2022
6.4
F9
as Dominic Toretto
2021
7.0
Bisping
as Self
2021
5.8
Marvel Studios Legends
as Groot (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
7.4
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self
2020
4.8
Bloodshot
as Ray Garrison / Bloodshot
2020
6.7
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
as Dom Toretto (voice)
2019
7.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Avengers: Endgame
as Groot (voice)
2019
8.2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
as Baby Groot (voice)
2018
7.2
Avengers: Infinity War
as Groot (voice)
2018
8.2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Baby Groot (voice)
2017
7.6
The Fate of the Furious
as Dominic Toretto
2017
6.9
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
as Xander Cage
2017
6.1
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
as Shroom
2016
6.0
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
as Self
2016
8.3
The Last Witch Hunter
as Kaulder
2015
6.0
CelebriD&D
as Kaulder
2015
1.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Furious 7
as Dominic Toretto
2015
7.2
Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn
as Self
2014
7.5
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Groot (voice)
2014
7.9
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
as Self
2014
6.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Riddick
as Riddick
2013
6.3
Riddick: Blindsided
as Riddick
2013
6.6
Fast & Furious 6
as Dominic Toretto
2013
6.8
Fucking Kassovitz
as Self
2011
7.5
Fast Five
as Dominic Toretto
2011
7.2
Los Bandoleros
as Dominic Toretto
2009
6.2
Fast & Furious
as Dominic Toretto
2009
6.7
Wheelman
as Milo Burik
2009
5.4
Babylon A.D.
as Toorop
2008
5.7
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
as Dominic Toretto (uncredited)
2006
6.5
Find Me Guilty
as Jackie DiNorscio
2006
6.6
🎬
Web Junk 20
2006
9.3
The Reichen Show
as Self
2005
4.8
The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage
as Xander Cage (voice / archive)
2005
5.7
The Pacifier
as Shane Wolf
2005
6.1
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
as Richard B. Riddick (voice)
2004
6.0
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Riddick
2004
6.5
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious
as Dominic Toretto
2003
6.1
A Man Apart
as Sean Vetter
2003
6.1
xXx
as Xander Cage
2002
6.0
Knockaround Guys
as Taylor Reese
2001
6.0
The Fast and the Furious
as Dominic Toretto
2001
7.0
Into Pitch Black
as Richard B. Riddick
2000
6.1
Boiler Room
as Chris Varick
2000
6.7
Pitch Black
as Richard B. Riddick
2000
6.9
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
as Self
1999
8.0
The Iron Giant
as The Iron Giant (voice)
1999
8.0
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
1999
4.6
The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
as Self - Host
1999
6.4
Saving Private Ryan
as Private Caparzo
1998
8.2
EP Daily
1997
8.5
Taff
as self
1997
3.2
Strays
as Rick
1997
5.1
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Multi-Facial
as Mike
1995
6.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
Awakenings
as Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
1990
7.8
Breakin' in the USA: Break Dancing and Electric Boogie Taught by the Pros
as Self
1984
0.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Fast X: Part 2
as Dominic Toretto
N/A
0.0
Riddick: Furya
as Richard B. Riddick
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Last Witch Hunter 2
as Kaulder
N/A
0.0
🎬
Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots
N/A
0.0
🎬
Untitled Kojak movie
as Lt. Theo Kojak
N/A
0.0