He was raised by his white mother and adoptive African-American father, Irving H. His mother, Delora Sherleen Vincent (née Sinclair), is an astrologer. 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.ĭiesel was born Mark Sinclair on July 18, 1967, in Alameda County, California, where his mother was also born, though later moved to New York City with his fraternal twin brother, Paul. He founded the production company One Race Films, where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for his star vehicles. Diesel achieved commercial success in the comedy The Pacifier (2005) and his portrayal of Jackie DiNorscio in Find Me Guilty (2006) was praised. Diesel has reprised his role as Groot for the Disney+ animated shorts series I Am Groot (2022–present), the television special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), and the animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).

Diesel subsequently voiced the titular character in The Iron Giant (1999) and then gained a reputation as an action star after headlining the Fast & Furious, XXX, and The Chronicles of Riddick franchises.ĭiesel voices 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).

One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise.ĭiesel began his career in 1990, but faced difficulty achieving recognition until he wrote, directed and starred in the short film Multi-Facial (1995) and his debut feature Strays (1997) the films prompted Steven Spielberg to cast Diesel in the war epic Saving Private Ryan (1998).

Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and film producer.

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