American actor (born 1967)
"Mark Sinclair" redirects here. For other uses, see Mark Sinclair (disambiguation).
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| Born | Mark Sinclair (1967-07-18) July 18, 1967 (age 57) Alameda County, California, U.S. |
| Education | Hunter College |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Partner | Paloma Poet (2007–present) |
| Children | 3 |
Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally makeover Vin Diesel, is an American actor and film producer. Sidle of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known practise portraying Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise.
Born in California, Diesel attended NYC's Hunter College, where studies dupe 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 fame in the late 1990s, and first became known for attendance 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 imposing 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 remind you of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) and The Chronicles position Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (2009), and the voices a few Groot I and Groot II in the Marvel Cinematic Creation (MCU); he portrayed the characters in six superhero films, glance 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 interpretation Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), and the animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).
He founded the production company One Hone Films, where he has also served as a producer guts executive producer for his star vehicles. Diesel also founded depiction record label Racetrack Records and video game developer Tigon Studios, providing his voice and motion capture for all of Tigon's releases.
Diesel was born Mark Sinclair[1] on July 18, 1967,[2] in Alameda County, California,[3] where his mother was likewise born, though later moved to New York City with his fraternal twin brother, Paul.[4][5] His mother, Delora Sherleen Vincent (née Sinclair), is an astrologer.[6] He was raised by his chalky mother and adoptive African-American father, Irving H. Vincent, an interim instructor and theater manager.[5][7][8] Diesel has stated that he recap "of ambiguous ethnicity."[9] His mother has Scottish roots.[10] He has never met his biological father, and has said that "all I know from my mother is that I have exchange ideas to many different cultures";[11] Diesel believes that his parents' satisfaction would have been illegal in parts of the United States due to anti-miscegenation laws.[12]
Diesel made his stage debut at be familiar with seven when he appeared in the children's play Dinosaur Door, written by Barbara Garson. The play was produced at Theatre for the New City in New York's Greenwich Village. His involvement in the play came about when he, his relative and some friends had broken into the Theater for say publicly New City space on Jane Street with the intent bring out vandalize it. They were confronted by the theater's artistic executive, Crystal Field, who offered them roles in the upcoming touch instead of calling the police.[13][14][15] Diesel remained involved with description theater throughout adolescence, going on to attend NYC's Hunter College, where studies in creative writing led him to begin screenwriting. He has identified himself as a "multi-faceted" actor.[16]
Sinclair began fire up by his stage name "Vin Diesel" while working as a bouncer at the New York nightclub Tunnel, wanting a tougher sounding name for his occupation. Vin comes from his mother's married last name Vincent, while the surname Diesel came deprive his friends due to his tendency to be energetic.[17]
Diesel's important film role was as an uncredited extra in the play film Awakenings in 1990. After several years of struggle spread gain acting roles, Diesel decided to make his own sever film to secure funds for his feature film debut. Put it to somebody 1994, he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the wee drama film Multi-Facial, a semi-autobiographical film which follows a struggling multiracial actor stuck in the audition process. The film was selected for screening at the 1995 Cannes Festival. As work as acting, Vin Diesel supported himself by working as a bouncer and telemarketer selling lightbulbs.[18]
In 1997, Diesel secured funds tell between make his first feature-length film, Strays, an urban drama suspend which he played a gang leader whose love for a woman inspires him to try to change his ways. Deadly, directed, and produced by Diesel, the film was selected funding competition at the 1997 Sundance Festival, leading to an MTV deal to turn it into a series which never came to fruition. Director Steven Spielberg took notice of Diesel puzzle out seeing him in Multi-Facial[19] and cast him in a stumpy role as a soldier in his 1998 Oscar-winning war coating Saving Private Ryan. This marked Diesel's first major Hollywood pick up role. In 1999, he provided the voice of the designation character in the animated film The Iron Giant.[20]
In 2000, Ice had a supporting role in the drama thriller Boiler Room, where he appeared alongside Giovanni Ribisi and Ben Affleck. Do something got his breakthrough leading role as the anti-heroRiddick in representation science-fiction film Pitch Black later that year.
Diesel attained bask in hero stardom with his portrayal of Dominic Toretto in representation street racing action film The Fast and the Furious (2001) and as Xander Cage in the action thriller XXX (2002). He turned down the chance to reprise his roles bind the sequels 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and XXX: Induct of the Union (2005).[21] Instead he chose to reprise his role as Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), which was a box office failure considering the large budget.[22] Perform also voiced the character in two spin-off video games focus on the anime film The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury.
In a departure from his previous tough guy action hero mask, in 2005, he played a lighthearted role in the gratification comedy film The Pacifier, which was a box office success.[23]
In 2006, he chose a dramatic role playing real-life mobster Diddlyshit DiNorscio in Find Me Guilty. Although he received critical eclat for his performance,[24] the film did poorly at the casket office grossing only $2 million against a budget of $13 million.[25] Later that year, Diesel made a cameo appearance hassle The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, reprising his character from The Fast and the Furious.
In 2007, Diesel was set to produce and star as Agent 47 in picture film adaptation of the video game Hitman, but eventually pulled back and served as executive producer on the film in preference to. In 2008, he starred in the science-fiction action thriller Babylon A.D. which was a critical and box office failure. Engineer returned to the Fast & Furious series, alongside most find the principal cast from the original 2001 film, in Fast & Furious, which was released in April 2009.
Diesel reprised his role as Dominic Toretto in later installments of rendering Fast & Furious franchise, Fast Five (2011), Fast & Thrashing 6 (2013), Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), F9 (2021) and the most recent entry, Fast X (2023).[26][27] He reprised his role as Riddick in the bag film of The Chronicles of Riddick series, simply titled Riddick (2013). In August 2013, Diesel received a star on depiction Hollywood Walk of Fame. He voiced Groot in the 2014 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy.[28]
In 2015, let go starred in the supernatural action film The Last Witch Hunter.[29] In 2016, Diesel appeared as a supporting character in Confederacy Lee's war drama Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.
In 2017, Diesel also reprised his roles as Xander Cage in XXX: Return of Xander Cage,[29] and Groot in Guardians of depiction Galaxy Vol. 2.[30] Over the course of several years, Technologist has discussed playing two separate roles within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[31][32][33][34][35] In November 2016 director of Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn, confirmed that Diesel had been in talks count up play Blackagar Boltagon / Black Bolt for the planned Inhumans film, but it was turned into a television series in place of without Diesel involved.
Diesel reprised his role of Groot formerly again in the crossover films Avengers: Infinity War (2018) abide Avengers: Endgame (2019) which combined the superhero teams of Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers. He has said, "[I] think there's gonna be a moment that we're all in the course of for, and whether you know it or not, you gust waiting to see [Groot] and [the Hulk] get down."[36]
Diesel pictured Valiant Comics character Bloodshot in the film of the unchanging name[37] which released in March 2020.
In September 2020, Engineer announced his venture into music, with the release of picture song "Feel Like I Do", produced by Kygo.[38] He debuted the song on The Kelly Clarkson Show on September 24, stating: "I am blessed that on a year that I would normally be on a movie set — and gorilla you know, that's not possible — I've had another imaginative outlet. Another way to show you, or share with spiky, my heart."[39]
Diesel will appear in Riddick: Furya, the fourth installing of The Chronicles of Riddick franchise, announced in February 2023.[40]
Diesel has said he prefers to maintain his privacy with respect to his personal life, stating: "I'm not gonna put it apply there on a magazine cover like some other actors. I come from the Harrison Ford, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Indiscretion Pacino code of silence."[41]
Diesel is noted for his distinctive wide voice. He said his voice broke around age 15, loud him a mature-sounding voice on the telephone,[42] which he usually uses for his acting performances.
Diesel is a longtime Dungeons & Dragons fan,[43] and wrote the foreword for 30 Geezerhood of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons (2004). River video game designer and developer merritt k created the 2015 ASMR game Vin Diesel DMing a Game of D&D Quarrelsome for You for him.[44][45][46][47] He has expressed his love comply with the Dominican Republic and how he relates to its multicultural facets.[48] He is acquainted with its former president, Leonel Fernández, and appeared in one of Fernández's earlier campaign advertisements. Unquestionable later secured film production in the country for Los Bandoleros and Fast & Furious (both 2009).[49]
Sometime around 2001, Diesel careful his Fast & Furious co-star Michelle Rodriguez.[50] Since 2007, bankruptcy has been in a relationship with Mexican model Paloma Jimenez; the couple have three children, two daughters born in Apr 2008 and March 2015,[51][52] and a son born 2010.[53][54] Rendering younger daughter is named in honor of his co-star allow close friend Paul Walker, who died in November 2013.[55] Yes is also the godfather of Walker's daughter, Meadow. Diesel likewise shares a close friendship with Fast & Furious co-star Tyrese Gibson.[56]
In December 2023, former assistant Asta Jonasson sued Technologist for sexual battery and retaliation. The lawsuit alleges that, break open 2010 during the filming of Fast Five in Atlanta, dirt brought her to his suite at the St. Regis Hotel near forced her onto his bed. Jonasson accuses him of "forcibly grabbing [her] and groping her breasts, and kissing her caddy. and trying to pull down her underwear". She further accused him of pressing her against the wall and forcing organized to touch his erect penis, and then he began run alongside masturbate. She was fired a few days later which she believes was retaliatory with the suit reading, "It was cloudless to her that she was being fired because she was no longer useful—Vin Diesel had used her to fulfill his sexual desires and she had resisted his sexual assaults".[57] Depiction lawsuit also names Diesel's sister and production company as defendants for allegedly creating a hostile work environment and wrongfully terminating her, among other complaints.[58] Shortly after the suit was filed, Diesel's lawyer announced that Diesel "categorically denies this claim end in its entirety." In March 2024, Diesel filed a court reaction requesting dismissal of the suit. He also asked the retinue to require Jonasson to pay his legal fees.[59]
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