Vin Diesel
Acting
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.
TV Shows(21)
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Dominic Toretto (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
ARK: The Animated Series
Santiago (voice)
2024
I Am Groot
Baby Groot (voice)
2022
Marvel Studios Legends
Groot (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
Dom Toretto (voice)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
CelebriD&D
Kaulder
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Web Junk 20
2006
The Reichen Show
Self
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest
1999
EP Daily
1997
Taff
self
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Movies(63)
Fast Forever
Dominic Toretto
2028
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe
Self
2025
Fast X
Dominic Toretto
2023
Fast & Furious Greatest Moments: Refuelled
Self
2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Groot (voice)
2023
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Groot (voice)
2022
Groot Takes a Bath
Baby Groot (voice)
2022
Groot's Pursuit
Baby Groot (voice)
2022
The Little Guy
Baby Groot (voice)
2022
Groot's First Steps
Baby Groot (voice)
2022
Magnum Opus
Baby Groot (voice)
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
Groot (voice)
2022
F9
Dominic Toretto
2021
Bisping
Self
2021
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Self
2020
Bloodshot
Ray Garrison / Bloodshot
2020
Avengers: Endgame
Groot (voice)
2019
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Baby Groot (voice)
2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Groot (voice)
2018
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Baby Groot (voice)
2017
The Fate of the Furious
Dominic Toretto
2017
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Xander Cage
2017
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Shroom
2016
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
Self
2016
The Last Witch Hunter
Kaulder
2015
Furious 7
Dominic Toretto
2015
Guardians of the Galaxy
Groot (voice)
2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Self
2014
Riddick
Riddick
2013
Riddick: Blindsided
Riddick
2013
Fast & Furious 6
Dominic Toretto
2013
Fucking Kassovitz
Self
2011
Fast Five
Dominic Toretto
2011
Los Bandoleros
Dominic Toretto
2009
Fast & Furious
Dominic Toretto
2009
Wheelman
Milo Burik
2009
Babylon A.D.
Toorop
2008
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Dominic Toretto (uncredited)
2006
Find Me Guilty
Jackie DiNorscio
2006
The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage
Xander Cage (voice / archive)
2005
The Pacifier
Shane Wolf
2005
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Richard B. Riddick (voice)
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
Riddick
2004
The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious
Dominic Toretto
2003
A Man Apart
Sean Vetter
2003
xXx
Xander Cage
2002
Knockaround Guys
Taylor Reese
2001
The Fast and the Furious
Dominic Toretto
2001
Into Pitch Black
Richard B. Riddick
2000
Pitch Black
Richard B. Riddick
2000
Boiler Room
Chris Varick
2000
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
Self
1999
The Iron Giant
The Iron Giant (voice)
1999
The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
Self - Host
1999
Saving Private Ryan
Private Caparzo
1998
Strays
Rick
1997
Multi-Facial
Mike
1995
Awakenings
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
1990
Breakin' in the USA: Break Dancing and Electric Boogie Taught by the Pros
Self
1984
Riddick: Furya
Richard B. Riddick
The Last Witch Hunter: The Lion's Oath
Kaulder
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots