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Vin Diesel
Alameda County, California, USA
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 po…
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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.
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2028
Fast Forever
Movie Dominic Toretto
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2025
Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks
TV show Himself
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2025
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe
Movie Self
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2024
Conan O'Brien Must Go
TV show Dominic Toretto (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2024
ARK: The Animated Series
TV show Santiago (voice)
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2023
Fast X
Movie Dominic Toretto
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2023
Fast & Furious Greatest Moments: Refuelled
Movie Self
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2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Movie Groot (voice)
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2023
A Journey to Sundance
Movie Self
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2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Movie Groot (voice)
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2022
I Am Groot
TV show Baby Groot (voice)
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2022
Groot's First Steps
Movie Baby Groot (voice)
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2022
Groot Takes a Bath
Movie Baby Groot (voice)
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2022
The Little Guy
Movie Baby Groot (voice)
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2022
Groot's Pursuit
Movie Baby Groot (voice)
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2022
Magnum Opus
Movie Baby Groot (voice)
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2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
Movie Groot (voice)
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2021
F9
Movie Dominic Toretto
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2021
Bisping
Movie Self
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2021
Marvel Studios Legends
TV show Groot (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2020
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Movie Self
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2020
Bloodshot
Movie Ray Garrison / Bloodshot
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2019
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
TV show Dom Toretto (voice)
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Avengers: Endgame
Movie Groot (voice)
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2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Movie Baby Groot (voice)
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2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie Groot (voice)
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2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Movie Baby Groot (voice)
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2017
The Fate of the Furious
Movie Dominic Toretto
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2017
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Movie Xander Cage
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2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Movie Shroom
- 2016
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2015
The Last Witch Hunter
Movie Kaulder
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2015
CelebriD&D
TV show Kaulder
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
Furious 7
Movie Dominic Toretto
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2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
Movie Groot (voice)
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2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Movie Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Life Is a Dream
Movie Executive Producer
