1. Dominic Toretto is portrayed by Vin Diesel and first appeared on film with the other fellow protagonist Brian O'Conner in The Fast and the Furious.
26 Facts About Dominic Toretto
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Dominic Toretto was forced into the role of primary caregiver following his father's untimely passing.
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Dominic Toretto is gruff and strong and has a volatile temper, especially when his family is in danger.
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Dominic Toretto preaches morality and loyalty and is often seen as affectionate and religious.
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Dominic Toretto is married to Letty Ortiz with whom he raises a son.
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Dominic Toretto is implied to be the group's strongest and most skilled racer, a title that is challenged persistently by friend and brother-in-law Brian O'Conner.
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Dominic Toretto won the 2002 and 2014 MTV Movie Awards for Best On-Screen Team with Paul Walker for his performances.
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Dominic Toretto is a fearless street racer, auto mechanic, and ex-convict.
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Dominic Toretto has spent most of his life running from the law.
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Dominic Toretto is married to Letty Ortiz, his longtime partner.
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Dominic Toretto has a feud with his Vietnamese-American rival Johnny Tran due to a business deal that went sour and Tran catching Dom sleeping with his sister.
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When showing Brian the 1970 Dodge Charger he had been working with his father before he died, he reveals what happened to the latter: During the last stock car race of the season in 1989, Dominic Toretto watched as his father Jack was run off the track by another racer, Kenny Linder, when Linder's car clipped his bumper.
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Dominic Toretto remembered hearing his father screaming as he burned to death, but the people who witnessed the accident explained that his father had died before his car exploded.
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Dominic Toretto only intended to hit him once but lost control and kept attacking Linder it until he couldn't lift his arm anymore.
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The result of Linder's injuries rendered him unable to race, and Dominic Toretto was banned for life from the tracks.
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Dominic Toretto later finds out Brian was the last person who had contact with Letty; this enrages him, and he attacks Brian before the latter explains that Letty came to him for help in clearing Dom's name so he could return to the United States, becoming a spy to infiltrate Braga's organization.
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Dominic Toretto saves her from falling to her death while the gang stops Shaw aboard a military tank on a bridge in Spain.
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Dominic Toretto is implied to be religious, insisting that all members in a dinner table say grace and that the first person to take a bite must bless the meal.
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Distraught by his father's death, Dominic Toretto assaulted Linder a week later with a torque wrench and left him hospitalized with severe head injuries.
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Dominic Toretto served time in prison and was banned from racing for the attack.
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Dominic Toretto nearly replicates the action while fighting Hobbs in Fast Five, only to miss Hobbs' head by an inch when Mia begs him to stop.
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In Fast Five, Dominic Toretto recalls the influence his father had on him.
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Dominic Toretto is an excellent marksman and hand-to-hand combatant due to years of fighting.
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Dominic Toretto uncovers it revealing the slightly different new look.
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Dominic Toretto takes the Charger to the top of a rooftop where he faces Shaw in a game of chicken.
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At the very end of Furious 7, Dominic Toretto is seen with the Project Maximus Ultra 1968 Dodge Charger.