Vin Diesel has reprised his role as Groot for the Disney+ animated shorts series I Am Groot, the television special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, and the animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet.
31 Facts About Vin Diesel
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Vin Diesel achieved commercial success in the comedy The Pacifier and his portrayal of Jackie DiNorscio in Find Me Guilty was praised.
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Vin Diesel founded the production company One Race Films, where he has served as a producer or executive producer for his star vehicles.
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Vin Diesel 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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Vin Diesel was born Mark Sinclair on July 18,1967, in Alameda County, California, where his mother was born, though later moved to New York City with his fraternal twin brother, Paul.
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Vin Diesel's mother, Delora Sherleen Vincent, is an astrologer.
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Vin Diesel was raised by his white mother and adoptive African-American father, Irving H Vincent, an acting instructor and theater manager.
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Vin Diesel has never met his biological father, and has said that "all I know from my mother is that I have connections to many different cultures"; Diesel believes that his parents' relationship would have been illegal in parts of the United States due to anti-miscegenation laws.
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Vin Diesel made his stage debut at age seven when he appeared in the children's play Dinosaur Door, written by Barbara Garson.
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Vin Diesel remained involved with the theater throughout adolescence, going on to attend NYC's Hunter College, where studies in creative writing led him to begin screenwriting.
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Sinclair began going 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.
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Vin comes from his mother's married last name Vincent, while the surname Diesel came from his friends due to his tendency to be energetic.
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Vin Diesel's first film role was a brief uncredited appearance in the drama film Awakenings in 1990.
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In 1997, Vin Diesel secured funds to make his first feature-length film, Strays, an urban drama in which he played a gang leader whose love for a woman inspires him to try to change his ways.
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Director Steven Spielberg took notice of Diesel after seeing him in Multi-Facial and cast him in a small role as a soldier in his 1998 Oscar-winning war film Saving Private Ryan.
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In 2000, Vin Diesel had a supporting role in the drama thriller Boiler Room, where he appeared alongside Giovanni Ribisi and Ben Affleck.
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Vin Diesel got his breakthrough leading role as the anti-hero Riddick in the science-fiction film Pitch Black later that year.
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Vin Diesel voiced the character in two spin-off video games and the anime film The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury.
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Later that year, Vin Diesel made a cameo appearance in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, reprising his role from The Fast and the Furious.
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In 2007, Vin Diesel was set to produce and star as Agent 47 in the film adaptation of the video game Hitman, but eventually pulled back and served as executive producer on the film instead.
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Vin Diesel reprised his role as Riddick in the third film of The Chronicles of Riddick series, simply titled Riddick.
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Vin Diesel voiced Groot in the 2014 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Vin Diesel starred in the supernatural action film The Last Witch Hunter.
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In 2016, Vin Diesel appeared as a supporting character in Ang Lee's war drama Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.
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Vin Diesel reprised his role of Groot in the crossover films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame which combined the superhero teams of Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers.
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Vin Diesel portrayed Valiant Comics character Bloodshot in the film of the same name which released in March 2020.
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In September 2020, Vin Diesel announced his venture into music, with the release of the song "Feel Like I Do", produced by Kygo.
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Vin Diesel will appear in Riddick: Furya, the fourth installment of Pitch Black, announced in February 2023.
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Vin Diesel said his voice broke around age 15, giving him a mature-sounding voice on the telephone, which he often uses for his acting performances.
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Vin Diesel has expressed his love for the Dominican Republic and how he relates to its multicultural facets.
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Vin Diesel is acquainted with its former president, Leonel Fernandez, and appeared in one of Fernandez's earlier campaign advertisements.