Vin Diesel
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.
Filmography (84 Appearances)
Fast Forever
Riddick: Furya
Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots
The Last Witch Hunter: The Lion's Oath
Untitled Kojak movie
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe
Conan O'Brien Must Go
ARK: The Animated Series
Fast X
Fast & Furious Greatest Moments: Refuelled
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
A Journey to Sundance
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Groot's Pursuit
The Little Guy
Groot's First Steps
Groot Takes a Bath
I Am Groot
Magnum Opus
Thor: Love and Thunder
F9
Bisping
Marvel Studios Legends
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
Bloodshot
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Avengers: Endgame
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Avengers: Infinity War
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Fate of the Furious
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
The Last Witch Hunter
CelebriD&D
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Furious 7
Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Riddick
Riddick: Blindsided
Fast & Furious 6
Fucking Kassovitz
Fast Five
Los Bandoleros
Fast & Furious
Wheelman
Babylon A.D.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Find Me Guilty
Web Junk 20
The Reichen Show
The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage
The Pacifier
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious
A Man Apart
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
xXx
Knockaround Guys
The Fast and the Furious
Into Pitch Black
Pitch Black
Boiler Room
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
The Iron Giant
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Making of 'The Iron Giant'
Saving Private Ryan
EP Daily
Taff
Strays
The Daily Show
Multi-Facial
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Awakenings
Breakin' in the USA: Break Dancing and Electric Boogie Taught by the Pros
People's Choice Awards
