Vin Diesel

Mark Sinclair born July 18 1967 known professionally as Vin Diesel is an American actor and producer One of the worlds highestgrossing actors he is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the Fast Furious franchise Diesel began his career in 1990 but faced difficulty achieving recognition until he wrote directed and starred in the short film MultiFacial 1995 and his debut feature Strays 1997 the films prompted Steven Spielberg to cast Diesel in the war epic Saving Private Ryan 1998 Diesel subsequently voiced the titular character in The Iron Giant 1999 and then gained a reputation as an action star after headlining the Fast Furious XXX and The Chronicles of Riddick franchises He is slated to appear in the upcoming Avatar films Diesel voices Groot 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 2022present the television special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special 2022 and the animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet 2018 Diesel achieved commercial success in the comedy The Pacifier 2005 and his portrayal of Jackie DiNorscio in Find Me Guilty 2006 was praised 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 Tigons releases Description above from the Wikipedia article Vin Diesel licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia