Mark Sinclair, known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and filmmaker. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise.

 

 

 

 

Bio
Real Name	Mark Sinclair
Nickname	Diesel, Bouncer, Dom
Profession	Actor, Producer, Director, Screenwriter
Famous Roles	Dominic Toretto in 'The Fast and the Furious.' Richard B. Riddick in 'The Chronicles of Riddick trilogy'.
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 182 cm in meters- 1.82m in Feet Inches- 5'5' 11¾"
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 102 kg in Pounds- 225 lbs
Body Measurements	- Chest: 52 Inches - Waist: 34 Inches - Biceps: 18 Inches
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Bald
Personal Life
Date of Birth	July 18, 1967
Age (as in 2016)	49 Years
Birth Place	Alameda County, California, United States
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Cancer
Nationality	American
Hometown	Greenwich Village, New York.
College	Hunter College
Educational Qualifications	College drop-out
Debut	Acting - Awakening (1990) Direction, Writing, Production - Multi-Facial (1994)
Family	Father- Irving H. Vincent (Step-father, acting instructor and theater manager) Mother- Delora Sherleen 'Sinclair' Vincent (An astrologer) Brother- Paul (Twin Brother)
Children	Daughter- Hania Riley (born April 2008) Son- Vincent Sinclair (born 2010) Daughter- Pauline (Named after Paul Walker)
Religion	Roman Catholic
Ethnicity	Ambiguous (English, German and Scottish)
Fan Mail Address	Vin Diesel One Race Productions, Inc. 9100 Wilshire Blvd. East Tower Suite 333 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 USA
Favorite Food	Italian
Favorite Car	Corvette
Favorite Music	Latin/Techno
Major Controversies	N/A
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Girlfriends	Layla Roberts Elisa Jordana Kaya Jones Samantha Phillips (1998-1999) Summer Altice (2000) Chanel Ryan Michelle Rodriguez (2001) Karrine Steffans (2001-2002) Asia Argento (2002) Shannon Malone (2004) Paloma Jimenes (2007-present)
Wife/Spouse	N/A
Current Relationship Status	In a relationship with Paloma Jimenez (2007–present)
Money Factor
Net Worth	Increase $100–145 million (2015)

 

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vin Diesel

• Does Vin Diesel smoke?: Yes

• Does Vin Diesel drink alcohol?: Yes

• Vin Diesel is the founder of three production companies with the label  One Race Films, Racetrack Records, and Tigon Studios.

• He made his stage debut at the age of seven with the play  Dinosaur Door in the Theater of New York City.

• He landed his role in the theater when Diesel, his brother and some friends broke into the New York City Theater to vandalize it but the artistic director “Crystal Field” offered them to act in the upcoming shows instead of calling the police.

• Vin Diesel is Godfather of “Paul Walker’s” daughter Meadow Rain Walker.

• Vin’s eldest daughter Hania is an orange belt holder for  Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo.

• He likes to keep his private life private and said in an interview that : “I’m not gonna put it out there on a magazine cover like some other actors … I come from the Harrison Ford, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino code of silence.”

• He has affection for the Dominic Republic for its multi-faceted culture and had met and supported its former president  Leonel Fernández.

• He also shot a movie called Los Bandoleros in the Dominican Republic, which he had directed himself.

• Vin Diesel has been playing the game Dungeons and Dragons for over two decades. He has played it for twenty years and wrote the foreword for the book  30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons.

• He is known for his deep voice which he says he gained when his voice broke at the age of 15 years.

• Vin worked as a bouncer in a New York club ‘Tunnel’ and that is where he got his screen name Vin Diesel. His friends called him Diesel because of his unlimited energy like he ran-off diesel fuel. Vin is the short form of Vincent.

• He started doing creative writing when he was attending Hunter College. His screenwriting skills started to unfold there.

• He made an all Vin Diesel movie ‘Multi-facial’ having his creativity spread all over it. He was only 26 when he wrote, directed, starred and produced this 20 minutes short film. The movie was shot only in three days and just $3000.

• He worked in a telemarketing firm which later helped him raise $50,000 for producing his first full length film Strays.

• Steven Spielberg casted him for his 1998 Oscar-winning filmSaving Private Ryan after seeing his work in Multi-Facial.

• After he failed to succeed in the theater, while he was struggling to make it big, his mother gifted him the book “Feature Films at used Car Prices” by Rick Schmidt which helped him producing his own films.

• He rendered his voice for the main character in the movie The Iron Age.

• His action stardom was the result of block buster movies The Fast and The Furious and xXx.

• He has no tattoos, all the tattoos of his character Melkor that he had on his stomach in the movie xXx were fake.

• He started dating Michelle Rodriguez while they were shooting for the movie, The Fast and The Furious.

• Vin Diesel, gained 35 pounds for his role Fat Jackie in Find Me Guilty (2006).

• Vin turned down the role of Matt Murdock/Daredevi for the movie Daredevil. 

• Vin Diesel has been honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame which he received in August 2013.

• He has the second highest Facebook fan followers, second to Will Smith.

• When he was 3 years old he tried to join a circus but fortunately his mom saved him.

• The rapper Kwame is his cousin and Vin has appeared in his older videos.

• He auditioned for the cross-dresser in the movie Flawless but was denied the role because he was too masculine.

• He’s not such a bad singer.

• It definitely is a courageous and confident/overconfident statement that Vin Diesel sated about his movie ‘Furious 7’ saying, “Universal is gonna have biggest movie with this one”. He also added that “It might win best picture at Oscars”.

• He was offered $20 million for ‘Too Fast Too Furious’ which he refused for the movie “Redrikk”, earning only $50,000 for it.