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Vin Diesel, who was born on July 18, 1967 as Mark Sinclair Vincent in Alameda County, is an American actor, film producer, film directo rand screenwriter.

Vin Diesel was raised by his mother and stepfather at Greenwich Village, New York City. He never met his natural father. Although his stepfather was an acting teacher, he came by chance to his first role: at the age of seven, he got access to a theater with friends to devastate it. They were caught red-handed, but instead of being punished received $20 and the task of rehearsing for a play every day after school. It was followed by other roles in various New York theaters, but were poorly paid. Thanks to his muscle training, at the age of 17 he worked as a doorman of various clubs and earned some money.

He dropped out of college in England after three years to go to Hollywood. Despite his theater experience, he had no success and came back to New York. His interest in the film, however, was unbroken, and after reading the book Feature Films at Used Car Prices he made a separate film that he also wrote, directed and acted as lead actor. His debut multi-facial was shown at the Cannes Film Festival and inspired the critics. Through the movie was Steven Spielberg became aware of him, and hired him for a role in The Soldier James Ryan. That meant his breakthrough in Hollywood and starring roles in Pitch Black, The Fast and the Furious, Triple X and other action movies. In April 2005, the first comedy with Vin Diesel was released: The Babynator. Sidney Lumet accompanied him in the lead role of the legal drama Find Me Guilty. The film was in competition at the Berlinale 2006.

He began filming the sixth part of the Fast and Furious series, at the end of July 2012. Its premiere was held in May, 2013. Diesel once again acted as a lead actor and producer.

Diesel is in a relationship with Mexican model Paloma Jiménez, with whom he has three children. He has a twin brother, the film editor Paul Vincent.