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Stage Name: Vin Diesel
(real name is unknow to media)
But rumor is his name is Mark Vincent
Date of Birth: July 18,1967
Astro Sign: Cancer
Family History: Father: unknown,stepfather:theater teacher;
Education: Hunter College
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Vin Diesel is most well known for his portrayal of action heroes in movies such as The Fast and the Furious, The Chronicles of Riddick and XXX. However, behind his tough guy mystique lays a man whose talent reaches beyond the depths of acting.
New York born and raised, Diesel literally broke into his first acting gig. After breaking into the Jane Street Theatre at age seven with the intention to vandalize it with some friends, he ran into the woman who offered him his first acting role.
His debut play was The Dinosaur Door at the Theatre of New City. Throughout his childhood he continued acting in local theatres, and in high school ventured into the off Broadway scene.
Diesel attended Hunter College in New York where he intended to major in theatre, but chose a more realistic major of English so that he could improve his writing skills. To pay the bills he worked as a bouncer at some of Manhattan's most popular nightclubs; however his true passion remained rooted in acting.
After three years of college, Diesel dropped out in order to go to Los Angeles hoping that immersing himself in theatre would help him make his own film. However, he failed to find work as an actor and had to take a telemarketing job to cover his debt.
Later Diesel returned home to New York discouraged and disappointed, but his mother encouraged him to follow his dreams. Soon he penned several screenplays and turned them into films in which he both directed and acted.
Diesel was finally noticed by the film industry when his short, Multi-Facial, debuted at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Multi-Facial was based on his experiences growing up and his perception of multiculturalism and identity
Two years later, in 1997, his first full-length feature, Strays, took the stage at the Sundance Film Festival. Diesel wrote, co-produced, directed and starred in Strays, which was based on the premise of male friendship.
Although Strays was the more successful of the two films, it was Multi-Facial which won him the approval of Steven Spielberg and landed him in his first role in a major motion picture as an ill-fated private in Saving Private Ryan.
Diesel went on to voice the title character in the children's classic The Iron Giant before breaking into the stereotypical action hero roles that he is most closely linked to today.
After his first starring role as a convict turned survivor in Pitch Black, Diesel finally solidified himself as a Hollywood hero when he played a car thief and street racer in the hit The Fast and the Furious.
Since The Fast and the Furious, Diesel has played the hero in the action adventures XXX, A Man Apart and The Chronicles of Riddick. The Chronicles of Riddick was a follow up to his previous film Pitch Black, with a budget of $100 million.
He has also ventured into a comedic role while playing a Navy SEAL who protects a family in Disney's The Pacifier. The $100 million box office success of The Pacifier brought Diesel more fame and bridged the generation gap of his audience.
Diesel is currently starring in Find Me Guilty about the longest Mafia trial in U.S. History. He is also starring in Hitman, a movie adaptation of the popular gaming series based on the deadliest assassin alive, which is due out in theatres on June 15.
Diesel plans to continue writing and directing movies, but in the meantime he is enjoying his acting success by continuing to take roles that are challenging both physically and mentally.
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