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Vin Diesel
Date of Birth
18 July 1967, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name
Mark Sinclair Vincent
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Vin's father taught theatre. His mother was a psychologist and astrologist. Other than r Evealing that Vincent is his real last name, he won't talk about much of the rest of his early life. Vin dropped out of college to make _Multi-Facial (1994)_, a short about a struggling actor that played in Cannes in 1995, which Eventually got St Even Spielberg's attention. Spielberg then cast him in Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Vin's career was launched.
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Vin Diesel - news / articles
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Vin Diesel reveals Fast and Furious 7 plans -
21 December 2011
-Vin Diesel is set to rev his The Fast And The Furious franchise up to seven films after revealing scriptwriters are working on two sequels to Fast Five.-The action man and his co-stars Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson struck gold with the fifth installment, which rak
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Diesel's Riddick shoot ready to go after cashflow issues -
27 November 2011
-Vin Diesel is returning to work on his latest film in The Chronicles Of Riddick franchise after the production shut down last month (Oct11) due to financial issues.-Shooting on the forthcoming movie in the sci-fi series, which last hit the big screen in 2004, groun
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Diesel's Chronicles of Riddick sequel on hold -
29 October 2011
-Production on the latest movie in Vin Diesel's The Chronicles Of Riddick franchise has been put on hold due to financial issues, according to reports.-The actor starred in 2000 sci-fi film Pitch Black and its 2004 spin-off The Chronicles of Riddick, as well as voic
Vin Diesel - what members say
review by A customer from Leicester
Diesel-powered boiler burns out 18 April 2005
review by from Belfast, NI
The good old days - when Vin's talent was bigger than his ego! 27 August 2004
review by from WEYBRIDGE
22 April 2004
Vin Diesel - filmography
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Fast and Furious 5 - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson
Director: Justin Lin
Certificate: 
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their ..read more »
 
80%
from 199 members
Not available for rental
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Fast and Furious 5
(2011)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson
Director: Justin Lin
Certificate:
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their ..read more »
75%
from 949 members
Not available for rental
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Fast and Furious
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez
Director: Justin Lin
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Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam with Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed! From big rig heists to precision tunnel crawls, Fast & Furious takes you back into the high-octane world to race through crowded city streets and across ..read more »
70%
from 16,325 members
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Fast And Furious - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Jordana Brewster, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker
Director: Justin Lin
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This fourth entry in THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise reunites the original stars: Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and of course the bad dude himself, Vin Diesel. Needless to say, there's going to be a lot of speed and demolition, especially in the fantastic opening truck ..read more »
68%
from 5,167 members
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Babylon A.D. - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Michelle Khan, Charlotte Rampling, Mark Strong
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Certificate: 
In sci-fi thriller BABYLON A.D., Vin Diesel's Toorop is an antihero who quotes the best of cinema's bad boys from films such as THE GODFATHER and SCARFACE. But all the tattooed muscleman really wants to do is leave poverty- and violence-ridden Russia and return to his family's home in upstate New ..read more »
54%
from 4,707 members
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Babylon A.D.
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
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Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop (Diesel) takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America in a post-apocalyptic world. But it isn't long before they are pursued by warring factions who are both determined to take the girl, and it is up to Thoorop to stop them.
53%
from 14,341 members
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The Pacifier
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford
Director: Adam Shankman
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Disgraced Navy SEAL Shane Wolf (Diesel) is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains in the kids' house.
61%
from 25,855 members
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The Chronicles Of Riddick - HD
(2004)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore
Director: David N. Twohy
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The sequel to cult sci-fi hit PITCH BLACK sees Vin Diesel enthusiastically returning to his role as Richard B. Riddick. Director-writer David Twohy is on board again, building on themes established in the first movie, and expanding his vision with some incredible special effects work. Twohy opens ..read more »
71%
from 850 members
Not currently released
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The Chronicles Of Riddick
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore
Director: David N. Twohy
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This science fiction anthology features DOOM, together with PITCH BLACK and the sequel, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK. PITCH BLACK is a dark, atmospheric sci-fi thriller with a sharp sense of humour, in which a spacecraft crashes on a mysterious planet, forcing the remaining survivors to seek help from ..read more »
61%
from 45,215 members
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The Chronicles Of Riddick - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore
Director: David N. Twohy
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In this sequel to the cult sci-fi hit PITCH BLACK, Riddick is on the run from those that want the bounty on his head. He becomes caught-up in a power struggle and is singled out as the only man who can stop the evil Necromongers from taking over the Universe.
71%
from 1,781 member
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A Man Apart
(2003)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Larenze Tate, Timothy Olyphant
Director: F. Gary Gray
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When maverick DEA agents Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate) team-up to bust notorious drug overlord "Memo" Lucero (Geno Silva), they soon find themselves in grave danger. When an attempted retaliatory strike by Lucero's gang results in the murder of Vetter's wife, Vetter ..read more »
61%
from 7,352 members
Not currently released
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XXX
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Asia Argento
Director: Rob Cohen
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This amped action drama stars Vin Diesel as Xander (aka Triple X), a rebellious extreme sports star with a mission to defy authority and create anarchy. In the dramatic opening scene of the movie, Xander pulls an outrageous serious of stunts with the help of a band of similar-minded jocks, ..read more »
60%
from 24,780 members
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The Fast And The Furious
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster
Director: Rob Cohen
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THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS is a nitro-burning joyride that makes outstanding use of special effects, innovative camera work, and a nonstop throbbing soundtrack. From the opening sequence--a high-speed, high-tech truck robbery--the film never drops below the red line. Roaring along at breakneck speed, ..read more »
67%
from 17,184 members
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Knockaround Guys
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Barry Pepper, Andrew Davoli, Seth Green
Director: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
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Matty (Barry Pepper) is the only son of Brooklyn mobster Benny "the Chains" (Dennis Hopper). Considered too sensitive for mob work, but unable to find a regular job, Matty finally gets a chance to join his dad's organization when he agrees to arrange transport of half a million dollars across the ..read more »
58%
from 1,285 member
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The Fast And The Furious - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster
Director: Rob Cohen
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THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS is a nitro-burning joyride that makes outstanding use of special effects, innovative camera work, and a nonstop throbbing soundtrack. From the opening sequence--a high-speed, high-tech truck robbery--the film never drops below the red line. Roaring along at breakneck speed, ..read more »
71%
from 1,670 member
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The Fast And The Furious - HD
(2001)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster
Director: Rob Cohen
Certificate:
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS is a nitro-burning joyride that makes outstanding use of special effects, innovative camera work, and a nonstop throbbing soundtrack. From the opening sequence--a high-speed, high-tech truck robbery--the film never drops below the red line. Roaring along at breakneck speed, ..read more »
68%
from 587 members
Not currently released
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Pitch Black - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser
Director: David N. Twohy
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This science fiction anthology features DOOM, together with PITCH BLACK and the sequel, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK. PITCH BLACK is a dark, atmospheric sci-fi thriller with a sharp sense of humour, in which a spacecraft crashes on a mysterious planet, forcing the remaining survivors to seek help from ..read more »
73%
from 2,867 members
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Boiler Room
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ron Rifkin, Taylor Nichols, Tom Everett Scott
Director: Ben Younger
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A supercharged ride through the cutthroat world of illegal stock selling, BOILER ROOM is fueled by an electric hip-hop soundtrack. Ribisi portrays Seth Davis, a college dropout who thinks he's going straight when he takes a job at J.T. Marlin, a stock firm located in Long Island. Seth wants nothing ..read more »
67%
from 3,847 members
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Pitch Black - HD
(2000)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser
Director: David N. Twohy
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A dark, atmospheric sci-fi thriller with a sharp sense of humour. When a spacecraft crashes on a mysterious planet, the remaining survivors turn to Riddick (Diesel), a convicted murderer, to help them survive. It appears that the only life form on the planet is a dangerous species of flesh-eating ..read more »
76%
from 658 members
Not currently released
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Pitch Black
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser
Director: David N. Twohy
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This science fiction anthology features DOOM, together with PITCH BLACK and the sequel, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK. PITCH BLACK is a dark, atmospheric sci-fi thriller with a sharp sense of humour, in which a spacecraft crashes on a mysterious planet, forcing the remaining survivors to seek help from ..read more »
69%
from 27,787 members
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The Iron Giant
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Christopher McDonald, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr.
Director: Brad Bird
Certificate: 
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Based on poet Ted Hughes' 1968 children's book, (former SIMPSONS Storyboard Artist) Brad Bird's adaptation proves to be a work of art the family can enjoy together- simple and visually captivating enough for kids and sharp and touching enough for adults. Hogarth is a young boy in 1950s Maine. When ..read more »
74%
from 7,138 members
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Saving Private Ryan
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Dennis Farina, Adam Goldberg
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in ..read more »
77%
from 66,284 members
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Strays
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Kathleen Quinlan, Timothy Busfield
Director: John McPherson, Vin Diesel
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Watch now: £2.49
Tired of empty one-night stands and drug dealing, Rick (Vin Diesel) decides to turn his life around and find a meaningful relationship. He meets Heather, a beautiful young woman who he sees as his ticket to a better life. But old habits die hard for Rick and he can't seem to shake his boorish ..read more »
42%
from 421 members
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XXX - Blu-ray
Starring: Vin Diesel, Samuel L. Jackson, Asia Argento
Director: Rob Cohen
Certificate:
This amped action drama stars Vin Diesel as Xander (aka Triple X), a rebellious extreme sports star with a mission to defy authority and create anarchy. In the dramatic opening scene of the movie, Xander pulls an outrageous serious of stunts with the help of a band of similar-minded jocks, ..read more »
61%
from 2,633 members
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The Chronicles Of Riddick - Dark Fury
Starring: Vin Diesel
Director: Peter Chung
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An animated adventure featuring Riddick, the anti-hero made famous in the live action film 'Pitch Black' and set in-between that film and it's sequel 'The Chronicles Of Riddick'. After escaping from captivity and surviving the terrors of the eclipsing planet, Riddick find himself hunted once more ..read more »
57%
from 3,591 members
Not currently released
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Vin Diesel facts
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...ly unsatisfying, which is why I'd give it 3 stars rather than 4.
By the way, Vin Diesel is mighty in this film. He should put away his muscles more often. ...
