Who is Vin Diesel, every contemporary knows. This, of course, is Riddick, Dominic Toretto and his other on-screen characters. But few people know about the biography, career, personal life of their beloved actor. Who is he, Vin Diesel, in ordinary life, what other achievements are there in his career besides acting?
What do we know about Vin Diesel? Very little! Russian viewers are limited only to watching films with his participation, not even suspecting how interesting the actor is as a person, how diverse his talent is. Vin Diesel is a whole world in which there is a place for acting, and producing, and creating scripts for films and even computer games, cartoons.
Biography of actor Vin Diesel
Mark Sinclair Vincent, future unique actor Vin Diesel, was born in California in 1967. Moreover, he was not born alone - he has a twin brother Paul. The mother was engaged in raising the boys in their early childhood, and they did not know their own father at all. A woman was not able to provide a high income for children, the profession of an astrologer-psychologist did not bring money.
When Paul and Mark were 7 years old, their mother got married. Vin Diesel is sure that it was his stepfather who discovered his acting talent. As a theater manager, he often took his children to work - to the theater.
Vin Diesel's first appearance on the stage as an actor was scandalous. The boy grew up a hooligan, and together with friends, and hardly for the sake of art, one day he simply broke down the door to the New City theater. The director, who caught the hooligans, for some reason did not call the law enforcement officers, but invited the boys to audition. This moment became the defining one in the life of Vin Diesel.
Vin Diesel career
Having climbed into the theater at the age of 7, Vin Diesel remained there until 17. The director was so impressed by the bully's abilities that he immediately offered him a role in one of the productions, assigning a fee of $ 20 for each performance. At the same time, the guy was actively involved in sports, and by the age of 17 he looked like a "jock".
The theater scene was clearly not enough for the young actor, and he began to try himself in the world of cinema, entered college, and studied literature. He never finished his studies, his irrepressible nature demanded changes. In 1987, Diesel, full of ambition, came to Los Angeles. However, his talent went unnoticed, and he had to work as a TV presenter in one of the TV shops.
Only in 1997 Vin Diesel managed to break into the cinema. His first significant and noticed, appreciated work was the role of an ordinary soldier in the film "Saving Private Ryan".
And already in 2001 the "Fast and the Furious" "happened". It was a shot film that brought Vin Diesel worldwide fame. It was this project, in the future, that allowed the actor to show all his talents - screenwriter, director, producer.
Filmography of actor Vin Diesel
The filmography of this actor includes more than 40 roles, but what! His heroes are world famous. These are Riddick, and Dominic Toretto, and Xander Cage, Groot, Shane Wolfe and others. He personally produced and directed many films, wrote scripts for many. There are diverse roles in his filmography, not only "pitching" and a racer. Critics note the following films with his participation:
- Many-sided,
- Black hole,
- Loner,
- The last witch hunter
- Tramps,
- Find me guilty.
The actor himself admits that dramatic films are more interesting to him than action games and action films. He plans to develop precisely this direction of cinema, and he wants to make such a movie not as an actor, but as a screenwriter and director.
Vin Diesel awards and achievements
Vin Diesel's "piggy bank" has 7 awards and 26 nominations, not only for acting, but also for scripts and directing. In addition to encouraging "marks" received Diesel and disappointing prizes - in 2004 he was nominated as the worst male actor in "Saving Private Rain", but the jury criticized this nomination. It is noteworthy that earlier, in 1999, this particular film was recognized as one of the best at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
For his work, Vin Diesel received another high American award - he has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Vin Diesel is successful not only in cinema. His characters are actively used in computer games and cartoons. The actor controls the process - all games are developed and distributed by his own company, Tigon Studios.
In recent years, Vin Diesel has shown interest in animation. On the basis of the film "Riddick" a short cartoon has already been shot, and at the moment Diesel is working on an animated series based on "Fast and the Furious".
The personal life of the actor Vin Diesel
About personal Vin Diesel speaks reluctantly, leaving journalists the opportunity to think out and share in the press speculation about his possible novels. Which of the newspaper ducks about him is true and which is a lie, he does not specify. At various times, he was credited with novels with film partners - Michelle Rodriguez and Pavel Kharbkova. With the first lady, Diesel really appeared in public for some time, and the couple did not hide a warm and rather intimate relationship. But the actor openly calls the affair with the model Pavel Kharbkova fiction.
Since 2006, Vin Diesel has been officially employed. Fashion model Paloma Jimenez became his wife. At the moment, the couple already have three children - two daughters and a son.
Perhaps fans and journalists would like to see a "peppercorn" in the life of Vin Diesel in the form of scandals, rumors about his affairs on the side and other piquant nuances of his personal life. But the actor lives a calm, measured life, is faithful to his wife, loves to spend time with children and is happy to share photos with them with his fans.
