Actor, producer, screenwriter, director, winner of prestigious American and international film awards - Vin Diesel. All these "regalia" indicate a fairly decent income for a man. Is it so? How much and how does Vin Diesel earn?
One of the leading financial and analytical publications in the world, Forbes magazine in 2015 included this actor in the list of the highest paid actors in the world. Vin Diesel finished third in it. Does he only earn by acting or does he have other sources of income? What other type of activity supplements Vin Diesel's budget?
Who is Vin Diesel - biography and success story
It was quite difficult for Vin Diesel to get to the top of the Olympus of cinema. Firstly, because of the origin, and secondly, because of the lack of protection. He had to achieve everything on his own.
Vin Diesel (Mark Sinclair) and his brother did not know their father; their mother was engaged in raising the boys. When Mark was 3 years old, his mother got married and moved with the children to New York, to her husband. It was his stepfather who instilled in the future Hollywood star a love of art, but Vin Diesel manifested it rather strangely - he sneaked into movie shows secretly, breaking open the back door, was caught repeatedly and punished for a prank.
And it was one of these pranks that helped Diesel get on the stage of the theater and receive his first fee - $ 20 for his role in the play "The Door for the Dinosaur".
College of Literature and Art (screenwriting course) the young man dropped out. He did not want to "sit" his talent at the desk, he needed movement, self-realization. Vin Diesel went to Los Angeles hoping to get what he wanted right away - a role in a theater or a movie. But the metropolis received the guy rather coldly, he had to work as part of the film crew of a TV shop.
Vin Diesel income from acting
In 1990, Vin Diesel first appeared in a feature film - he got a cameo role in the film Awakening. The role was so small that the credits did not even include the name of the novice actor. The fee was also corresponding. Then Diesel decided to shoot his own movie, wrote the script for "Tramps", but in the end he first shot a short film called "Many Faces". The film was about himself, about what stereotypes of those around him hinder his career.
In 1996, his film "Tramps" "shot" - the picture received an award at the film festival, but did not bring any monetary profit. Vin Diesel began to receive serious royalties only in 2000, when he starred in "Riddick" and in "Saving Private Ryan".
Then there were "Fast and Furious" and "Three X", which raised the bar of Vin Diesel's fees, allowed him to dictate the terms. In addition, Diesel got the opportunity to work on films as a director, producer and screenwriter.
How much Vin Diesel earns from computer games
The film industry is not the only source of income for the eminent actor. In 2002, he founded a computer game development company. The staff includes the best developers and animators. Their task is to create games based on the films in which the actor starred, and they do an excellent job with it.
Vin Diesel's company for the development of computer games has already released three "products". Legendary Riddick is the lead character in two games, while Milo Berik, a driver and undercover agent, is in the third.
PC games with Vin Diesel in the "lead role" are extremely popular and are sold in millions of copies, are actively downloaded by Internet users from different countries. It is clear that this line of the actor's income is no less than his fees for filming, producing and directing, writing scripts for films.
Vin Diesel never mentioned specific figures from this column of his earnings. He generally does not like to discuss this topic with journalists. But, unlike some of his colleagues from Hollywood, Diesel has never been convicted by the authorities of hiding income and evading taxes on them.
Vin Diesel's offscreen income
Acting career has always been "cramped" for Diesel, he wanted more, and he achieved it. In his creative piggy bank 35 roles in films and 19 paintings that he made himself, as a screenwriter, director or producer. Russian film fans are familiar with such works from this list as
- "Three X" and "Hitman",
- several sequels of "Fast and the Furious",
- "Riddick" and "The Chronicles of Riddick",
- "The Last Witch Hunter" and others.
In 2015, according to data published in Forbes magazine, Vin Diesel's total income from all activities was over $ 35 million. The same Forbes points out that the actor's income is increasing annually, including through the sale of computer games, films to TV channels around the world. In addition, financial analysts who provide professional services to the actor say that he is very successful in investing his savings, but where exactly is unknown.
Vin Diesel House - where and how a celebrity lives
According to the latest "data" of the ubiquitous journalists, Winnie Diesel, together with his common-law wife and three children, lives in the town of Sandy Springs, Georgia. There, the actor has a luxurious mansion with a swimming pool and a huge gym.
Despite the fact that the actor is already well over 50, he tries to keep fit and looks great for his age. Large fees did not cause star illness and the development of addictions. Vin Diesel is still actively working, new films with his participation are being released on the screens, pictures that he creates himself as a director, screenwriter or producer.
