2006-09-02 15:27:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Vin Diesel was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother and adoptive father in an artist's housing project in New York's Greenwich Village, never knowing his biological father. His first break in acting happened by chance, when at the age of seven he and his friends broke into a theatre to vandalize it. A woman stopped them and offered them each a script and $20, on the condition that they would attend everyday after school. From there, Vin's fledgling career progressed from the New York repertory company run by his father, to the Off-Off-Broadway circuit. At 17 and already sporting a well-honed physique, he became a bouncer at some of New York's hippest clubs to earn himself some extra cash. It was at this time that he changed his name to 'Vin Diesel'.
Following high school, Vin enrolled as an English major at Hunter College, but dropped out after three years to go to Hollywood to further his acting career. Being an experienced theatre actor did not make any impression in Hollywood and after a year of struggling to make his mark, he returned to New York. His mother then gave him a book called "Feature Films at Used Car Prices" by 'Rick Schmidt'. The book showed him that he could take control of his career and make his own movies. He wrote a short film based on his own experiences as an actor, called _Multi-Facial (1994)_ , which was shot in less than three days at a cost of $3,000. _Multi-Facial (1994)_ was eventually accepted for the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it got a tumultuous reception.
Afterwards, Vin returned to Los Angeles and raised almost $50,000 through telemarketing to fund the making of his first feature, Strays (1997). Six months after shooting, the film was accepted for the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, and although it received a good reception, it didn't sell as well as hoped. Yet again Vin returned disappointed to New York only to receive a dream phone call. Steven Spielberg was impressed by _Multi-Facial (1994)_ and wanted to meet Vin, leading him to be cast in Saving Private Ryan (1998). _Multi-Facial (1994)_ earned Vin more work, when the director of The Iron Giant (1999) saw it and decided to cast Vin in the title role. From there, Vin's career has steadily grown, with him securing his first lead role as 'Richard B Riddick' in the sci-fi film Pitch Black (2000). That role has earned him a legion of devoted fans and the public recognition he deserves.
Actor - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s)
Rockfish (2007) (in production) (voice)
Hannibal the Conqueror (2008) (announced) .... Hannibal Barca
Hitman (2007) (announced) .... Agent 47
Babylon A.D. (2007) (pre-production) .... Thoorop
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) (uncredited) .... Dominic Toretto
Find Me Guilty (2006) .... Giacomo "Jackie Dee" DiNorscio
... aka Find Me Guilty: The Jackie Dee Story (USA: long title)
The Pacifier (2005) .... Shane Wolfe
... aka Gnome (Philippines: English title)
... aka Pacificateur, Le (Canada: French title)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004) (V) (voice) .... Richard B. Riddick
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) .... Riddick
... aka The Chronicles of Riddick: The Director's Cut (USA: director's cut)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Richard B. Riddick
A Man Apart (2003) .... Sean Vetter
... aka Extreme Rage (Germany)
xXx (2002) .... Xander Cage
... aka Triple X (USA: informal English title)
Knockaround Guys (2001) .... Taylor Reese
The Fast and the Furious (2001) .... Dominic Toretto
... aka The Fast and the Furious (Germany)
Pitch Black (2000) .... Richard B. Riddick
... aka The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black (USA: DVD box title)
Boiler Room (2000) .... Chris Varick
Into Pitch Black (2000) (TV) .... Richard B. Riddick
Multi-Facial (1999) .... Mike
The Iron Giant (1999) (voice) .... The Iron Giant
Saving Private Ryan (1998) .... Private Adrian Caparzo
Strays (1997) .... Rick
Awakenings (1990) (uncredited) .... Hospital Orderly
IS THAT WHAT U WANTED?
2006-09-02 15:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by THE UNKNOWN 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He supplied the voice of "The Iron Giant". I love that movie. I bet he's a cool guy to hang out with.
2006-09-02 22:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by Hielodrive 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's kool he wuz in Fast And Furious Pt. I and Pacifer he wuz in XXX too but he looked really good in those movies
2006-09-02 22:30:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two thumbs down.
2006-09-02 23:29:31 · answer #4 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Great actor.
2006-09-02 22:30:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is awsome with his big arms and shoulders
2006-09-02 22:51:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alls I know is that he is a GAY ICON in the homo world!!!!!
They just LOVE all that "he-man" stuff - all his bulging muscles really turns them on!
Not MY type, tho....
2006-09-02 23:18:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I Like this... he is very nice guy
2014-08-07 07:22:42 · answer #8 · answered by Jayanti 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
6'3 of muscle. what else do u need to know?
2006-09-02 22:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by Deep Purple 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
short, big nose, beedy eyes, ugly
2006-09-02 22:30:28 · answer #10 · answered by gillett1219 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋