Birth name: Mark Vincent Born: 18 July 1967, New York, New York, USA Height: 6' 2" Pets: An Italina Mastiff named "Roman". Love Life: In 2001 dated Fast an the furious co-star Michelle Rodriguez. Is reported to have said that he likes white trash women and would like to date Anna Nicole Smith Personal quotes: "I've worked out for years. For a long time it was my only sense of gratification." "I would get into fights with other bouncers when a guy was already on the floor and the other guys thought it was alright to jump up in the air and land on the guy's head." Salary: El Diablo (2002) $2,500,000 XXX (2002) $10,000,000

Biography

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'. It was his experiences as a bouncer that served as the inspiration for his script "Multi-facial".
It was after 3 years of study at Hunter college where he was an English major that Vin dropped out to go to Hollywood to become an actor, however when he failed to make the big time after a year he returned to New York 1994 and made Multi-facial into a short film when his mother 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.

Multi-facial was shot in less than 3 days and cost only $3,000. It went on to play in Cannes in 1995 and recieved 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 in 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 Iron Giant, The (1999) saw it and decided to cast Vin in the title role (as a voice over). 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.