Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), better known by his stage name Vin Diesel, is an American actor, producer, director and screen writer. He is well known for his portrayals of Dominic Toretto in The Fast and the Furious film series, Richard B. Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick series and Xander Cage in the xXx series. He is also a producer on sequels in these franchises.
Diesel has also starred in The Pacifier (2005) and Find Me Guilty (2006). His voice-acting work includes The Iron Giant (1999), the video game spin-offs from the Chronicles of Riddick franchise, as well as Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and its 2017 sequel. He wrote, directed, produced and starred in a short film titled Multi-Facial and the feature-length drama film Strays. He is the founder of the production companies One Race Films, Racetrack Records and Tigon Studios.