Vin Diesel
Birth name: Mark Vincent
18 July 1967, New York, New York, USA

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.

Filmography:

Hitman (2007) (announced) .... Agent 47
Hannibal (2006) (announced) .... Hannibal Barca
Rockfish (2007) (pre-production) (voice)

Find Me Guilty (2006) .... Giacomo 'Fat Jack' DiNorscio
The Pacifier (2005) .... Shane Wolfe
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004) (V) (voice) .... Richard B. Riddick
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) .... Riddick
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Richard B. Riddick
A Man Apart (2003) .... Sean Vetter
xXx (2002) .... Xander Cage
Knockaround Guys (2001) .... Taylor Reese
The Fast and the Furious (2001) .... Dominic Toretto
Pitch Black (2000) .... Richard B. Riddick
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

BTW, moj omiljeni glumac 

Vin Dizel

Vin Dizel je napustio studije da bi započeo filmsku karijeru. Debitovao je u filmu "Multi-Facial" (1994), koji je prikazan na Kanskom festivalu i koji je privukao pažnju Stivena Spilberga. Slavni reditelj angažuje Vina Dizela za ulogu u filmu "Spasavajući redova Rajana". Za ulogu u filmu "XXX", Vin je dobio 10 miliona dolara, a za ulogu u nastavku će dobiti 20 miliona dolara i 10% od ukupnog prihoda filma.

Koliko se ja secam, on nije igrao u drugom delu XxX... ni u 2 Fast 2 Furious...

Verovatno su zbog toga ti filmovi bili totalni promasaj

Inace, totalna sirovina... ali sta i ocekivati od izbacivaca koji je postao glumac..

u xxx2 glumi ice cube

Ridika je odglumio majstorski, a steta sto ga nije bilo ni u xXx2 ni u 2 Fast 2 Furious

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Vin Dizel ne ume da vozi?!

Čini se da je Vin Dizel mnogo bolji glumac nego što su kritičari spremni da to priznaju.

Mišićavi glumac svetsku slavu je stekao zahvaljujući serijalu filmova 'Fast and furious'.

Iako je jasno da filmske vratolomne scene izvodi kaskader, a ne sam Vin Dizel, ipak bismo od američke akcijske zvezde očekivali natprosečne veštine za volanom.

Ne baš, ako je za verovati videoisečku koji Tportal donosi u nastavku, a koji prikazuje američku zvezdu u nezavidnoj situaciji kako svojim SUV-om ne može da izađe sa parkinga pa pritom traži pomoć paparaca.

Reci mi na koju stranu da smotam, pa ću onda popričati s tobom', poručio je Vin Dizel čoveku sa kamerom.



Izvor: S media

Zvezda za Vina Dizela

Junak akcionih filmova dobio je zvezdu na holivudskoj Stazi slavnih.

Uz Dizela su na ceremoniji otkrivanja zvezde bili i članovi njegove porodice - njegova devojka Paloma Himenez i dvoje dece kao i njegova koleginica iz filma "Brzi i žestoki" Mišel Rodrigez.

Glumac (46) koji je igrao u filmovima kao što su "XXX" i "Brzi i žestoki" dobio je 2.504. zvezdu.

"Volim Vina Dizela. On je jedan od mojih najboljih prijatelja, ovaj čovek se usuđuje da sanja kada svi ostali to zaboravljaju", rekla je Rodrigezova.

Dizel će uskoro biti viđen u filmu "Riddick", trećem nastavku naučno-fantastične franšize "Planeta tame" (2000) i "Ridikove hronike" (The Chronicles of Riddick).

Izvor: Mondo