VIN DIESEL (Shane Wolfe) has become one of Hollywood’s most sought-after stars and recently starred in “The Chronicles of Riddick,” which he also produced, reprising the role he created in the science fiction hit “Pitch Black.” Following up THE PACIFIER, Vin will star in “Find Me Guilty” for famed director Sidney Lumet. The film is a true story, a courtroom drama about a mob family on trial and one brave member who defended himself for three years in court and got off.
Diesel is virtually transformed in this film playing a 47-year-old Italian mobster, Jackie DiNorscio, and his intense dramatic flare will become apparent to critics and fans alike. Diesel also starred in the action hit “The Fast and the Furious,” directed by Rob Cohen, for which Diesel was honored with 2002 MTV Movie Award nominations both as Best Male Performance and Best On-Screen Team. He then teamed up again with Rob Cohen in his starring role as Xander Cage in last summer’s hit “XXX.” Most recently, Diesel was seen starring as an undercover DEA agent in “A Man Apart,” directed by F. Gary Gray.
Diesel’s other motion picture credits include his standout performance in “Boiler Room,” the voice of the title character in the animated feature “The Iron Giant,” which won an Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, and the role of Private Carpazo in “Saving Private Ryan,” opposite Tom Hanks, for which Diesel was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the film’s ensemble cast.
In the early 1990’s Diesel wrote, produced, directed and starred in his first film, a short, “Multi-facial,” which was screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. He then wrote his first full-length feature, “Strays,” in which he also was the star, director and producer. This raw urban drama was selected to be in competition at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.
Raised in Greenwich Village, Diesel gave his first stage performance at the age of seven at Theatre for the New City and continued to work in theatre throughout his childhood. After high school, he enrolled at Hunter College, where he majored in English with a concentration on creative writing. It was soon after that he began writing screenplays.
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