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Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and film producer. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known for portraying Dominic "Dom" Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise. Born in California, Diesel attended Hunter College in New York City, where studies in creative writing led him to begin screenwriting. He wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the short drama film Multi-Facial (1995) and his debut feature, Strays (1997). He came to prominence in the late 1990s. First, he gained recognition for his appearance in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan in 1998. He followed up with commercially successful films such as Boiler Room (2000) and The Pacifier (2005). He gained stardom as a leading action star headlining numerous franchises, including Fast & Furious, XXX, and The Chronicles of Riddick. His voice acting work includes The Iron Giant (1999), the video games The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (2009), and the voices of Groot I and Groot II in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU); he portrayed the characters in six superhero films, beginning with Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Diesel has reprised his role as Groot for the Disney+ animated shorts series I Am Groot (2022–2023), the television special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), and the animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). He founded the production company One Race Films, where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for his star vehicles. Diesel also founded the record label Racetrack Records and video game developer Tigon Studios, providing his voice and motion capture for all of Tigon's releases.

Vin Diesel

Groot
for Groot in How the MCU Should've Been Cast
Suggested by darthspidermaul

Casting the MCU in my own image where Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man movies are part of the main canon. Phase 1 - Iron Man (2008) - The Incredible Hulk (2008) - Iron Man 2 (2010) - Thor (2011) - Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - The Avengers (2012) - The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) Phase 2 - Iron Man 3 (2013) - Thor: The Dark World (2013) - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) - Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) - Ant-Man (2015) Phase 3 - Captain America: Civil War (2016) - Planet Hulk (2016) - Doctor Strange (2016) - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) - The Amazing Spider-Man 3 (2017) - Thor: Ragnarok (2017) - Black Panther (2018) - Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) - Captain Marvel (2019) - Avengers: Endgame (2019) - The Amazing Spider-Man 4 (2019) Phase 4 - Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty (2020) - What If...? S1 (2020) - Black Widow (2020) - WandaVision S1 (2020) - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2020) - Eternals S1 (2021) - The Indestructible Hulk (2021) - Loki S1 (2021) - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) - Hawkeye S1 (2021) - The Amazing Spider-Man 5 (2021) - Moon Knight S1 (2022) - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) - Ms. Marvel S1 (2022) - Thor: God of Thunder (2022) - She-Hulk S1 (2022) - Werewolf by Night (2022 Special Presentation) - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2022) - The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022 Special Presentation) - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) - Avengers: Secret Invasion (2023) - Loki S2 (2023) - The Marvels (2023) Phase 5 - Captain America: Brave New World (2024) - Echo S1 (2024) - Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - Ironheart S1 (2024) - The Amazing Spider-Man 6 (2024) - Agatha All Along S1 (2024) - Thunderbolts* (2024) - What If...? S4 (2024) - Thor: The Legend of Hercules (2025) - Daredevil: Born Again S1 (2025) - Shang-Chi and the Wreckage of Time (2025) - The Legendary Star-Lord S1 (2025) - The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) - Doctor Strange in the Dream Dimension of Darkness (2025) - Blade (2026) - The Amazing Spider-Man 7 (2026) - Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (2026) Phase 6 - Captain America: Secret Empire (2027) - Thor: Protector of Midgard (2027) - Armor Wars (2028) - The Amazing Spider-Man 8 (2028) - The Fantastic Four 2 (2028) - Wonder Man S1 (2029) - Avengers: Doomsday (2029) - Avengers: Secret Wars (2030) - The Amazing Spider-Man 3 (2030)