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| Born in New York City, the son of Delora, a psychiatrist and astrologer. Is biracial and has Italian and Black ancestry.Diesel has never met his biological father, and was raised by his African-American stepfather, Irving, an acting instructor and theatre manager. He made his stage debut at age seven when he appeared in the children's play Dinosaur Door. He has a fraternal twin brother named Paul, a younger brother named Tim, and a sister named Samantha. |
Personal life |
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| Around 2001 dated his The Fast and the Furious co-star, Michelle Rodriguez. October 2005 visited the Dominican Republic, a 23-year-old architecture student accused Diesel of trying to have her kicked out of the bar for refusing to go back to his hotel room. Diesel denied the allegations, citing the club's history of problems unrelated to him. Diesel has played Dungeons & Dragons for over twenty years and wrote the foreword for the commemorative book 30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons. in Diesel has a daughter, Hania Riley, born April 2, 2008, with his girlfriend, model Paloma Jimenez. |
Filmography 1990-2000 |
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| 1990 Awakenings (played Orderly) 1994 Multi-Facial (played Mike) 1997 Strays (played Rick) 1998 Saving Private Ryan (played Private Caparzo) 1999 (played the voice of The Iron Giant) 2000 Boiler Room (played Chris Varick), Pitch Black (played Richard B. Riddick) |
Filmography 2001-2009 |
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| 2001 The Fast and the Furious (played Dominic Toretto), Knockaround Guys (played Taylor Reese) 2002 xXx (played Xander Cage) 2003 A Man Apart (played Sean Vetter) 2004 The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (played voice of Richard B. Riddick), The Chronicles of Riddick (played Richard B. Riddick) 2005 The Pacifier (played Lieutenant Shane Wolfe) 2006 Find Me Guilty (played Jack DiNorscio), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (played Dominic Toretto Cameo appearance) 2008 Babylon A.D. (played Hugo Cornelius Toorop) 2009 [a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_and_Furious_%282009_film%29" title="Fast and Furious (2009 fi |
Producer - filmography |
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| 1994 Multi-Facial (Producer) 1997 Strays (Executive Producer, Produce) 2002 xXx (Executive Producer) 2003 A Man Apart (Producer) 2004 Chronicles of Riddick (Executive Producer),Life is a Dream (Documentary, Executive Producer) 2006 Find Me Guilty (Producer) 2007 Hitman (Executive Producer) 2008 Hannibal the Conqueror (Producer) 2009 Fast and Furious (Producer) |
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