Biography Of Vin Diesel His birth name is Mark Sinclair Vincent. Vin was born on July/18/1967 New york (age 51 years), Alameda County, California, United States. His mum then got him a book called ‘The book showed him that he could take control of his career and make his own movies. Vin Diesel is an known for high energy movies and he is known for Paul walker His first movie is Ridik. In 2014, Vin Diesel lent his distinctive voice to the character of Groot in the sci-fi adventure Guardians of the Galaxy.He has two brothers named Paul, Tim and a sister named Samantha. Vin Diesel was offered the role of in the 2003 action movie Daredevil that ended up going to Ben Affleck. Unfortunately, his theater background failed to impress Hollywood studios so he returned to New York City. Where he got the name Vin Diesel. The name "Vin" is simply a shortened version of "Vincent". Diesel attended Hunter College, where his creative writing studies led him to begin screenwriting. He dropped out and headed to Hollywood. No kidding? “I’m telling you, man, I’m crazy. I can’t even tell you some of the stupid stuff I did as a kid. The most ridiculous stuff. You wanna know the stuff we used to do? We’d scale the damn trains. Our hearts would beat, man. Asinine. In fact, just the thought of it causes me stress.” Vin Diesel's Biography Vin diesel's biography wikipedia Google Explore (By - Harley Mareikura Gray.