He wrote drected produced and starred in 1994's "multi-facial' a short that wasscreened at the cannes film festival.his first feature-length movie,1997's "strays" was followed by a role in "saving private ryan."after voicing the lead in the animated movie " the iron giant" and starring in "boiler room " he landed the roles of the antihero riddick in the sci-fi hit "pitch black" and Dominic torerro in 2001's " the fast and the furious" both movies proved popular,and each has spawned a series of very successful sequels establishing Vin diesel as a major action movie star in the process! he is also a very shrewd businessman, as demonstarted by his lengthy and impressive list of producer credits.