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.Other hits have included"xxx"and"the pacifier"and Vin also voicedthe role of groot in the hugely successful "guardians of the galaxy" his latest screen offering is the seventh movie in the "furious" series!