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 Diesel was born Mark Sinclair<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/showbiz/10851668.Diesel_breaks_silence_over_Walker/ | publisher=[[Press Association]] via [[The Press]] (Christchurch, New Zealand)| title=Diesel breaks silence over Walker| date= December 3, 2013| access-date=March 21, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102309/http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/showbiz/10851668.Diesel_breaks_silence_over_Walker/| archive-date=October 6, 2014| url-status=live}}</ref> on July 18, 1967,<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/07/18/Famous-birthdays-for-July-18-Vin-Diesel-Kristen-Bell/8771563155558/|title=Famous birthdays for July 18: Vin Diesel, Kristen Bell|work=[[United Press International]]|date=July 18, 2019|access-date=August 7, 2019|archive-date=July 19, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190719181941/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/07/18/Famous-birthdays-for-July-18-Vin-Diesel-Kristen-Bell/8771563155558/|url-status=live|quote=Actor Vin Diesel in 1967 (age 52)}}</ref> in [[Alameda County, California]], where his mother was also born, though later moved to [[New York City]] with his fraternal twin brother, Paul.<ref name=pulsnclair1>[http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/paul_sinclair_born_1967_10041532 Paul Sinclair] birth record at California Birth Index. Retrieved on March 29, 2015.</ref><ref name="filmr">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/3/Vin-Diesel.html |title=Vin Diesel Biography (1967–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=September 8, 2010}}</ref> His mother, Delora Sherleen Vincent (née Sinclair), is an [[astrologer]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Vin Diesel: From nightclub bouncer to action hero |work=[[CNN]] |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/12/people.cel.diesel/index.html |date=August 12, 2002}}</ref> He was raised by his white mother and adoptive African-American father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theater manager.<ref name="filmr"/><ref name="jam2"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Pearlman|first=Cindy|title=Fame game stumps Diesel|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F55D489DD7CCF36&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date= August 9, 2002|access-date=June 29, 2013}}</ref> Diesel has stated that he is "of ambiguous ethnicity."<ref name="ref3">{{cite news|last=Vincent|first=Mal|title='The Fast and the Furious' Vin Diesel Opens the Throttle in New Speed Movie and Joins an Elite 'Action-Star' Fraternity|work=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]|location=Norfolk, Virginia|date=June 22, 2001|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ECE0CA9279A8D03&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref> His mother has English, German, and Scottish roots.<ref>{{cite news|title=VinDiesel explains why Glasgow was perfect to shoot Fast 6 |url=http://entertainment.stv.tv/film/225437-vin-diesel-explains-why-glasgow-was-perfect-to-shoot-fast-furious-6/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618152711/http://entertainment.stv.tv/film/225437-vin-diesel-explains-why-glasgow-was-perfect-to-shoot-fast-furious-6/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 18, 2013 |date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=June 29, 2013 }}</ref> He has never met his biological father, and has said that "all I know from my mother is that I have connections to many different cultures,"<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0nsTCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA210|chapter=From blaxploitation to mixploitation: Male leads and changing mixed race identities|first=Gregory T.|last=Carter|year=2008|title=Mixed Race Hollywood|editor1-first=Mary|editor1-last=Beltrán|editor2-first=Camilla|editor2-last=Fojas|publisher=New York University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0814799895|page=210}}</ref> "I'm definitely a person of colour," says Diesel, who prefers not to dwell on his origins but begrudgingly decides to uncloak some of his past. All he would say was: "I never met my biological father."<ref name="jam2">{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/D/Diesel_Vin/2000/02/17/757953.html |title=Diesel is running hot |publisher=Jam.canoe.ca |date=February 17, 2000 |access-date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715004628/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/D/Diesel_Vin/2000/02/17/757953.html |archive-date=July 15, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and that his parents' relationship would have been illegal in parts of the United States due to [[anti-miscegenation laws in the United States|anti-miscegenation laws]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?id=9219769|title=Vin Diesel receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame|publisher=[[KABC-TV]]|date=August 26, 2013|author=Chu, Hanna|access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=December 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212023134/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?id=9219769|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-Diesel made his stage debut at age seven when he appeared in the children's play ''Dinosaur Door'', written by [[Barbara Garson]]. The play was produced at [[Theater for the New City]] in New York's [[Greenwich Village]]. His involvement in the play came about when he, his brother and some friends had broken into the Theater for the New City space on Jane Street with the intent to vandalize it. They were confronted by the theater's artistic director, Crystal Field, who offered them roles in the upcoming show instead of calling the police.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Krulik |first1=Nancy E. |title=Vin Diesel: Fueled for Success |url=https://archive.org/details/vindieselfueledf00krul |url-access=registration |publisher=Simon Pulse, Gallery Books |date=November 1, 2002 |isbn=978-0689859823 |location= New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/vindieselfueledf00krul/page/14 14]}}</ref><ref name="ref1">{{cite news|last=Vincent|first=Mal|title=xXx|work=The Virginian-Pilot|location=Norfolk, Virginia|date=August 9, 2002|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F552F52A780C161&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref><ref name="ref2">{{cite news|last=Wloszcyna|first=Susan|title=Vin Diesel, driving on a tankful of cool|work=USA Today|date=June 4, 2004|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-06-10-vin-diesel-cool_x.htm|access-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref> Diesel remained involved with the theater throughout adolescence, going on to attend NYC's [[Hunter College]], where studies in creative writing led him to begin screenwriting. He has identified himself as a "multi-faceted" actor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_4_100/ai_76513111 |title=Vin Diesel Shifts Acting Career into High Gear In 'The Fast and the Furious' |publisher=Findarticles.com |date=July 9, 2001 |access-date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504201104/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_4_100/ai_76513111/ |archive-date=May 4, 2010 }}</ref> Sinclair began going by his stage name Vin Diesel while working as a [[Bouncer (doorman)|bouncer]] at the New York nightclub [[Tunnel (New York nightclub)|Tunnel]], wanting a tougher sounding name for his occupation. Vin comes from his mother's married last name Vincent, while the surname Diesel came from his friends due to his tendency to be energetic. <ref>https://www.thelist.com/446223/the-real-reason-vin-diesel-changed-his-name/</ref>
+Diesel made his stage debut at age seven when he appeared in the children's play ''Dinosaur Door'', written by [[Barbara Garson]]. The play was produced at [[Theater for the New City]] in New York's [[Greenwich Village]]. His involvement in the play came about when he, his brother and some friends had broken into the Theater for the New City space on Jane Street with the intent to vandalize it. They were confronted by the theater's artistic director, Crystal Field, who offered them roles in the upcoming show instead of calling the police.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Krulik |first1=Nancy E. |title=Vin Diesel: Fueled for Success |url=https://archive.org/details/vindieselfueledf00krul |url-access=registration |publisher=Simon Pulse, Gallery Books |date=November 1, 2002 |isbn=978-0689859823 |location= New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/vindieselfueledf00krul/page/14 14]}}</ref><ref name="ref1">{{cite news|last=Vincent|first=Mal|title=xXx|work=The Virginian-Pilot|location=Norfolk, Virginia|date=August 9, 2002|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F552F52A780C161&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref><ref name="ref2">{{cite news|last=Wloszcyna|first=Susan|title=Vin Diesel, driving on a tankful of cool|work=USA Today|date=June 4, 2004|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-06-10-vin-diesel-cool_x.htm|access-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref> Diesel remained involved with the theater throughout adolescence, going on to attend NYC's [[Hunter College]], where studies in creative writing led him to begin screenwriting. He has identified himself as a "multi-faceted" actor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_4_100/ai_76513111 |title=Vin Diesel Shifts Acting Career into High Gear In 'The Fast and the Furious' |publisher=Findarticles.com |date=July 9, 2001 |access-date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504201104/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_4_100/ai_76513111/ |archive-date=May 4, 2010 }}</ref> Sinclair began going by his stage name Vin Diesel while working as a [[Bouncer (doorman)|bouncer]] at the New York nightclub [[Tunnel (New York nightclub)|Tunnel]], wanting a tougher sounding name for his occupation. Vin comes from his mother's married last name Vincent, while the surname Diesel came from his friends due to his tendency to be energetic.<ref>https://www.thelist.com/446223/the-real-reason-vin-diesel-changed-his-name/</ref>
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