In 2006, he returned to the Fast & Furious franchise with a cameo in Tokyo Drift. The actor went in another direction, voicing video game characters and trying his hand at comedy ( The Pacifier.) However, Diesel declined to appear in both films’ sequels: 2 Fast 2 Furious and XXX: State of the Union. He saw equal success the following year in X XX. But as we all know, Diesel’s career breakthrough came in 2001 when he co-starred with Paul Walker in The Fast And The Furious. The role was the actor’s first big break. It eventually caught the eye of Steven Spielberg, who was so impressed that he wrote a part for Diesel in 1998’s Saving Private Ryan. To his own surprise, it was accepted for the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Diesel plays Mike, an actor who has trouble nailing auditions because his multi-racial identity makes him too hard to categorize.ĭiesel wrote the script in one night and shot the film over three days with a $3,000 budget. The short film was a semi-autobiographical look at Diesel’s own struggles to break into the business. In 1994, he wrote, directed, produced, starred in, and even scored Multi-Facial. Diesel performed in local theaters when he was a child, but his breakthrough didn’t come until adulthood. The actor was born Mark Sinclair on July 18, 1967, in California and raised in New York City by his mother and step-father. Vin Diesel is an unexpected Hollywood success story. How much do people really know about the actor’s love life? Has the actor had anything to say about the matter? Let’s take a look at how the rumor started and decide for yourself: Is Vin Diesel gay? Vin Diesel Has Been A Wildly Successful Actor For Years (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) And with F9-the ninth installment of The Fast & Furious franchise-slated for release this year, Vin Diesel is the subject du jour. Every day brings fresh speculation that a seemingly straight Hollywood star is actually gay.