At the tender age of seven, Vin, his brother, and some of his friends broke into a theater in Greenwich Village to vandalize it. Instead, he had a much more… unusual entry into stagecraft. 13 His Father Was A Theater CoachĪlthough his father was a theater coach, Diesel didn’t get involved in acting through his family. Diesel has also spoken about his twin from time to time in interviews, although when he does, it's usually just to confirm that he does have a twin brother, and to laugh about the time that a magazine published a photo of a total stranger, claiming that he was Paul. The action star commented that although Paul is his twin, his brother looks more like his co-star and close friend than himself.
Paul has appeared on Diesel’s Facebook page in the past, most notably in the photo seen above with Diesel’s Fast and Furious co-star, the late Paul Walker. The short remains Paul’s only film credit on IMDB, though, and he is a very private person – unlike his brother. For one thing, Diesel’s brother Paul has a whole lot of hair! The two were close growing up in Greenwich Village, and Paul helped Vin on his first short film project, Mutli-Facial. The two are fraternal twins, not identical twins – and although we can see the similarities, they look quite different. Vin Diesel has one brother, Paul Vincent, who is also his twin. A man of many talents (and with a fascinating history), we’ve broken down fifteen of the most fascinating things about the multi-faceted star. Everyone knows that Diesel is a talented one when it comes to kicking ass and looking cool, but he’s far more than just a tough guy. There is little doubt that Diesel is now one of the biggest action stars in the biz (literally and figuratively) and his success just keeps getting bigger. He’s also on-set with the Rock for Fast 8, and already signed up for two more Fast and the Furious movies – and all that is just over the next few years. At the moment, he has three other projects in post-production, including a long-awaited sequel to 2002’s xXx ( xXx: The Return of Xander Cage) and the follow up to Marvel’s smash hit Guardians of the Galaxy, where Diesel voices the taciturn tree, Groot. Vin Diesel is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the massively successful Fast and the Furious franchise, but the buff action star is involved with more than just one major franchise.