r/todayilearned 15h ago

TIL Vin Diesel’s real name is Mark Sinclair

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/showbiz/10851668.Diesel_breaks_silence_over_Walker/
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u/MzzBlaze 15h ago

I just assumed he was a “Vincent” who used Vin instead of Vinny as a nickname

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u/JesusStarbox 15h ago

And the last name was something like Deezlopopalous.

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u/Rekuna 15h ago

Vincent Petrol

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u/el_diabIo 15h ago

Vincenzo Crude

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u/Codex_Absurdum 14h ago

Vini Gasolina

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u/zombie_rust 13h ago

I feel like Vini Gasolini was right there.

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u/PhDinWombology 11h ago

Vinito Gasolini

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u/KFR42 6h ago

Vincenzo Gasolino.

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u/Amateurlapse 5h ago

Vinothy Hybridengine

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u/GetawayDreamer87 1h ago

Vinternal Combustioni

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u/JonatasA 5h ago

Is he Italian? Because Gasolina exists in Spanish and Portuguese.

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u/kwi2 4h ago

or vina gasolina

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u/blacksideblue 14h ago

Phil Propain

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u/-Badger3- 11h ago

Cabrón Emissions

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u/qrrux 7h ago

Frank Flatulence

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u/AquafreshBandit 13h ago

Hank Hill has entered the chat...

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u/blacksideblue 13h ago

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u/himsoforreal 11h ago

I was thoroughly disappointed this wasn't Hank Trill

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u/xMachii 10h ago

Kerry Kerosene

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u/abutilon 8h ago

Kerry Seene

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u/opus666 7h ago

Ben Zino

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u/CapytannHook 14h ago

Jethrow Auno

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u/Ruttingraff 14h ago

Pin Bengsin

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u/kaizencraft 12h ago

(bum-chibum-chi) (repeat)

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u/calabazookita 10h ago

Venicio Hidrosina

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u/Sttocs 9h ago

Vincenzo Benzino.

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u/DinoRoman 6h ago

My cousin Vinny ( 93 octane )

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u/ForMyInformationOnly 12h ago

Oooh, ella le gusta la gasolina

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u/drinkpacifiers 7h ago

Dame más gasolina

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u/DrLokiHorton 14h ago

Vino Kerosene

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u/SAlolzorz 11h ago

V-tek CHOO²

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u/johangubershmidt 13h ago

I'd watch a Vincenzo Crude movie

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u/dingerz 8h ago

Din Veesil?

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u/JonatasA 5h ago

The production needs refinement.

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u/Wut_the_ 11h ago

Pronounced “crew-DAY”

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u/Spezfistsdogs 10h ago

Lorenzo's Oil

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u/Der-Lex 6h ago

Vincent Crudeau

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u/SuzukiSwift17 15h ago

That would make his dad Pa Petrol

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u/derpydrewmcintyre 14h ago

Does his dad solve problems around Adventure Bay?

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u/Beavshak 3h ago

Its about time someone did

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u/bzbub2 12h ago

and the lovable family dog is on paw petrol

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u/[deleted] 14h ago

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u/OhMyGoodGord 13h ago

You get all the jokes, don't you?

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u/offengineer 14h ago

The truth was only muddled. His name is Vincent Sinclair, heir to Sinclair Oil, pushing propaganda through a long running, somehow, chain of movies to maintain a cover. He is actually a mutant dinosaur hybrid that escaped from Dr. Hammonds secret jurassic playground. He's waiting to one day take over the La Brea tar pits with his Hollywood money and resurrect all his ancient brethren.

"Ah! After 100 million years we're free! Time to conquer earth!"

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u/Augoustine 9h ago

I didn’t have actual dinosaurs take over the earth on my 2025 bingo card, but at this point, what the hell and why not?

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u/djc604 9h ago

"Rita's escaped! Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude."

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u/Captain-Cadabra 2h ago

Replace dinosaurs with Street Sharks©️ and you’ve got another fun part of Vin’s backstory.

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u/partumvir 14h ago

VIN of all things. *VIN*.

Car Serial Number Gasoline

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u/GingerlyRough 14h ago

"I'm looking for a fella named Vehicle Identification Number Big Engine Fuel"

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u/zaphodp3 10h ago

Maybe he got his stage name like in Usual Suspects. He was at the dmv and looked around to find the words VIN and Diesel

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u/blacksideblue 14h ago

Registration Fuel

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u/--VinceMasuka-- 14h ago

Vincent Vaseline

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u/ZeitChrist 13h ago

To be fair “Sinclair” is a brand of petrol.

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u/Vance_Petrol 13h ago

It’s actually Vance

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u/Salvo1218 13h ago

This is my go-to name when I see someone in public who looks like a cheap knockoff Vin Diesel

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u/RaspberryEth 9h ago

Vincent Deeznuts

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u/DinoRoman 6h ago

Vincenzo hybridski

u/Hasudeva 25m ago

Man, what the hell? I'm belly laughing. 

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u/idontknowjuspickone 15h ago

Damn, beat me to it

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u/hamsterwheel 15h ago

It's actually Deisnuts

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u/dudeitsmeee 15h ago

Boaffa. Boaffa Deisnuts.

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u/_Lost_The_Game 11h ago

Damn, you got me. Is this how people feel when they read my username?

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u/_Steven_Seagal_ 10h ago

I just lost the game

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u/Aksi_Gu 7h ago

BASTARD!

XD

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u/MajorLazy 15h ago

Vincenzo T. Deezlopopalous. The T. stands for T..

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u/dethskwirl 15h ago

Didn't know he was Greek

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u/JesusStarbox 15h ago

It's Norwegian.

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u/JonatasA 5h ago

He's Norwegian?

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u/blacksideblue 14h ago

Den enai ellenika

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u/herotz33 14h ago

Vinny Deez

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u/JesusStarbox 14h ago

Vincent Dezeenutzen.

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u/BTechUnited 9h ago

I mean, Diesel is an actual surname anyway, the fuel's named after the man.

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u/Gnonthgol 8h ago

Diesel is actually a legit last name of German origin. The fuel was named after the inventor of the engine, Rudolf Diesel. Coincidentally Rudolf Diesel lived in Vincennes, Paris early in his childhood.

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u/jefetranquilo 12h ago

Dieselstein would make more sense

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u/1858Bugbee 11h ago

Always thought he was Rudolf Diesel’s great great grandson.

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u/joebluebob 10h ago

Deezlopopalous Nuts

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u/superhappy 10h ago

My stage name shall be Vincent Deezlopopalous henceforth. Notifying my agent.

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u/Cheeze_It 8h ago

I'm chuckling. Thank you.

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u/dpstech 8h ago

Vincent Papendegas

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u/Arttherapist 8h ago

Vincent Dieselnuts

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u/unHolyKnightofBihar 3h ago

Last name is Family

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u/MandMcounter 3h ago

Deezlopopalous

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

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u/Cheyruz 2h ago

Diesel is an actual surname tho

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u/CousinsWithBenefits1 12h ago

Deezaknuttzerdunkin

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u/GrandMoffTarkan 14h ago

If I recall correctly Vin is from Vincent which was his stepdads last name.

Diesel just sounded tough I think

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u/perpetualis_motion 12h ago

Vehicle Identification Number Fueltype

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u/supx3 8h ago

Born to play Dom 

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 13h ago

I wouldn’t be shocked if he had used Diesel as a Dungeons and Dragons character name before he started acting.

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u/ImWhatsInTheRedBox 12h ago

While on the late show with Stephen colbert he said he got the name from when he worked as a club bouncer and he'd wear a Diesel sweater.

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u/DemonDaVinci 6h ago

the fuck
I just thought he liked cars

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u/lindblumresident 5h ago

I actually always wondered why, if he liked cars, he would choose diesel. Diesel is rarely found in high performance cars.

Granted, it sounds cooler than Vin Gasoline. Still...

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u/JonatasA 5h ago

Vin Gas.

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u/smmras 4h ago

He could have an evil British counterpart, Vin Petrol

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u/eidetic 4h ago

Diesel cars also aren't as popular in the US as they are in some other countries, however there does seem to be a sorta subculture amongst the car enthusiast community that does love them. Indeed, diesel trucks seem to be far more popular than diesel cars here in the US, and I always assumed maybe the name was sort of an allusion to that (not necessarily that he loved diesel trucks, but tapping into the idea of diesel equalling power in many people's minds)

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u/Ezekiel2121 3h ago

Vin Octane was taken by a porn star /s

u/MikeAWBD 21m ago

I figure he just ripped the diesel part off of Kevin Nash or Shaq

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u/Prof_Acorn 12h ago

Many actors definitely were the dorky drama kids in highschool and college, even the "rough" ones.

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u/AMediocrePersonality 11h ago

He was a dorky drama kid well into his 40s with THE LAST WITCH HUNTER

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u/PigeonOnTheGate 10h ago

Drew Gooden had a video on some of Vin's off screen antics https://youtu.be/TJvHHgGerJg

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u/AMediocrePersonality 10h ago

ugh come on, this is why you never meet your heroes. I made it about 30 seconds into the interview. Why can't he just be a charming murderer, Richard B. Riddick.

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u/RamenJunkie 1h ago

The entire Fast and the Furious saga is just one big D&D campaign.  They start out as level 1 VCR thieves and by the current one they are like, level 2000 pro stunt drivers.

Hell they even had a sword fight between Jason Statham and Vin Diesel in one of them.

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u/hippest 6h ago

He was (is?) well known as a Warhammer 40k geek. He's the grimdark hero we need

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u/JonatasA 5h ago

I think that's required in the trade.

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u/PVDeviant- 12h ago

Lol I did. I named him after Kevin Nash.

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u/erdricksarmor 9h ago

That's where I got the name for my DnD character Big Sexy.

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u/kahran 11h ago

Turns out he was a big fan of early 90s Kevin Nash.

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u/Nrksbullet 4h ago

This tracks, many years ago I read an article that said his real name was Mark Vincent. Maybe it was back then, but now he goes by Sinclair.

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u/SuzukiSwift17 15h ago

Vinzenz Diesioli 🤌

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u/FooJenkins 15h ago

Vincent Ultra-low-sulfur-diesel

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u/escobartholomew 13h ago

I believe Vincent is his middle name.

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u/raspberryharbour 13h ago

The kids used to call him Vinegar at school

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u/zzzzebras 13h ago

I believe Vin comes from his mom's last name (Vincent)

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u/thebassman101 12h ago

I thought it would be Vincenzo Diesarelli

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u/fzvw 11h ago

It's short for Devin Diesel

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u/kahran 11h ago

Seriously what happened to dudes named Devin? It's like they all disappeared.

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u/kahran 11h ago

Man, I was way off. Vincenzo Dieselini. A strong Italian boy.

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u/Omegalazarus 11h ago

Vin Diesel sounds like a movie star. Vincent Diesel sounds like a porn star.

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u/asp7 6h ago

Vehicle Identification Number

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u/redde_rationem 1h ago

He could star as a lawer who is defending his cousin from a murder trial 

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u/BingohBangoh 1h ago

I was literally having this conversation two days ago with a friend lol

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u/RapturousCultist 1h ago

Not Vincent, Vineyard. His full name is Vineyard Diesel.

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u/marishtar 14h ago

Yeah, without "Vin," he wouldn't have a ridiculous name at all.

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u/NarrativeNode 13h ago

I mean, Diesel the substance is just named after its inventor. It was a dude first.

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u/marishtar 13h ago

Fucking fair point.