Vin Diesel runs Riddick.
Riddick (film) . Produced by and starring Vin Diesel as the title character , Riddick is written and directed by David Twohy , who previously wrote and directed the first two installments , Pitch Black ( 2000 ) and The Chronicles of Riddick ( 2004 ) . Vin Diesel . He is well known for his portrayals of Dominic Toretto in The Fast and the Furious film series , Richard B. Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick series and Xander Cage in the xXx series . His voice-acting work includes The Iron Giant ( 1999 ) , the video game spin-offs from the Chronicles of Riddick franchise , as well as Guardians of the Galaxy ( 2014 ) and its sequel ( 2017 ) .