Although Dominic Toretto is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent, the exact ethnicity of the actor who portrays him remains a mystery. Born as Mark Sinclair, the movie mogul's mother has Scottish, English, Irish and German ancestry.
Per these last three films, a viewer could read Dominic Toretto as a Cuban man with a Mexican father, a white brother and sister, and a Puerto Rican grandmother. He's a guy who has made homes in the Dominican Republic (in Fast & Furious), Brazil (in Fast Five), and Los Angeles.
Dominic Toretto is a fearless street racer, auto mechanic, and ex-convict. The character is the older brother of Jakob and Mia Toretto. Throughout the series, Dom's crew has perpetrated many high-speed semi hijackings, stealing millions of dollars in merchandise. He has spent most of his life running from the law.
The article specifically focuses on a racer named Rafael Estevez, a man whose personal philosophy directly inspired the now-iconic character of Dominic Toretto.
And when he was racing Dom, he was using a superior car so Dom had to cheat. Dom had never lost to Brian in a race... up until the beginning of Fast 6 when he beats Dom home in the Skyline.
Timothy Olyphant reflects on turning down the chance to play Dominic Toretto in Fast & Furious and believes the franchise wouldn't have been as successful with him in the role.
Michelle Rodriguez's Leticia "Letty" Ortiz is Dominic Toretto's wife and the stepmother of his son, Brian. Letty grew up down the street from the Torettos and eventually became a part of the family when she married Dom at the beginning of the fourth Fast and Furious movie.
Tony Toretto, Dominic Toretto's cousin, is recruited by a government agency together with his friends to infiltrate an elite racing league serving as a front for a criminal organization called SH1FT3R that is bent on world domination.
Dom, who came to the realization that Jakob was partially responsible for their father's death after being released from prison, challenges Jakob to a race in which if Dom wins Jakob must leave LA for good.
Dom and Mia, who are presumably Italian American, given their surname, but who grew up in Latino-oriented Los Angeles, are now shown to possess many of the traits typically ascribed to Latinos in the United States.
Her mother, Carmen Milady Rodriguez (née Pared Espinal), is Dominican, while her father, Rafael Rodriguez, was Puerto Rican and served in the U.S. Army. Rodriguez moved to the Dominican Republic with her mother when she was eight years old, and lived there until age 11.
Dom challenged the debt collector Raldo to a race, if he wins, he keeps the car and gets Raldo's respect, otherwise the collector can have the car. Dom won the race.
While Rodriguez was aged 23, she played an 18-year-old Letty in The Fast and the Furious. The franchise's official Wikia profile on Letty states that she was born on September 7, 1983. This makes her 18 in The Fast and the Furious considering it's set in 2001.
Dominic Toretto is best known as the leader of the franchise, but even he was a Fast & Furious villain for stretches of The Fate of the Furious. His villainous turn was not by his own doing or plan, as he was forced to work against his team by Cipher to save his son.
John Cena joins the cast as Dom's little brother, Jakob Toretto, who we've somehow never heard about. Inspired by a personal moment in the director's life, a major event drove a wedge between the two.
She lived down the street from them. Letty took an interest in cars when she was ten years old. Dominic, a fellow car enthusiastic like his father, "always had her attention". However, when she became sixteen, Dominic became romantically interested in her.
Fast & Furious begins with Dominic Toretto being forced to leave behind Letty to keep her safe from the police. Once in hiding, Toretto is informed by his sister that Letty has been murdered, forcing him to return to Los Angeles to find out who was responsible for Letty's death.
Fast & Furious' three core relationships - the love between Letty and Dom, and Brian (Paul Walker) and Mia (Jordana Brewster), as well as the friendship between Brian and Dom - have remained the backbone of the franchise.
Diesel was born in Alameda County, California. He studied at Hunter College. He is partners with Paloma Jimenez. His father is African-American and his mother is of English, German, Irish and Scottish descent.
While Letty was working for Shaw, Dom Toretto was recruited to bring Shaw down, but he dedicated most of his time to trying to reunite with his wife. On their first meeting, Letty shot Dominic because she didn't know who he was, and Shaw manipulatively tested her loyalty to the gang through Dom.
This placed Elena and their son in a vulnerable position for a criminal like Cipher to exploit. Cipher kidnapped Elena and their son and held them hostage to force Dom to do her bidding. Feeling the responsibility to protect his son, Dom is driven to betray his loved ones, including Letty, and his own personal code.
