--- title: Vin Diesel Shows Jimmy Fallon His Breakdancing Moves description: Vin Diesel shows Fallon how he and his brother used to make a little side cash canonical: https://time.com/3057619/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-breakdancing/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-30T13:13:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:24:53.891Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Vin Diesel Shows Jimmy Fallon His Breakdancing Moves og:description: Vin Diesel shows Fallon how he and his brother used to make a little side cash og:url: https://time.com/3057619/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-breakdancing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc015a7da9bc15c53/69869dc7e53aba28f34d3cc5/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vin Diesel Shows Jimmy Fallon His Breakdancing Moves twitter:description: Vin Diesel shows Fallon how he and his brother used to make a little side cash twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc015a7da9bc15c53/69869dc7e53aba28f34d3cc5/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Vin Diesel Shows Jimmy Fallon His Breakdancing Moves by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jul 30, 2014 1:13 PM UTC  Actor Vin Diesel during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on July 29, 2014 Actor Vin Diesel during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on July 29, 2014Douglas Gorenstein—NBC/Getty Images by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jul 30, 2014 1:13 PM UTC Before he got famous, Vin Diesel and his brother were already in the entertainment business — not as actors, but as breakdancers. Naturally, during last night’s _Tonight Show_, Jimmy Fallon convinced him to demonstrate a few of his moves. And Diesel obliged, despite wearing dress pants. Diesel appeared on the show to promote his upcoming movie _Guardians of the Galaxy_, due in theaters Friday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3057619/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-breakdancing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3057619/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-breakdancing/"},"headline":"Vin Diesel Shows Jimmy Fallon His Breakdancing Moves","datePublished":"2014-07-30T13:13:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:24:53.891Z","description":"Vin Diesel shows Fallon how he and his brother used to make a little side cash","url":"https://time.com/3057619/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-breakdancing/","keywords":["Late Night Highlight","celebrities","jimmy fallon","Vin Diesel","The Tonight Show","dancing","guardians of the galaxy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc015a7da9bc15c53/69869dc7e53aba28f34d3cc5/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc015a7da9bc15c53/69869dc7e53aba28f34d3cc5/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 1","caption":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 1","creditText":"Douglas Gorenstein—NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/late-night-highlight/","name":"Late Night Highlight"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3057619/vin-diesel-jimmy-fallon-breakdancing/","name":"Vin Diesel Shows Jimmy Fallon His Breakdancing Moves"}}]}] ```