Dom vs Hobbs Fast Five 2011 Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Laz Alonso
Fast & Furious (also known as The Fast and the Furious) is an American action media franchise centered on a series of films revolving around street racing, heists, and spies. The franchise also includes short films, a television series, toys, video games, live shows and theme park attractions. The films are distributed by Universal Pictures. The first film, based on the 1998 Vibe magazine article "Racer X" by Ken Li and written by Gary Scott Thompson, Erik Bergquist, and David Ayer, was released in 2001. It began the original tetralogy of films focused on illegal street racing, which culminated in the film Fast & Furious (2009). The series moved towards heists and espionage with Fast Five (2011), which was followed by five sequels in that genre, the most recent of which, Fast X, was released on May 19, 2023. Universal expanded the series to include the spin-off film Hobbs & Shaw (2019), while its subsidiary DreamWorks Animation followed this with the six-season animated streaming television series Fast & Furious Spy Racers (2019–2021). Soundtrack albums have been released for all the films, as well as compilation albums containing existing music heard in the films. Two short films that tie into the series have also been released. The series has been commercially successful. It is Universal's biggest franchise and the eighth highest-grossing film series of all time, with a combined gross of over $7 billion.[2] Critical reception for the first four films was mixed until the fifth and later films, which were more positively received. Cast and crew Principal cast Main articles: List of Fast & Furious characters and List of Fast & Furious cast members List indicator This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in multiple Fast & Furious films and related media. An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the media, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed. Main cast of the Fast & Furious films Character Main films Short films Television series Spin-off films Dominic "Dom" Toretto Vin Diesel Brian O'Conner Paul Walker[a] Han Lue Sung Kang Letty Ortiz Michelle Rodriguez Luke Hobbs Dwayne Johnson Dwayne Johnson Deckard Shaw Jason Statham Jason Statham Queenie Shaw Helen Mirren Helen Mirren Roman Pearce Tyrese Gibson Tej Parker Chris "Ludacris" Bridges Jakob Toretto John Cena Mia Toretto Jordana Brewster Ramsey Nathalie Emmanuel Mr. Nobody Kurt Russell Cipher Charlize Theron Vince Matt Schulze Tego Leo Tego Calderón Rico Santos Don Omar Elena Neves Elsa Pataky Gisele Yashar Gal Gadot Sean Boswell Lucas Black
