Vin grew up in Walkden, Manchester in the early eighties with his sister (England Lioness Kay Hawke) and mother (Jill). He studied sport science in college, toured Europe in a punk band, and bounced around the lower pyramids of English football's Saturday leagues before turning to acting. Primarily a screen actor working solidly in independent film, Vin's first character for a larger studio came in the form of George Barrow in 2018's "The Terror" for AMC, in which he portrays a well-spoken member of the British Admiralty: a far cry from his council estate childhood, and his harsh but friendly Mancunian accent.