Biography
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), former stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor, businessman, and former rapper. His work as a leading man spans the comedy, drama, and action genres. He has received multiple accolades, including a BAFTA Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, nine Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Wahlberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1971. During his early life, he perpetrated several crimes. In the 1990s, Wahlberg was a member of the music group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, with whom he released the albums Music for the People (1991) and You Gotta Believe (1992). Wahlberg made his screen debut in Renaissance Man (1994) and had his first starring role in Fear (1996). He received critical praise for his performance as porn actor Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights (1997).
In the early 2000s, he ventured into big-budget action movies, such as The Perfect Storm (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), and The Italian Job (2003). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a police officer in the crime drama The Departed (2006). He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the sports drama biopic The Fighter (2010), in which he starred as Micky Ward. In the 2010s, he landed successful comedy roles with The Other Guys (2010), Ted (2012), Ted 2 (2015), Daddy's Home (2015), and Daddy's Home 2 (2017). He also became the protagonist in two films in the Transformers live-action film franchise, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight. He was the world's highest-paid actor in 2017.
Wahlberg served as executive producer of five HBO series: the comedy-drama Entourage (2004–2011), the period crime drama Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), the comedy-dramas How to Make It in America (2010–2011) and Ballers (2015–2019), and the documentary McMillions (2020). He is co-owner of the Wahlburgers chain and co-starred in the reality TV series about it. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010.
Filmography
all 128
Movies 83
TV Shows 45
self 45
Producer 17
Voice 1
The Union (2024)
Arthur the King (2024)
MoviePass, MovieCrash (2024)
The Family Plan (2023)
The Golden Boy (2023)
Commitment to Life (2023)
Me Time (2022)
Father Stu (2022)
Uncharted (2022)
The Murders at Starved Rock (2021)
Infinite (2021)
Hart to Heart (2021)
Wahl Street (2021)
kid 90 (2021)
Joe Bell (2020)
Scoob! (2020)
Run This City (2020)
Spenser Confidential (2020)
McMillion$ (2020)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Flip It Like Disick (2019)
Instant Family (2018)
Mile 22 (2018)
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 (2018)
All the Money in the World (2017)
Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
The Defiant Ones (2017)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Patriots Day (2016)
Shooter (2016)
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Stealing Cars (2016)
Mojave (2016)
Daddy's Home (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Ted 2 (2015)
Entourage (2015)
Manny (2014)
The Gambler (2014)
Evolution Within Extinction (2014)
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie (2014)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Wahlburgers (2014)
Lone Survivor (2013)
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward (2013)
Prisoners (2013)
2 Guns (2013)
Pain & Gain (2013)
Broken City (2013)
Ted (2012)
Honest Trailers (2012)
Contraband (2012)
Der Weg des Ruhms (2011)
Anderson Live (2011)
The Fighter (2010)
Conan (2010)
Boardwalk Empire (2010)
The Invocation (2010)
The Other Guys (2010)
Date Night (2010)
How to Make It in America (2010)
The Lovely Bones (2009)
Max Payne (2008)
The Happening: Elements of a Scene (2008)
The Happening: A Day for Night (2008)
The Happening (2008)
In Treatment (2008)
We Own the Night (2007)
Shooter (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' (2007)
The Departed (2006)
Invincible (2006)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Four Brothers (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden (2004)
I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
Entourage (2004)
Juvies (2004)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Overnight (2003)
The Italian Job (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
Top Gear (2002)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)
Good Day Live (2001)
Rock Star (2001)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
The Perfect Storm (2000)
The Yards (2000)
The Early Show (1999)
Three Kings (1999)
The Corruptor (1999)
The Big Hit (1998)
Boogie Nights (1997)
The View (1997)
Traveller (1997)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Fear (1996)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Renaissance Man (1994)
The Substitute (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
WWE Raw (1993)
The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness (1993)
Out All Night (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Teen Vid II (1991)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Going Live! (1987)
Kids' Choice Awards (1987)
Entertainment Tonight (1981)
Nightline (1980)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Today (1952)
2nd Unit: Invisible Action Stars
The Six Billion Dollar Man
The Making of We Own the Night
Uncharted 2
Play Dirty
Flight Risk
Spenser Confidential 2
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1971-06-05 (52 years old)
Birth PlaceBoston, United States of America
ReligionProtestantism
Net Worth$215 Million
SpouseRhea Durham
ChildrenMichael Wahlberg, Ella Wahlberg, Brendan Wahlberg
FatherDonald Edward Wahlberg
MotherAlma Elaine Donnelly
SiblingsPaul Wahlberg, Donnie Wahlberg, Robert Wahlberg, Jim Wahlberg
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsMarky Mark, 馬克·華伯格, มาร์ก วาห์ลเบิร์ก, Марк Уолберг, マーク・ウォールバーグ, 마크 월버그, مارك والبيرغ, 马克·沃尔伯格, Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg, Μαρκ Γουόλμπεργκ, Марк Валберг, მარკ უოლბერგი
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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