Biography
Donald Edmond "Donnie" Wahlberg, Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and record producer. One of his siblings is actor Mark Wahlberg and he is married to comedian/actress Jenny McCarthy.
He is a founding member of the popular 1980s and 1990s boy band New Kids on the Block.
He's most known for his TV role as Det. Danny Reagan on Blue Bloods, for which he was nominated for a People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor in 2017. He's also known for his roles as Donnie on the sitcom Return of the Mac, Det. Horst Cali on The Kill Point, Paul Rader on Runaway, Det. Joel Stevens on Boomtown, Lt. C. Carwood Lipton on the award-winning miniseries Band of Brothers, and Chris Scott on Big Apple.
Graham Yost, executive producer and writer of Boomtown, had worked with him in Band of Brothers and was so impressed by his performance that he wrote the role of Joel Stevens specifically for him.
He's taken part in the reality shows Donnie Loves Jenny, Wahlburgers, Rock This Boat: New Kids on the Block, and The Masked Singer. He is narrator of HLN's true crime show Very Scary People. He is executive producer and narrator of the reality series Boston's Finest, in part produced by his company Donnie D. Productions.
He's known for his film roles as Det. Eric Matthews in the Saw film series (starting in Saw II), Shane in Zookeeper, Det. Teddy Riley in Righteous Kill, Commander Burton in Annapolis, Douglas 'Duddits' Cavell in Dreamcatcher, and Vincent Grey in The Sixth Sense. He's also had roles in TV movies including The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998 TV movie), as well as Kings of South Beach, and Bunker Hill.
As of 2011, he is the host of an internet radio show on Friday nights at 8 pm PST called "DDUB's R&B Back Rub" on Cherry Tree Radio.
Filmography
all 81
Movies 45
TV Shows 36
self 29
Narrator 1
Director 1
Sherri (2022)
Wahl Street (2021)
Very Scary People (2019)
The Masked Singer (2019)
Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies (2017)
Fuller House (2016)
Tooken (2015)
Boston's Finest (2013)
Blue Bloods (2010)
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
Righteous Kill (2008)
Saw IV (2007)
The Kill Point (2007)
Dead Silence (2007)
Kings of South Beach (2007)
Saw III (2006)
Runaway (2006)
The Path to 9/11 (2006)
Annapolis (2006)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2006)
Full Disclosure Report (2005)
Saw II (2005)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Boomtown (2002)
Triggermen (2002)
Band of Brothers (2001)
Big Apple (2001)
Diamond Men (2000)
Bullfighter (2000)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Purgatory (1999)
Butter (1998)
Southie (1998)
Body Count (1998)
Ransom (1996)
Bullet (1996)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
American Music Awards (1974)
Purgatory
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1969-08-17 (55 years old)
Birth PlaceBoston, United States
SpouseJenny McCarthy
SiblingsMark Wahlberg, Robert Wahlberg, Jim Wahlberg, Paul Wahlberg
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsNKOTB, New Kids on the Block, Donald Wahlberg , 唐尼·華伯格
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