Mark Wahlberg

Biography

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), formerly known by his stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor 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, and nine Primetime Emmy Awards. Wahlberg was born in Boston. As a youth, he took part in a number of violent and racially motivated attacks. He gained fame as a member of the hip hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch in the 1990s, 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, Wahlberg 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). Wahlberg was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for portraying Micky Ward in the sports drama biopic The Fighter (2010); as co-producer, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. During 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). Wahlberg also starred in the Transformers franchise films Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). 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. Wahlberg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Wahlberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Captain Leo Davidson

Planet of the Apes

Dignam

The Departed

Bobby Shatford

The Perfect Storm

Tommy Corn

I ♥ Huckabees

David McCall

Fear

Cpt. Joseph 'Joe' Grusinsky

We Own the Night

Mickey

The Basketball Diaries

Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler

Boogie Nights

Troy Barlow

Three Kings

Bob Lee Swagger

Shooter

Jack Salmon

The Lovely Bones

Vince Papale

Invincible

Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood

Renaissance Man

Self

Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden

Elliot Moore

The Happening

Bobby Mercer

Four Brothers

Melvin Smiley

The Big Hit

Danny Wallace

The Corruptor

Max Payne

Max Payne

Chris 'Izzy' Cole

Rock Star

Detective Terry Hoitz

The Other Guys

Charlie Croker

The Italian Job

Peter Joshua

The Truth About Charlie

Holbrooke

Date Night

Micky Ward

The Fighter

Leo Handler

The Yards

Daryl

Flight Risk

John Bennett

Ted

Cade Yeager

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Spenser

Spenser Confidential 2

Chris Farraday

Contraband

Billy Taggart

Broken City

Daniel Lugo

Pain & Gain

Michael 'Stig' Stigman

2 Guns

Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell

Lone Survivor

Self

The Making of We Own the Night

John

Ted 2

Self

Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'

Self

Der Weg des Ruhms

Dusty Mayron

Daddy's Home

Ryan Westerberg

The Substitute

Parker

Play Dirty

Jim Bennett

The Gambler

Norman

Mojave

Victor Sullivan

Uncharted 2

Dan Morgan

The Family Plan

Mike Williams

Deepwater Horizon

Self

Evolution Within Extinction

James Silva

Mile 22

Cade Yeager

Transformers: The Last Knight

Mark Wahlberg

Entourage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons

Sgt. Tommy Saunders

Patriots Day

Brad Lewison

Balls Up

Dusty

Daddy's Home 2

Weekend Warriors

Fletcher Chase

All the Money in the World

Self

Overnight

Manny

Pat

Traveller

Self

T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie

Pete Wagner

Instant Family

Spenser

Spenser Confidential

Joe Bell

Joe Bell

Blue Falcon (voice)

Scoob!

Evan McCauley

Infinite

Michael Light

Arthur the King

Victor 'Sully' Sullivan

Uncharted

Marky Mark

The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness

Self

Teen Vid II

Self

The Invocation

Narrator (voice)

Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward

Mike McKenna

The Union

Father Stuart 'Stu' Long

Father Stu

Self (archive footage)

kid 90

Huck Dembo

Me Time

Dan Morgan

The Family Plan 2

Self

Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

By Any Means