Mark Wahlberg

Known for ActingBorn 1971-06-05 (age 55)Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

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

Teen Vid II

Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel

Kids' Choice Awards

Flip It Like Disick

Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward

Prisoners

The Departed

Undiscovered

Boardwalk Empire

E! True Hollywood Story

Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

MTV Movie & TV Awards

The Defiant Ones

Out All Night

Going Live!

Evolution Within Extinction

Arthur the King

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

In Treatment

Instant Family

Top Gear

Boogie Nights

Inside the Actors Studio

Lone Survivor

The Fighter

The Family Plan

The Golden Boy

How to Make It in America

Entourage

Shooter

The Basketball Diaries

Hart to Heart

Father Stu

Conan

The Graham Norton Show

Patriots Day

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Shooter

kid 90

Scoob!

McMillion$

The Lovely Bones

The Murders at Starved Rock

Uncharted

Invincible

Deepwater Horizon

Four Brothers