Mark Wahlberg
- Acting
- June 5, 1971 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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. 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.
Known for
Filmography
- TED: The Animated Series · John (Voice)
- By Any Means · Gregory Scarpa, Producer
- Balls Up · Brad
- The Family Plan 2 · Dan Morgan, Producer
- Play Dirty · Parker
- Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel · Executive producer
- Spy High · Executive producer
- Flight Risk · Daryl Booth
- Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands · Self
- The Union · Mike McKenna, Producer
- MoviePass, MovieCrash · Producer
- Arthur the King · Michael, Executive producer
- The Family Plan · Dan Morgan, Producer
- The Golden Boy · Executive producer
- The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump · Self
- Commitment to Life · Self
- Me Time · Huck Dembo
- Father Stu · Father Stuart 'Stu' Long, Producer
- Uncharted · Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
- The Murders at Starved Rock · Executive producer
- Infinite · Evan McCauley, Producer
- Hart to Heart · Self
- Wahl Street · Self, Executive producer
- kid 90 · Self
- Undiscovered · Executive producer
- Joe Bell · Joe Bell, Producer
- Scoob! · Blue Falcon (Voice)
- Run This City · Executive producer
- Spenser Confidential · Spenser, Producer
- McMillion$ · Executive producer
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Flip It Like Disick · Self
- Instant Family · Pete Wagner, Producer
- Mile 22 · James Silva, Producer
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters · Self
- All the Money in the World · Fletcher Chase
- Daddy's Home 2 · Dusty
- The Defiant Ones · Self
- Transformers: The Last Knight · Cade Yeager
- Patriots Day · Sgt. Tommy Saunders, Producer
- Shooter · Executive producer
- Deepwater Horizon · Mike Williams, Producer
- Stealing Cars · Executive producer
- Mojave · Norman
- Daddy's Home · Dusty Mayron
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Ted 2 · John
- Entourage · Mark Wahlberg, Producer
- Manny
- The Gambler · Jim Bennett, Producer
- Evolution Within Extinction · Self
- Transformers: Age of Extinction · Cade Yeager
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Wahlburgers · Self, Creator
- Lone Survivor · Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell, Producer
- Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward · Narrator (Voice)
- Prisoners · Executive producer
- 2 Guns · Michael 'Stig' Stigman
- Pain & Gain · Daniel Lugo
- Broken City · Billy Taggart, Producer
- Ted · John Bennett
- Contraband · Chris Farraday, Producer
- Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame · Self
- The Fighter · Micky Ward, Producer
- Conan · Self
- Boardwalk Empire · Executive producer
- The Invocation · Self
- The Other Guys · Detective Terry Hoitz
- Date Night · Holbrooke
- How to Make It in America · Executive producer
- The Lovely Bones · Jack Salmon
- Max Payne · Max Payne
- The Happening · Elliot Moore
- In Treatment · Executive producer
- We Own the Night · Joseph Grusinsky, Producer
- Shooter · Bob Lee Swagger
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' · Self
- The Departed · Dignam