Mark Wahlberg
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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.
Known For
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Raw
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
Today
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Entourage
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
E! True Hollywood Story
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Going Live!
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Top Gear
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Early Show
Out All Night
Band of Brothers
Kids' Choice Awards
The Defiant Ones
Entertainment Tonight
Flip It Like Disick
Hart to Heart
Entourage
Renaissance Man
I ♥ Huckabees
The Departed
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
Date Night
Scoob!
Me Time
Uncharted
Daddy's Home
The Other Guys
All the Money in the World
The Basketball Diaries
Ted: The Animated Series
Daddy's Home 2
The Lovely Bones
Uncharted 2
2 Guns
The Perfect Storm
We Own the Night
Broken City
Planet of the Apes
The Happening
Contraband
Boogie Nights
Invincible
Max Payne
Untitled Headhunters Remake
Father Stu
The Italian Job
Shooter
Wahl Street
Spenser Confidential
Arthur the King
Spenser Confidential 2
Patriots Day
Instant Family
Weekend Warriors
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Four Brothers
Fear
The Fighter
The Corruptor
The Big Hit
Transformers: The Last Knight
Flight Risk
Deepwater Horizon
The Family Plan
Play Dirty
Infinite
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
Lone Survivor
Ted 2
Ted
The Union
The Gambler
Pain & Gain
Production Credits
Contraband
Lone Survivor
Instant Family
Entourage
Prisoners
Entourage
Wahl Street
Spenser Confidential
Broken City
In Treatment
Arthur the King
How to Make It in America
Patriots Day
Shooter
The Family Plan
The Union
Deepwater Horizon
McMillion$
The Murders at Starved Rock
The Fighter
Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel
Untitled Headhunters Remake
Father Stu
We Own the Night
Boardwalk Empire
The Gambler
Infinite
Spy High
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