
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.
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Known For

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Raw

Saturday Night Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Graham Norton Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Today

Entourage

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

E! True Hollywood Story

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Honest Trailers

Top Gear

The Early Show

Out All Night

Band of Brothers

Kids' Choice Awards

The Defiant Ones

Flip It Like Disick

Hart to Heart

Renaissance Man

I ♥ Huckabees

The Departed

T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie

Scoob!

All the Money in the World

Date Night

Daddy's Home

We Own the Night

Uncharted 2

Me Time

Daddy's Home 2

2 Guns

Uncharted

Flight Risk

The Basketball Diaries

The Other Guys

The Perfect Storm

The Lovely Bones

Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward

Planet of the Apes

Ted

Broken City

The Happening

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Instant Family

The Italian Job

Deepwater Horizon

Infinite

Pain & Gain

The Big Hit

Spenser Confidential

Shooter

Fear

Father Stu

Ted 2

The Union

Four Brothers

The Fighter

Max Payne

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Contraband

The Gambler

Patriots Day

Spenser Confidential 2

Wahl Street

The Corruptor

Lone Survivor

Invincible

The Family Plan

Transformers: The Last Knight

Boogie Nights

Arthur the King
Production Credits

How to Make It in America

Instant Family

McMillion$

Entourage

Shooter

Spenser Confidential

Spy High

Infinite

Patriots Day

Prisoners

Boardwalk Empire

We Own the Night

Lone Survivor

In Treatment

The Family Plan

Arthur the King

The Union

The Fighter

Broken City

The Gambler

Deepwater Horizon

Father Stu

Wahl Street

Contraband

The Murders at Starved Rock
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