Mark Wahlberg
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Biography
Mark Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), former stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor, businessman, 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, nine Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Wahlberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1971. During his early life, he perpetrated several crimes. In the 1990s, Wahlberg was a member of the music group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, 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, he 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). He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the sports drama biopic The Fighter (2010), in which he starred as Micky Ward. In 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). He also became the protagonist in two films in the Transformers live-action film franchise, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight. 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. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010.
Known For
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
WWE 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
All the Money in the World
Scoob!
Date Night
The Basketball Diaries
Daddy's Home 2
Uncharted 2
The Other Guys
We Own the Night
The Lovely Bones
2 Guns
Uncharted
The Perfect Storm
Me Time
Daddy's Home
Deepwater Horizon
Ted 2
Pain & Gain
Spenser Confidential 2
Four Brothers
The Union
Spenser Confidential
The Gambler
Invincible
Boogie Nights
The Fighter
The Happening
Patriots Day
Max Payne
Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
Shooter
The Family Plan
Planet of the Apes
Arthur the King
Lone Survivor
Infinite
Broken City
The Big Hit
Father Stu
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Contraband
Instant Family
The Corruptor
Flight Risk
The Italian Job
Wahl Street
Fear
Ted
Production Credits
Infinite
Instant Family
The Union
The Family Plan
We Own the Night
Father Stu
In Treatment
McMillion$
Broken City
Entourage
The Gambler
Boardwalk Empire
The Murders at Starved Rock
Deepwater Horizon
Spenser Confidential
Shooter
How to Make It in America
Wahl Street
Patriots Day
Arthur the King
Contraband
The Fighter
Lone Survivor
Prisoners
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