Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 5, 1971
Place of Birth:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Social Media
Mark Wahlberg
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Wahlberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Flight Risk | Daryl |
| 2024 | Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2024 | Arthur the King | Michael Light |
| 2024 | The Union | Mike McKenna |
| 2024 | Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands | Self |
| 2023 | The Family Plan | Dan Morgan |
| 2023 | The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2022 | Uncharted | Victor 'Sully' Sullivan |
| 2022 | Father Stu | Father Stuart 'Stu' Long |
| 2022 | Me Time | Huck Dembo |
| 2021 | Infinite | Evan McCauley |
| 2021 | kid 90 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Spenser Confidential | Spenser |
| 2020 | Joe Bell | Joe Bell |
| 2020 | Scoob! | Blue Falcon (voice) |
| 2018 | Mile 22 | James Silva |
| 2018 | Instant Family | Pete Wagner |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Cade Yeager |
| 2017 | Daddy's Home 2 | Dusty |
| 2017 | All the Money in the World | Fletcher Chase |
| 2016 | Mojave | Norman |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Mike Williams |
| 2016 | Patriots Day | Sgt. Tommy Saunders |
| 2015 | Ted 2 | John |
| 2015 | Daddy's Home | Dusty Mayron |
| 2015 | Entourage | Mark Wahlberg |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Cade Yeager |
| 2014 | The Gambler | Jim Bennett |
| 2014 | Evolution Within Extinction | Self |
| 2014 | T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie | Self |
| 2014 | Manny | |
| 2013 | Broken City | Billy Taggart |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | Daniel Lugo |
| 2013 | 2 Guns | Michael 'Stig' Stigman |
| 2013 | Lone Survivor | Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell |
| 2013 | Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward | Narrator (voice) |
| 2012 | Ted | John Bennett |
| 2012 | Contraband | Chris Farraday |
| 2011 | Der Weg des Ruhms | Self |
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Detective Terry Hoitz |
| 2010 | Date Night | Holbrooke |
| 2010 | The Fighter | Micky Ward |
| 2010 | The Invocation | Self |
| 2009 | The Lovely Bones | Jack Salmon |
| 2008 | The Happening | Elliot Moore |
| 2008 | Max Payne | Max Payne |
| 2007 | We Own the Night | Cpt. Joseph 'Joe' Grusinsky |
| 2007 | Shooter | Bob Lee Swagger |
| 2007 | Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' | Self |
| 2006 | The Departed | Dignam |
| 2006 | Invincible | Vince Papale |
| 2005 | Four Brothers | Bobby Mercer |
| 2004 | I ♥ Huckabees | Tommy Corn |
| 2004 | Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden | Self |
| 2003 | The Italian Job | Charlie Croker |
| 2003 | Overnight | Self |
| 2002 | The Truth About Charlie | Peter Joshua |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | Captain Leo Davidson |
| 2001 | Rock Star | Chris 'Izzy' Cole |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm | Bobby Shatford |
| 2000 | The Yards | Leo Handler |
| 1999 | Three Kings | Troy Barlow |
| 1999 | The Corruptor | Danny Wallace |
| 1998 | The Big Hit | Melvin Smiley |
| 1997 | Boogie Nights | Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler |
| 1997 | Traveller | Pat |
| 1996 | Fear | David McCall |
| 1995 | The Basketball Diaries | Mickey |
| 1994 | Renaissance Man | Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood |
| 1993 | The Substitute | Ryan Westerberg |
| 1993 | The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness | Marky Mark |
| 1991 | Teen Vid II | Self |
| Spenser Confidential 2 | Spenser | |
| The Making of We Own the Night | Self | |
| Play Dirty | Parker | |
| Uncharted 2 | Victor Sullivan | |
| Balls Up | Brad Lewison | |
| Weekend Warriors | ||
| The Family Plan 2 | Dan Morgan | |
| By Any Means |