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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Gender
Male
Birthday
1971-06-05
Place of birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Planet of the Apes
2001
5.76
The Departed
2006
8.16
The Perfect Storm
2000
6.48
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
6.28
Fear
1996
6.51
We Own the Night
2007
6.69
The Basketball Diaries
1995
7.40
Boogie Nights
1997
7.63
Three Kings
1999
6.65
Shooter
2007
7.12
The Lovely Bones
2009
7.07
Invincible
2006
7.00
Renaissance Man
1994
6.10
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
2004
0.00
The Happening
2008
5.40
Four Brothers
2005
6.81
The Big Hit
1998
6.00
The Corruptor
1999
6.00
Max Payne
2008
5.40
Rock Star
2001
6.74
The Other Guys
2010
6.31
The Italian Job
2003
6.78
The Truth About Charlie
2002
4.82
Date Night
2010
6.10
The Fighter
2010
7.38
The Yards
2000
6.20
Flight Risk
2025
6.09
Ted
2012
6.45
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
5.94
Contraband
2012
6.33
Broken City
2013
5.95
Pain & Gain
2013
6.28
2 Guns
2013
6.54
Lone Survivor
2013
7.44
Ted 2
2015
6.32
Der Weg des Ruhms
2011
0.00
Daddy's Home
2015
6.29
The Substitute
1993
4.70
Play Dirty
0.00
The Gambler
2014
6.01
Mojave
2016
5.00
Uncharted 2
0.00
The Family Plan
2023
7.27
Deepwater Horizon
2016
6.90
Evolution Within Extinction
2014
7.67
Mile 22
2018
6.23
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
6.06
Entourage
2015
6.24
Patriots Day
2016
7.05
Balls Up
0.00
Daddy's Home 2
2017
6.30
Weekend Warriors
0.00
All the Money in the World
2017
6.50
Overnight
2003
6.40
Manny
2014
6.40
Traveller
1997
5.55
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
2014
9.00
Instant Family
2018
7.51
Spenser Confidential
2020
6.50
Joe Bell
2020
6.50
Scoob!
2020
7.02
Infinite
2021
6.62
Arthur the King
2024
7.60
Uncharted
2022
6.90
Teen Vid II
1991
10.00
The Invocation
2010
5.00
The Union
2024
6.15
Father Stu
2022
7.15
kid 90
2021
7.00
Me Time
2022
5.89
By Any Means
0.00