Mark Wahlberg

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.

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Birthday: June 05, 1971

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Known For

Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes

2001-07-25

The Departed
The Departed

2006-10-04

The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm

2000-06-29

I ♥ Huckabees
I ♥ Huckabees

2004-09-10

Fear
Fear

1996-04-12

We Own the Night
We Own the Night

2007-10-12

The Basketball Diaries
The Basketball Diaries

1995-04-21

Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights

1997-10-10

Three Kings
Three Kings

1999-09-27

Shooter
Shooter

2007-03-22

The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones

2009-12-26

Invincible
Invincible

2006-08-25

Renaissance Man
Renaissance Man

1994-06-03

Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden

2004-10-10

The Happening
The Happening

2008-06-11

Four Brothers
Four Brothers

2005-08-11

The Big Hit
The Big Hit

1998-04-24

The Corruptor
The Corruptor

1999-03-12

Max Payne
Max Payne

2008-10-15

Rock Star
Rock Star

2001-09-04

The Other Guys
The Other Guys

2010-08-06

The Italian Job
The Italian Job

2003-05-30

The Truth About Charlie
The Truth About Charlie

2002-10-25

Date Night
Date Night

2010-04-08

The Fighter
The Fighter

2010-12-10

The Yards
The Yards

2000-04-27

Flight Risk
Flight Risk

2025-01-22

Ted
Ted

2012-06-29

Transformers: Age of Extinction
Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014-06-25

Spenser Confidential 2
Spenser Confidential 2

Contraband
Contraband

2012-01-12

Broken City
Broken City

2013-01-18

Pain & Gain
Pain & Gain

2013-04-18

2 Guns
2 Guns

2013-08-02

Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor

2013-12-24

The Making of We Own the Night
The Making of We Own the Night

Ted 2
Ted 2

2015-06-25

Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'

2007-02-13

Der Weg des Ruhms
Der Weg des Ruhms

2011-10-15

Daddy's Home
Daddy's Home

2015-12-25

The Substitute
The Substitute

1993-09-22

Play Dirty
Play Dirty

The Gambler
The Gambler

2014-12-25

Mojave
Mojave

2016-01-22

Uncharted 2
Uncharted 2

The Family Plan
The Family Plan

2023-12-14

Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon

2016-09-28

Evolution Within Extinction
Evolution Within Extinction

2014-09-30

Mile 22
Mile 22

2018-08-16

Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight

2017-06-16

Entourage
Entourage

2015-06-03

The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump

2023-05-22

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons

2024-04-23

Patriots Day
Patriots Day

2016-12-12

Balls Up
Balls Up

Daddy's Home 2
Daddy's Home 2

2017-11-09

Weekend Warriors
Weekend Warriors

All the Money in the World
All the Money in the World

2017-12-21

Overnight
Overnight

2003-06-12

Manny
Manny

2014-12-31

Traveller
Traveller

1997-04-18

T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie

2014-09-30

Instant Family
Instant Family

2018-11-13

Spenser Confidential
Spenser Confidential

2020-03-06

Joe Bell
Joe Bell

2020-09-14

Scoob!
Scoob!

2020-07-08

Infinite
Infinite

2021-09-09

Arthur the King
Arthur the King

2024-03-15

Uncharted
Uncharted

2022-02-10

The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness
The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness

1993-01-01

Teen Vid II
Teen Vid II

1991-01-01

The Invocation
The Invocation

2010-09-01

Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward

2013-10-19

The Union
The Union

2024-08-15

Father Stu
Father Stu

2022-04-13

kid 90
kid 90

2021-03-12

Me Time
Me Time

2022-08-26

The Family Plan 2
The Family Plan 2

Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

2024-11-12

By Any Means
By Any Means

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