Mark Wahlberg

Also Known As: Marky Mark, Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg, მარკ უოლბერგი, مارک والبرگ

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Birthday: June 05, 1971

Adult: No

Gender: Male

TMDb-Id: 13240

IMDb-Id: nm0000242

Popularity:

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Known For

Planet of the Apes
The Departed
The Perfect Storm
I ♥ Huckabees
Fear
We Own the Night
The Basketball Diaries
Boogie Nights
Three Kings
Shooter
The Lovely Bones
Invincible
Renaissance Man
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
The Happening
Four Brothers
The Big Hit
The Corruptor
Max Payne
Rock Star
The Other Guys
The Italian Job
The Truth About Charlie
Date Night
The Fighter
The Yards
Flight Risk
Ted
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Spenser Confidential 2
Contraband
Broken City
Pain & Gain
2 Guns
Lone Survivor
The Making of We Own the Night
Ted 2
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
Der Weg des Ruhms
Daddy's Home
The Substitute
Play Dirty
The Gambler
Mojave
Uncharted 2
The Family Plan
Deepwater Horizon
Evolution Within Extinction
Mile 22
Transformers: The Last Knight
Entourage
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Patriots Day
Balls Up
Daddy's Home 2
Weekend Warriors
All the Money in the World
Overnight
Manny
Traveller
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
Instant Family
Spenser Confidential
Joe Bell
Scoob!
Infinite
Arthur the King
Uncharted
The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness
Teen Vid II
The Invocation
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
The Union
Father Stu
kid 90
Me Time
The Family Plan 2
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
By Any Means