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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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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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Raw
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Graham Norton Show
Today
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Entourage
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
E! True Hollywood Story
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Going Live!
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
Entertainment Tonight
Flip It Like Disick
Hart to Heart
Entourage
Renaissance Man
I ♥ Huckabees
The Departed
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
Scoob!
Date Night
The Lovely Bones
Ted: The Animated Series
Me Time
Uncharted
2 Guns
The Perfect Storm
The Basketball Diaries
We Own the Night
All the Money in the World
Daddy's Home 2
The Other Guys
Uncharted 2
Daddy's Home
Ted
Infinite
Transformers: Age of Extinction
The Family Plan
Wahl Street
Patriots Day
The Happening
Boogie Nights
Spenser Confidential
Father Stu
The Gambler
The Corruptor
Flight Risk
Fear
Play Dirty
Pain & Gain
The Union
Instant Family
Arthur the King
Four Brothers
Lone Survivor
Broken City
Transformers: The Last Knight
Invincible
The Fighter
Max Payne
Spenser Confidential 2
Deepwater Horizon
The Italian Job
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
Ted 2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Weekend Warriors
Planet of the Apes
Shooter
Contraband
The Big Hit
Production Credits
Wahl Street
In Treatment
Patriots Day
Broken City
Boardwalk Empire
Entourage
Deepwater Horizon
Spenser Confidential
Shooter
The Family Plan
We Own the Night
The Gambler
Arthur the King
Father Stu
Spy High
How to Make It in America
Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel
Infinite
The Union
Entourage
Contraband
Lone Survivor
Instant Family
The Fighter
The Murders at Starved Rock
Prisoners
McMillion$
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