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