Mark Wahlberg
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.
Filmography (58)
Balls Up
Play Dirty
Flight Risk
The Family Plan 2
Arthur the King
The Union
The Family Plan
Uncharted
Me Time
Father Stu
Infinite
Scoob!
Joe Bell
Spenser Confidential
Instant Family
Mile 22
Transformers: The Last Knight
Daddy's Home 2
All the Money in the World
Patriots Day
Deepwater Horizon
Ted 2
Entourage
Daddy's Home
Transformers: Age of Extinction
The Gambler
Pain & Gain
2 Guns
Broken City
Lone Survivor
Prisoners
Ted
Contraband
The Fighter
The Other Guys
Date Night
The Lovely Bones
The Happening
Max Payne
Shooter
We Own the Night
The Departed
Invincible
Four Brothers
I ♥ Huckabees
The Italian Job
The Truth About Charlie
Planet of the Apes
Rock Star
The Perfect Storm
The Yards
Three Kings
The Corruptor
The Big Hit
Boogie Nights
Fear
The Basketball Diaries
