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Mark Wahlberg
Born · June 5, 1971 (53 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Bio
Mark Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), former stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor, businessman, 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, nine Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Wahlberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1971. During his early life, he perpetrated several crimes. In the 1990s, Wahlberg was a member of the music group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, 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, he 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). He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the sports drama biopic The Fighter (2010), in which he starred as Micky Ward. In 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). He also became the protagonist in two films in the Transformers live-action film franchise, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight. 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. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010.
Flight Risk
Daryl Booth
0.0
2025
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
10.0
2024
The Family Plan
Dan Morgan
7.3
2023
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.6
2023
Mile 22
James Silva
6.2
2018
All the Money in the World
Fletcher Chase
6.5
2017
Daddy's Home 2
Dusty
6.3
2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
Cade Yeager
6.1
2017
Patriots Day
Sgt. Tommy Saunders
7.1
2016
Deepwater Horizon
Mike Williams
6.9
2016
Mojave
Norman
5.0
2016
Daddy's Home
Dusty Mayron
6.3
2015
Ted 2
John
6.3
2015
Entourage
Mark Wahlberg
6.2
2015
Manny
6.4
2014
The Gambler
Jim Bennett
6.0
2014
Evolution Within Extinction
Self
7.5
2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Cade Yeager
5.9
2014
Lone Survivor
Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell
7.4
2013
2 Guns
Michael 'Stig' Stigman
6.5
2013
Pain & Gain
Daniel Lugo
6.3
2013
Broken City
Billy Taggart
5.9
2013
Ted
John Bennett
6.4
2012
Contraband
Chris Farraday
6.3
2012
Der Weg des Ruhms
Self
0.0
2011
The Fighter
Micky Ward
7.4
2010
The Other Guys
Detective Terry Hoitz
6.3
2010
Date Night
Holbrooke
6.1
2010
The Lovely Bones
Jack Salmon
7.1
2009
Max Payne
Max Payne
5.4
2008
The Happening
Elliot Moore
5.4
2008
We Own the Night
Cpt. Joseph 'Joe' Grusinsky
6.7
2007
Shooter
Bob Lee Swagger
7.1
2007
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
Self
6.0
2007
The Departed
Dignam
8.2
2006
Invincible
Vince Papale
7.0
2006
Four Brothers
Bobby Mercer
6.8
2005
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
Self
0.0
2004
I ♥ Huckabees
Tommy Corn
6.3
2004
Overnight
Self
6.4
2003
The Italian Job
Charlie Croker
6.8
2003
The Truth About Charlie
Peter Joshua
4.8
2002
Rock Star
Chris 'Izzy' Cole
6.7
2001
Planet of the Apes
Captain Leo Davidson
5.8
2001
The Perfect Storm
Bobby Shatford
6.5
2000
The Yards
Leo Handler
6.2
2000
Three Kings
Troy Barlow
6.7
1999
The Corruptor
Danny Wallace
6.1
1999
The Big Hit
Melvin Smiley
5.9
1998
Boogie Nights
Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
7.6
1997
Fear
David McCall
6.4
1996
The Basketball Diaries
Mickey
7.4
1995
Renaissance Man
Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood
6.1
1994
Spenser Confidential 2
Spenser
0.0
The Making of We Own the Night
Self
0.0
The Substitute
Ryan Westerberg
5.1
1993
Play Dirty
Parker
0.0
Uncharted 2
Victor Sullivan
0.0
Balls Up
0.0
Father Stu: Reborn
Father Stuart
0.0
Weekend Warriors
0.0
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Self
10.0
2024
The Union
Mike McKenna
6.2
2024
Arthur the King
Michael Light
7.8
2024
Me Time
Huck Dembo
5.9
2022
Father Stu
Father Stuart 'Stu' Long
7.1
2022
Uncharted
Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
6.9
2022
Infinite
Evan McCauley
6.6
2021
Hart to Heart
Self · (1 episode)
8.2
2021
Wahl Street
Self · (16 episodes)
5.7
2021
kid 90
Self (archive footage)
7.1
2021
Joe Bell
Joe Bell
6.6
2020
Scoob!
Blue Falcon (voice)
7.0
2020
Spenser Confidential
Spenser
6.5
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
2019
Flip It Like Disick
Self · (1 episode)
8.4
2019
Instant Family
Pete Wagner
7.5
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2018
Lie Detector
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2018
The Defiant Ones
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.8
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2015
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
Self
9.0
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (3 episodes)
5.8
2014
Wahlburgers
Self · (96 episodes)
5.7
2014
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
Narrator (voice)
8.0
2013
Honest Trailers
Dan Morgan (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.4
2012
Conan
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2010
The Invocation
Self
5.0
2010
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (5 episodes)
7.2
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.2
2007
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
Entourage
Mark Wahlberg · (1 episode)
7.3
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (2 episodes)
5.8
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
5.5
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (3 episodes)
5.5
2003
Top Gear
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car · (1 episode)
7.5
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self · (1 episode)
5.9
2002
Good Day Live
Self · (1 episode)
3.0
2001
Band of Brothers
(1 episode)
8.6
2001
The Early Show
Self - Guest · (4 episodes)
5.7
1999
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Traveller
Pat
5.6
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
8.0
1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
7.1
1993
WWE Raw
(1 episode)
6.7
1993
The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness
Marky Mark
0.0
1993
Out All Night
Marky Mark · (1 episode)
8.5
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(2 episodes)
5.4
1992
Teen Vid II
Self
10.0
1991
The Family Plan 2
Dan Morgan
0.0
By Any Means
0.0
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (8 episodes)
5.2
1988
Going Live!
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1987
Kids' Choice Awards
Host · (1 episode)
8.8
1987
Entertainment Tonight
Self · (2 episodes)
3.7
1981
Entertainment Tonight
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
3.7
1981
Nightline
(1 episode)
5.0
1980
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Today
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
1952