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