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
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
WWE Raw
Saturday Night 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
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Honest Trailers
Top Gear
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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
All the Money in the World
Scoob!
Date Night
Daddy's Home
Daddy's Home 2
Uncharted 2
2 Guns
The Perfect Storm
We Own the Night
Me Time
The Basketball Diaries
The Lovely Bones
The Other Guys
Uncharted
Contraband
Flight Risk
Spenser Confidential 2
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
Patriots Day
The Corruptor
Ted 2
Instant Family
Shooter
The Fighter
Boogie Nights
Transformers: The Last Knight
Four Brothers
Ted
The Union
The Family Plan
Arthur the King
The Big Hit
Wahl Street
Father Stu
The Happening
Deepwater Horizon
Max Payne
The Gambler
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Broken City
Invincible
Fear
Planet of the Apes
Lone Survivor
Spenser Confidential
Infinite
The Italian Job
Pain & Gain
Production Credits
We Own the Night
Boardwalk Empire
Arthur the King
Father Stu
Wahl Street
Entourage
The Gambler
Instant Family
How to Make It in America
The Fighter
Infinite
Deepwater Horizon
McMillion$
In Treatment
Spenser Confidential
Contraband
The Murders at Starved Rock
Lone Survivor
Broken City
Prisoners
Patriots Day
The Family Plan
The Union
Shooter
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