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