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