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Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), formerly known by his stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor 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, and nine Primetime Emmy Awards. Wahlberg was born in Boston. As a youth, he took part in a number of violent and racially motivated attacks. He gained fame as a member of the hip hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch in the 1990s, 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, Wahlberg 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). Wahlberg was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for portraying Micky Ward in the sports drama biopic The Fighter (2010); as co-producer, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. During 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). Wahlberg also starred in the Transformers franchise films Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). 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. Wahlberg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Wahlberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), formerly known by his stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor 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, and nine Primetime Emmy Awards. Wahlberg was born in Boston. As a youth, he took part in a number of violent and racially motivated attacks. He gained fame as a member of the hip hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch in the 1990s, 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, Wahlberg 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). Wahlberg was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for portraying Micky Ward in the sports drama biopic The Fighter (2010); as co-producer, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. During 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). Wahlberg also starred in the Transformers franchise films Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). 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. Wahlberg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Wahlberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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
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
The Departed
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
All the Money in the World
Date Night
Scoob!
The Perfect Storm
Uncharted
Me Time
Uncharted 2
2 Guns
The Basketball Diaries
Flight Risk
Daddy's Home
Daddy's Home 2
We Own the Night
The Other Guys
The Lovely Bones
Max Payne
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Family Plan
Deepwater Horizon
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
Pain & Gain
Instant Family
Ted
Wahl Street
Shooter
Four Brothers
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Planet of the Apes
The Union
The Fighter
Infinite
Ted 2
Contraband
Spenser Confidential
The Gambler
Patriots Day
Fear
Invincible
Father Stu
The Big Hit
Broken City
Transformers: The Last Knight
The Italian Job
Arthur the King
Boogie Nights
Lone Survivor
The Corruptor
Spenser Confidential 2
The Happening
Production Credits
The Fighter
The Family Plan
McMillion$
Arthur the King
Instant Family
Contraband
We Own the Night
The Murders at Starved Rock
Patriots Day
Father Stu
The Gambler
The Union
Spenser Confidential
In Treatment
Shooter
Prisoners
How to Make It in America
Lone Survivor
Infinite
Broken City
Boardwalk Empire
Entourage
Deepwater Horizon
Wahl Street
Spy High
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