Mark Wahlberg
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.
Known for
Lone Survivor
Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell
Raw
Entourage
Self
The Family Plan 2
Dan Morgan
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
Shooter
Bob Lee Swagger
Rock Star
Chris 'Izzy' Cole
The Family Plan
Dan Morgan
Play Dirty
Parker
The Departed
Dignam
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Cade Yeager
Ted 2
John
Instant Family
Pete Wagner
Kids' Choice Awards
Host
Ted
John Bennett
Fear
David McCall
The Gambler
Jim Bennett
Boogie Nights
Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
Flight Risk
Daryl Booth
Daddy's Home
Dusty Mayron
The Other Guys
Detective Terry Hoitz
Uncharted
Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
Transformers: The Last Knight
Cade Yeager
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
kid 90
Self (archive footage)
The Happening
Elliot Moore
Going Live!
Self
Infinite
Evan McCauley
I ♥ Huckabees
Tommy Corn
The Italian Job
Charlie Croker
Mojave
Norman
Planet of the Apes
Captain Leo Davidson
2 Guns
Michael 'Stig' Stigman
The Fighter
Micky Ward
Arthur the King
Michael
Four Brothers
Bobby Mercer
The Basketball Diaries
Mickey
Invincible
Vince Papale
The Lovely Bones
Jack Salmon
The Union
Mike McKenna
Broken City
Billy Taggart
Pain & Gain
Daniel Lugo
Scoob!
Blue Falcon (voice)
Daddy's Home 2
Dusty
The Perfect Storm
Bobby Shatford
Deepwater Horizon
Mike Williams
All the Money in the World
Fletcher Chase
Wahl Street
Self
Entourage
Mark Wahlberg
Mile 22
James Silva
Spenser Confidential 2
Spenser
Spenser Confidential
Spenser
Patriots Day
Sgt. Tommy Saunders
Contraband
Chris Farraday
The Defiant Ones
Self (archive footage)
We Own the Night
Joseph Grusinsky
Three Kings
Troy Barlow
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
Self
Max Payne
Max Payne
Date Night
Holbrooke
The Yards
Leo Handler
Overnight
Self
Me Time
Huck Dembo
Father Stu
Father Stuart 'Stu' Long
The Big Hit
Melvin Smiley
Wahlburgers
Self
Out All Night
Marky Mark
Joe Bell
Joe Bell
E! True Hollywood Story
The Truth About Charlie
Peter Joshua
Teen Vid II
Self
Traveller
Pat
The Corruptor
Danny Wallace
Renaissance Man
Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood
Flip It Like Disick
Self
Evolution Within Extinction
Self
Ted: The Animated Series
John (voice)
Uncharted 2
Victor Sullivan
The Substitute
Ryan Westerberg
By Any Means
Weekend Warriors
Six Billion Dollar Man
Steve Austin
The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness
Marky Mark
The Invocation
Self
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Self
Manny
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
Self
Balls Up
Brad Lewison
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Self (archive footage)
The Operator
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
Self
The Making of We Own the Night
Self
Untitled Headhunters Remake
The Big Fix
Epic OC Animatic
Olive (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
Narrator (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Conan
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The View
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Top Gear
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Good Day Live
Self
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Today
Self
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self
Hart to Heart
Self
The Early Show
Self - Guest
Nightline
Inside the Actors Studio
Self