
Mark Wahlberg
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Biography
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.
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Known For

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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

Going Live!

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

Entertainment Tonight

Flip It Like Disick

Hart to Heart

Renaissance Man

I ♥ Huckabees

T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie

The Departed

Scoob!

Date Night

The Perfect Storm

The Other Guys

Uncharted 2

The Lovely Bones

All the Money in the World

Daddy's Home

2 Guns

Ted: The Animated Series

We Own the Night

Me Time

Daddy's Home 2

The Basketball Diaries

Uncharted

Four Brothers

The Happening

Patriots Day

Wahl Street

The Fighter

The Big Hit

Spenser Confidential

Transformers: The Last Knight

The Union

Planet of the Apes

Shooter

Max Payne

Arthur the King

Ted

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Invincible

The Corruptor

Spenser Confidential 2

Weekend Warriors

Ted 2

Instant Family

Boogie Nights

Infinite

The Family Plan

Fear

Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward

The Italian Job

Pain & Gain

Deepwater Horizon

Lone Survivor

Broken City

Contraband

The Gambler

Father Stu

Flight Risk
Production Credits

The Union

Deepwater Horizon

Prisoners

Boardwalk Empire

McMillion$

Infinite

How to Make It in America

Contraband

Father Stu

Patriots Day

Entourage

Spenser Confidential

Spy High

In Treatment

The Fighter

Broken City

Wahl Street

The Murders at Starved Rock

The Family Plan

Lone Survivor

Instant Family

The Gambler

We Own the Night

Shooter

Arthur the King
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