
Mark Wahlberg
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.
Acting (71 movies)

Planet of the Apes
2001

The Departed
2006

The Perfect Storm
2000

I ♥ Huckabees
2004

Fear
1996

We Own the Night
2007

The Basketball Diaries
1995

Boogie Nights
1997

Three Kings
1999

Shooter
2007

The Lovely Bones
2009

Invincible
2006

Renaissance Man
1994

Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
2004

The Happening
2008

Four Brothers
2005

The Big Hit
1998

The Corruptor
1999

Max Payne
2008

Rock Star
2001

The Other Guys
2010

The Italian Job
2003

The Truth About Charlie
2002

Date Night
2010

The Fighter
2010

The Yards
2000

Flight Risk
2025

Ted
2012

Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014

Contraband
2012

Broken City
2013

Pain & Gain
2013

2 Guns
2013

Lone Survivor
2013

Ted 2
2015

Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
2007

Daddy's Home
2015

The Substitute
1993

Play Dirty
2025

The Gambler
2014

Mojave
2016

The Family Plan
2023

Deepwater Horizon
2016

Evolution Within Extinction
2014

Mile 22
2018

Transformers: The Last Knight
2017

Entourage
2015

The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
2023

Patriots Day
2016

Daddy's Home 2
2017

All the Money in the World
2017

Overnight
2003

Manny
2014

Traveller
1997

Instant Family
2018

Spenser Confidential
2020

Joe Bell
2020

Scoob!
2020

Infinite
2021

Arthur the King
2024

Uncharted
2022

The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness
1993

Teen Vid II
1991

The Invocation
2010

Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
2013

The Union
2024

Father Stu
2022

kid 90
2021

Me Time
2022

The Family Plan 2
2025

Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| We Own the Night | 2007 | Producer |
| The Fighter | 2010 | Producer |
| Contraband | 2012 | Producer |
| Broken City | 2013 | Producer |
| Prisoners | 2013 | Executive Producer |
| Lone Survivor | 2013 | Producer |
| The Gambler | 2014 | Producer |
| Entourage | 2015 | Producer |
| Stealing Cars | 2016 | Executive Producer |
| Deepwater Horizon | 2016 | Producer |
| Patriots Day | 2016 | Producer |
| Mile 22 | 2018 | Producer |
| Instant Family | 2018 | Producer |
| Spenser Confidential | 2020 | Producer |
| Joe Bell | 2020 | Producer |
| Infinite | 2021 | Producer |
| Father Stu | 2022 | Producer |
| The Family Plan | 2023 | Producer |
| Arthur the King | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| MoviePass, MovieCrash | 2024 | Producer |
| The Union | 2024 | Producer |
| The Family Plan 2 | 2025 | Producer |