Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg
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.
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as Spenser
as Self
as Parker
as Victor Sullivan
as Father Stuart
as Dan Morgan
as Daryl Booth
as Mike McKenna
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Michael Light
as Dan Morgan
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Huck Dembo
as Father Stuart 'Stu' Long
as Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
as Evan McCauley
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as Joe Bell
as Blue Falcon (voice)
as Spenser
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as Pete Wagner
as James Silva
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as Fletcher Chase
as Dusty
as Cade Yeager
as Self (archive footage)
as Sgt. Tommy Saunders
as Mike Williams
as Norman
as Dusty Mayron
as John
as Mark Wahlberg
as Jim Bennett
as Self
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as Cade Yeager
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as Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell
as Narrator (voice)
as Michael 'Stig' Stigman
as Daniel Lugo
as Billy Taggart
as John Bennett
as Chris Farraday
as Dan Morgan (archive footage)
as Self
as Micky Ward
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as Detective Terry Hoitz
as Holbrooke
as Self
as Jack Salmon
as Max Payne
as Elliot Moore
as Cpt. Joseph 'Joe' Grusinsky
as Bob Lee Swagger
as Self
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as Dignam
as Vince Papale
as Bobby Mercer
as Self
as Tommy Corn
as Mark Wahlberg
as Self
as Charlie Croker
as Self
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as Peter Joshua
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
as Chris 'Izzy' Cole
as Captain Leo Davidson
as Self
as Bobby Shatford
as Leo Handler
as Troy Barlow
as Danny Wallace
as Self - Guest
as Melvin Smiley
as Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
as Pat
as Self
as David McCall
as Mickey
as Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood
as Self
as Ryan Westerberg
as Marky Mark
as Self - Guest
as Marky Mark
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Host
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
Producer
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Creator
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