Mark Wahlberg
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1971-06-05 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Marky Mark · Mark Robert Michael 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.
Known For
TV Shows (37)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Raw
1993
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Conan
2010
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
Top Gear
2002
as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
Entourage
2004
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self
Going Live!
1987
as Self
Kids' Choice Awards
1987
as Host
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
Wahlburgers
2014
as Self
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018
as Self
Wahl Street
2021
as Self
Hart to Heart
2021
as Self
The Defiant Ones
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Out All Night
1992
as Marky Mark
Nightline
1980
The Early Show
1999
as Self - Guest
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Ted: The Animated Series
as John (voice)
Flip It Like Disick
2019
as Self
TMZ peanut oil
2025
Movies (81)
Balls Up
2026
as Brad
Ted 2
2015
as John
The Family Plan
2023
as Dan Morgan
Ted
2012
as John Bennett
Shooter
2007
as Bob Lee Swagger
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
as Cade Yeager
The Departed
2006
as Dignam
The Family Plan 2
2025
as Dan Morgan
Play Dirty
2025
as Parker
The Basketball Diaries
1995
as Mickey
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Cade Yeager
Uncharted
2022
as Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
Flight Risk
2025
as Daryl Booth
The Italian Job
2003
as Charlie Croker
Infinite
2021
as Evan McCauley
Fear
1996
as David McCall
Lone Survivor
2013
as Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell
Boogie Nights
1997
as Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
The Lovely Bones
2009
as Jack Salmon
Planet of the Apes
2001
as Captain Leo Davidson
The Happening
2008
as Elliot Moore
The Fighter
2010
as Micky Ward
The Perfect Storm
2000
as Bobby Shatford
The Union
2024
as Mike McKenna
Instant Family
2018
as Pete Wagner
Mile 22
2018
as James Silva
Daddy's Home
2015
as Dusty Mayron
2 Guns
2013
as Michael 'Stig' Stigman
The Other Guys
2010
as Detective Terry Hoitz
Deepwater Horizon
2016
as Mike Williams
Four Brothers
2005
as Bobby Mercer
Contraband
2012
as Chris Farraday
The Gambler
2014
as Jim Bennett
Daddy's Home 2
2017
as Dusty
Arthur the King
2024
as Michael
Scoob!
2020
as Blue Falcon (voice)
Pain & Gain
2013
as Daniel Lugo
Entourage
2015
as Mark Wahlberg
Three Kings
1999
as Troy Barlow
Patriots Day
2016
as Sgt. Tommy Saunders
Max Payne
2008
as Max Payne
Spenser Confidential
2020
as Spenser
Date Night
2010
as Holbrooke
Broken City
2013
as Billy Taggart
Me Time
2022
as Huck Dembo
Rock Star
2001
as Chris 'Izzy' Cole
Father Stu
2022
as Father Stuart 'Stu' Long
Invincible
2006
as Vince Papale
The Big Hit
1998
as Melvin Smiley
All the Money in the World
2017
as Fletcher Chase
Spenser Confidential 2
as Spenser
We Own the Night
2007
as Joseph Grusinsky
The Yards
2000
as Leo Handler
Evolution Within Extinction
2014
as Self
Joe Bell
2020
as Joe Bell
The Corruptor
1999
as Danny Wallace
The Truth About Charlie
2002
as Peter Joshua
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Tommy Corn
Renaissance Man
1994
as Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood
Traveller
1997
as Pat
kid 90
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Mojave
2016
as Norman
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Overnight
2003
as Self
Manny
2014
The Invocation
2010
as Self
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Substitute
1993
as Ryan Westerberg
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
2007
as Self
By Any Means
2026
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of We Own the Night
as Self
Weekend Warriors
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
2004
as Self
The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness
1993
as Marky Mark
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The Operator
The Big Fix
Teen Vid II
1991
as Self
Six Billion Dollar Man
as Steve Austin
About 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 Bu… With 118 credits spanning from 1952 to 2026, Mark Wahlberg has appeared in 81 films and 37 TV shows.
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- Balls Up (2026) — as Brad
- Ted 2 (2015) — as John
- The Family Plan (2023) — as Dan Morgan
- Ted (2012) — as John Bennett
- Shooter (2007) — as Bob Lee Swagger
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