Mark Wahlberg
Mark Robert Michael 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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- 2024 · Arthur the King as Michael Light
- 2023 · The Family Plan as Dan Morgan
- 2022 · Uncharted as Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
- 2021 · Infinite as Evan McCauley
- 2021 · Hart to Heart as Self
- 2021 · Wahl Street as Self
- 2020 · Scoob! as Blue Falcon (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · Instant Family as Pete Wagner
- 2018 · Mile 22 as James Silva
- 2017 · Daddy's Home 2 as Dusty
- 2017 · The Defiant Ones as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Transformers: The Last Knight as Cade Yeager
- 2016 · Deepwater Horizon as Mike Williams
- 2015 · Daddy's Home as Dusty Mayron
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Ted 2 as John
- 2014 · Transformers: Age of Extinction as Cade Yeager
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Lone Survivor as Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell
- 2013 · Pain & Gain as Daniel Lugo
- 2012 · Ted as John Bennett
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Dan Morgan (archive footage)
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · The Other Guys as Detective Terry Hoitz
- 2009 · The Lovely Bones as Jack Salmon
- 2007 · Shooter as Bob Lee Swagger
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The Departed as Dignam
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Entourage as Mark Wahlberg
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · The Italian Job as Charlie Croker
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Top Gear as Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2001 · Band of Brothers as
- 2001 · Planet of the Apes as Captain Leo Davidson
- 1997 · Boogie Nights as Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Fear as David McCall
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · WWE Raw as
- 1992 · Out All Night as Marky Mark
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1987 · Kids' Choice Awards as Host
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 · Nightline as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Future · Spenser Confidential 2 as Spenser
- 2024 · The Union as Mike
- 2024 · Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023 · The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Me Time as Huck Dembo
- 2022 · Father Stu as Father Stuart 'Stu' Long
- 2021 · kid 90 as Self
- 2020 · Joe Bell as Joe Bell
- 2020 · Spenser Confidential as Spenser
- 2019 · Flip It Like Disick as Self
- 2017 · All the Money in the World as Fletcher Chase
- 2016 · Patriots Day as Sgt. Tommy Saunders
- 2016 · Mojave as Norman
- 2015 · Entourage as Mark Wahlberg
- 2014 · Manny as
- 2014 · The Gambler as Jim Bennett
- 2014 · Evolution Within Extinction as Self
- 2014 · T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie as Self
- 2014 · Wahlburgers as Self
- 2013 · Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · 2 Guns as Michael 'Stig' Stigman
- 2013 · Broken City as Billy Taggart
- 2012 · Contraband as Chris Farraday
- 2011 · Der Weg des Ruhms as Self
- 2010 · The Fighter as Micky Ward
- 2010 · The Invocation as Self
- 2010 · Date Night as Holbrooke
- 2008 · Max Payne as Max Payne
- 2008 · The Happening as Elliot Moore
- 2007 · We Own the Night as Cpt. Joseph 'Joe' Grusinsky
- 2007 · Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' as Self
- 2006 · Invincible as Vince Papale
- 2005 · Four Brothers as Bobby Mercer
- 2004 · Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden as Self
- 2004 · I ♥ Huckabees as Tommy Corn
- 2003 · Overnight as Self
- 2002 · The Truth About Charlie as Peter Joshua
- 2001 · Rock Star as Chris 'Izzy' Cole
- 2000 · The Perfect Storm as Bobby Shatford
- 2000 · The Yards as Leo Handler
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self - Guest
- 1999 · Three Kings as Troy Barlow
- 1999 · The Corruptor as Detective Danny Wallace
- 1998 · The Big Hit as Melvin Smiley
- 1997 · Traveller as Pat
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1995 · The Basketball Diaries as Mickey
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Renaissance Man as Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood
- 1993 · The Substitute as Ryan Westerberg
- 1993 · The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness as Marky Mark
- 1991 · Teen Vid II as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · Play Dirty as Parker
- Future · Uncharted 2 as Victor Sullivan
- Future · The Six Billion Dollar Man as Steve Austin
- Future · The Making of We Own the Night as Self
- Future · Flight Risk as Pilot