Mark Wahlberg
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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- 2025 · Flight Risk as Daryl Booth
- 2024 · Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands as Self
- 2024 · The Union as Mike McKenna
- 2024 · Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024 · Arthur the King as Michael Light
- 2023 · The Family Plan as Dan Morgan
- 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
- 2022 · Uncharted as Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
- 2021 · Infinite as Evan McCauley
- 2021 · Hart to Heart as Self
- 2021 · Wahl Street as Self
- 2021 · kid 90 as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Joe Bell as Joe Bell
- 2020 · Scoob! as Blue Falcon (voice)
- 2020 · Spenser Confidential as Spenser
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Flip It Like Disick as Self
- 2018 · Instant Family as Pete Wagner
- 2018 · Mile 22 as James Silva
- 2018 · GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- 2018 · Lie Detector as Self
- 2017 · All the Money in the World as Fletcher Chase
- 2017 · Daddy's Home 2 as Dusty
- 2017 · The Defiant Ones as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Transformers: The Last Knight as Cade Yeager
- 2016 · Patriots Day as Sgt. Tommy Saunders
- 2016 · Deepwater Horizon as Mike Williams
- 2016 · Mojave as Norman
- 2015 · Daddy's Home as Dusty Mayron
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Ted 2 as John
- 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 · Transformers: Age of Extinction as Cade Yeager
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Wahlburgers as Self
- 2013 · Lone Survivor as Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell
- 2013 · Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · 2 Guns as Michael 'Stig' Stigman
- 2013 · Pain & Gain as Daniel Lugo
- 2013 · Broken City as Billy Taggart
- 2012 · Ted as John Bennett
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Dan Morgan (archive footage)
- 2012 · Contraband as Chris Farraday
- 2011 · Der Weg des Ruhms as Self
- 2010 · The Fighter as Micky Ward
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · The Invocation as Self
- 2010 · The Other Guys as Detective Terry Hoitz
- 2010 · Date Night as Holbrooke
- 2009 · The Lovely Bones as Jack Salmon
- 2008 · Max Payne as Max Payne
- 2008 · The Happening as Elliot Moore
- 2007 · We Own the Night as Cpt. Joseph 'Joe' Grusinsky
- 2007 · Shooter as Bob Lee Swagger
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2007 · Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' as Self
- 2006 · The Departed as Dignam
- 2006 · Invincible as Vince Papale
- 2005 · Four Brothers as Bobby Mercer
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden as Self
- 2004 · I ♥ Huckabees as Tommy Corn
- 2004 · Entourage as Mark Wahlberg
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Overnight as Self
- 2003 · The Italian Job as Charlie Croker
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · The Truth About Charlie as Peter Joshua
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self - 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 · Rock Star as Chris 'Izzy' Cole
- 2001 · Planet of the Apes as Captain Leo Davidson
- 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 Danny Wallace
- 1997 · Traveller as Pat
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1980 · Nightline as
- Future · Spenser Confidential 2 as Spenser
- 1998 · The Big Hit as Melvin Smiley
- 1997 · Boogie Nights as Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Fear as David McCall
- 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 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · WWE Raw as
- 1992 · Out All Night as Marky Mark
- 1991 · Teen Vid II as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · Uncharted 2 as Victor Sullivan
- Future · The Making of We Own the Night as Self
- Future · Balls Up as
- Future · The Family Plan 2 as Dan Morgan
- Future · By Any Means as
- Future · Father Stu: Reborn as Father Stuart
- Future · Play Dirty as Parker
- 1993 · The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness 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 · Kids' Choice Awards as Host
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Future · Weekend Warriors as