Acting
Mark Wahlberg
EN, DE cinema · 85 credits
Born
5 June 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as Marky Mark · Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg · Marks Vālbergs
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. 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
Filmography
The Operator
The Operator
Actor, Producer
Six Billion Dollar Man
Six Billion Dollar Man
as Steve Austin
Balls Up
as Brad
By Any Means
as Gregory Scarpa, Producer
Flight Risk
as Daryl Booth
Play Dirty
as Parker
The Family Plan 2
as Dan Morgan, Producer
Arthur the King
as Michael, Executive Producer
The Union
as Mike McKenna, Producer
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
as Self (archive footage)
The Family Plan
as Dan Morgan, Producer
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
Uncharted
as Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
Father Stu
as Father Stuart 'Stu' Long, Producer
Me Time
as Huck Dembo
Infinite
as Evan McCauley, Producer
kid 90
as Self (voice)
Spenser Confidential
as Spenser, Producer
Joe Bell
as Joe Bell, Producer
Scoob!
as Blue Falcon (voice)
Mile 22
as James Silva, Producer
Instant Family
as Pete Wagner, Producer
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Cade Yeager
Daddy's Home 2
as Dusty
All the Money in the World
as Fletcher Chase
Mojave
as Norman
Deepwater Horizon
as Mike Williams, Producer
Patriots Day
as Sgt. Tommy Saunders, Producer
Stealing Cars
Executive Producer
Ted 2
as John
Daddy's Home
as Dusty Mayron
Entourage
as Mark Wahlberg, Producer
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Cade Yeager
The Gambler
as Jim Bennett, Producer
Manny
Actor
Broken City
as Billy Taggart, Producer
Pain & Gain
as Daniel Lugo
2 Guns
as Michael 'Stig' Stigman
Lone Survivor
as Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell, Producer
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
as Narrator (voice)
Prisoners
Executive Producer
Ted
as John Bennett
Contraband
as Chris Farraday, Producer
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
as Self (archive footage)
The Other Guys
as Detective Terry Hoitz
Date Night
as Holbrooke
The Fighter
as Micky Ward, Producer
The Invocation
as Self
The Lovely Bones
as Jack Salmon
The Happening
as Elliot Moore
Max Payne
as Max Payne
We Own the Night
as Joseph Grusinsky, Producer
Shooter
as Bob Lee Swagger
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
as Self
The Departed
as Dignam
Invincible
as Vince Papale
Four Brothers
as Bobby Mercer
I ♥ Huckabees
as Tommy Corn
The Italian Job
as Charlie Croker
Overnight
as Self
The Truth About Charlie
as Peter Joshua
Planet of the Apes
as Captain Leo Davidson
Rock Star
as Chris 'Izzy' Cole
The Perfect Storm
as Bobby Shatford
The Yards
as Leo Handler
Three Kings
as Troy Barlow
The Corruptor
as Danny Wallace
The Big Hit
as Melvin Smiley
Boogie Nights
as Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
Traveller
as Pat
Fear
as David McCall
The Basketball Diaries
as Mickey
Renaissance Man
as Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood
The Substitute
as Ryan Westerberg
Teen Vid II
as Self