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.
Acted in
Flight Risk
2025
as Daryl Booth
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
as Self
The Union
2024
as Mike McKenna
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur the King
2024
as Michael Light
The Family Plan
2023
as Dan Morgan
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Me Time
2022
as Huck Dembo
Father Stu
2022
as Father Stuart 'Stu' Long
Uncharted
2022
as Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
Infinite
2021
as Evan McCauley
Wahl Street
2021
as Self
kid 90
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Joe Bell
2020
as Joe Bell
Scoob!
2020
as Blue Falcon (voice)
Spenser Confidential
2020
as Spenser
Flip It Like Disick
2019
as Self
Instant Family
2018
as Pete Wagner
Mile 22
2018
as James Silva
Lie Detector
2018
as Self
All the Money in the World
2017
as Fletcher Chase
Daddy's Home 2
2017
as Dusty
The Defiant Ones
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Cade Yeager
Patriots Day
2016
as Sgt. Tommy Saunders
Deepwater Horizon
2016
as Mike Williams
Mojave
2016
as Norman
Daddy's Home
2015
as Dusty Mayron
Ted 2
2015
as John
Entourage
2015
as Mark Wahlberg
Manny
2014
The Gambler
2014
as Jim Bennett
Evolution Within Extinction
2014
as Self
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
2014
as Self
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
as Cade Yeager
Wahlburgers
2014
as Self
Lone Survivor
2013
as Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
2013
as Narrator (voice)
2 Guns
2013
as Michael 'Stig' Stigman
Pain & Gain
2013
as Daniel Lugo
Broken City
2013
as Billy Taggart
Ted
2012
as John Bennett
Honest Trailers
2012
as Dan Morgan (archive footage)
Contraband
2012
as Chris Farraday
Der Weg des Ruhms
2011
as Self
The Fighter
2010
as Micky Ward
The Invocation
2010
as Self
The Other Guys
2010
as Detective Terry Hoitz
Date Night
2010
as Holbrooke
The Lovely Bones
2009
as Jack Salmon
Max Payne
2008
as Max Payne
The Happening
2008
as Elliot Moore
We Own the Night
2007
as Cpt. Joseph 'Joe' Grusinsky
Shooter
2007
as Bob Lee Swagger
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
2007
as Self
The Departed
2006
as Dignam
Invincible
2006
as Vince Papale
Four Brothers
2005
as Bobby Mercer
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
2004
as Self
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Tommy Corn
Entourage
2004
as Mark Wahlberg
Overnight
2003
as Self
The Italian Job
2003
as Charlie Croker
The Truth About Charlie
2002
as Peter Joshua
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self
Band of Brothers
2001
Rock Star
2001
as Chris 'Izzy' Cole
Planet of the Apes
2001
as Captain Leo Davidson
The Perfect Storm
2000
as Bobby Shatford
The Yards
2000
as Leo Handler
Three Kings
1999
as Troy Barlow
The Corruptor
1999
as Danny Wallace
The Big Hit
1998
as Melvin Smiley
Boogie Nights
1997
as Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
Traveller
1997
as Pat
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Fear
1996
as David McCall
The Basketball Diaries
1995
as Mickey
Renaissance Man
1994
as Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood
The Substitute
1993
as Ryan Westerberg
WWE Raw
1993
The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness
1993
as Marky Mark
Out All Night
1992
as Marky Mark
Teen Vid II
1991
as Self
Going Live!
1987
as Self
Kids' Choice Awards
1987
as Host
Spenser Confidential 2
as Spenser
The Making of We Own the Night
as Self
Play Dirty
as Parker
Uncharted 2
as Victor Sullivan
Balls Up
Father Stu: Reborn
as Father Stuart
Weekend Warriors
The Family Plan 2
as Dan Morgan