Mark 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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

Raw

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (81)

• By Any Means2026 · as Gregory Scarpa
• Balls Up2026 · as Brad
• The Family Plan 22025 · as Dan Morgan
• Play Dirty2025 · as Parker
• Flight Risk2025 · as Daryl Booth
• Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Union2024 · as Mike McKenna
• Arthur the King2024 · as Michael
• The Family Plan2023 · as Dan Morgan
• The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump2023 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Commitment to Life2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Me Time2022 · as Huck Dembo
• Father Stu2022 · as Father Stuart 'Stu' Long
• Uncharted2022 · as Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
• Infinite2021 · as Evan McCauley
• kid 902021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Joe Bell2020 · as Joe Bell
• Scoob!2020 · as Blue Falcon (voice)
• Spenser Confidential2020 · as Spenser
• Instant Family2018 · as Pete Wagner
• Mile 222018 · as James Silva
• All the Money in the World2017 · as Fletcher Chase
• Daddy's Home 22017 · as Dusty
• Transformers: The Last Knight2017 · as Cade Yeager
• Patriots Day2016 · as Sgt. Tommy Saunders
• Deepwater Horizon2016 · as Mike Williams
• Mojave2016 · as Norman
• Daddy's Home2015 · as Dusty Mayron
• Ted 22015 · as John
• Entourage2015 · as Mark Wahlberg
• Manny2014
• The Gambler2014 · as Jim Bennett
• Evolution Within Extinction2014 · as Self
• Transformers: Age of Extinction2014 · as Cade Yeager
• Lone Survivor2013 · as Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell
• Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• 2 Guns2013 · as Michael 'Stig' Stigman
• Pain & Gain2013 · as Daniel Lugo
• Broken City2013 · as Billy Taggart
• Ted2012 · as John Bennett
• Contraband2012 · as Chris Farraday
• Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Fighter2010 · as Micky Ward
• The Invocation2010 · as Self
• The Other Guys2010 · as Detective Terry Hoitz
• Date Night2010 · as Holbrooke
• The Lovely Bones2009 · as Jack Salmon
• Max Payne2008 · as Max Payne
• The Happening2008 · as Elliot Moore
• We Own the Night2007 · as Joseph Grusinsky
• Shooter2007 · as Bob Lee Swagger
• Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'2007 · as Self
• The Departed2006 · as Dignam
• Invincible2006 · as Vince Papale
• Four Brothers2005 · as Bobby Mercer
• Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden2004 · as Self
• I ♥ Huckabees2004 · as Tommy Corn
• Overnight2003 · as Self
• The Italian Job2003 · as Charlie Croker
• The Truth About Charlie2002 · as Peter Joshua
• Rock Star2001 · as Chris 'Izzy' Cole
• Planet of the Apes2001 · as Captain Leo Davidson
• The Perfect Storm2000 · as Bobby Shatford
• The Yards2000 · as Leo Handler
• Three Kings1999 · as Troy Barlow
• The Corruptor1999 · as Danny Wallace
• The Big Hit1998 · as Melvin Smiley
• Boogie Nights1997 · as Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
• Traveller1997 · as Pat
• Fear1996 · as David McCall
• The Basketball Diaries1995 · as Mickey
• Renaissance Man1994 · as Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood
• The Substitute1993 · as Ryan Westerberg
• The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness1993 · as Marky Mark
• Teen Vid II1991 · as Self
• Spenser Confidential 2— · as Spenser
• The Making of We Own the Night— · as Self
• Weekend Warriors—
• The Operator—
• Six Billion Dollar Man— · as Steve Austin
• The Big Fix—

All TV Shows (39)

• TMZ peanut oil2025
• Hart to Heart2021 · as Self
• Wahl Street2021 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Flip It Like Disick2019 · as Self
• GQ Presents: Iconic Characters2018 · as Self
• The Defiant Ones2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Wahlburgers2014 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Entourage2004 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Top Gear2002 · as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway2002 · as Self
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self - Guest
• The View1997 · as Self
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Raw1993
• Out All Night1992 · as Marky Mark
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Going Live!1987 · as Self
• Kids' Choice Awards1987 · as Host
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• Nightline1980
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Today1952 · as Self
• Ted: The Animated Series— · as John (voice)