Mark Wahlberg

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg is an actor and singer who first entered the world of show business as the lead singer of the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. His band released the song ‘Good Vibrations’ which became a No.1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Their debut album ‘Music for the People’ was also a big hit. Growing up as the youngest of nine children in a broken home, he was exposed to drugs and violence from a young age. He was in serious trouble with the law by the time he was 16; he was charged with attempted murder at such a young age and jailed for his involvement in a savage assault. Sensing that he had hit rock bottom he vowed to rise above a life of crime and become a respectable individual. His brother Donnie who had a successful boy band called ‘New Kids on the Block’ introduced him to music. Music literally rescued the young Mark from a life of drugs and violence and gave him a new purpose in life. Motivated by his success as a musician he forayed into acting and made his debut in the 1993 TV movie ‘The Substitute’. He also launched a line of sports nutrition supplements called ‘Marked’ before entering the world of films.

His elder brother Donnie had a successful boy band called New Kids on the Block. Mark was one of the original members but he soon quit to form his own band. He formed the hip hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch along with his friends Scott, Hector, Terry and Anthony.

The group released their debut album ‘Music for the People’ in 1991. The album contained the song ‘Good Vibrations’ which peaked at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was produced by his brother Donnie.

Boosted by the success of their debut, the band quickly released its next album ‘You Gotta Believe’ in 1992. However, this album was not successful and the band broke up.

He made a transition to acting with the 1993 television movie ‘The Substitute’. In 1994, he appeared as Private Tommy Lee Haywood with Danny DeVito in the comedy film ‘Renaissance Man’. He played a villain David McCall in the thriller ‘Fear’ in 1996.

In the 1997 movie ‘Boogie Nights’, he portrayed Eddie Adams, a popular adult film star who rises to fame during the Golden Age of adult films and then falls from glory later on. The film was a big critical as well as commercial hit.

He starred along with Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, and Estella Warren in the 2001 science fiction ‘Planet of the Apes’ which was based on Pierre Boulle’s novel of the same name.

He played the main character in the sports drama ‘Invincible’ in 2006 which was based on the true story of Vince Papale who once played for the Philadelphia Eagles.

He played the supporting role of Sgt. Sean Dignam in the Leonardo DiCaprio starred ‘The Departed’ in 2006. The crime thriller revolves around the story of a mole who is planted within the Massachusetts State Police. The movie won several Academy Awards.

He portrayed Micky Ward, a professional boxer in the biographical sports drama ‘The Fighter’ in 2010. One of the reasons he was chosen to play the character was his real life friendship with the boxer, and the similarities they actually shared.

He is the co-producer of the HBO period drama series ‘Boardwalk Empire’ which first premiered on September 2010. The award winning show is inspired by the book ‘Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City’ by Nelson Johnson.

1993 The Substitute (Ryan Westerberg)

1994 Renaissance Man (Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood)

1995 The Basketball Diaries (Mickey)

1996 Fear (David McCall)

1997 Traveller (Pat)

1997 Boogie Nights (Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler)

1998 The Big Hit (Melvin Smiley)

1999 The Corruptor (Danny Wallace)

1999 Three Kings (Troy Barlow)

2000 The Yards (Leo Handler)

2000 The Perfect Storm (Bobby Shatford)

2001 Planet of the Apes (Captain Leo Davidson)

2001 Rock Star (Chris 'Izzy' Cole)

2002 The Truth About Charlie (Lewis Bartholamew)

2003 The Italian Job (Charlie Croker)

2004 I Heart Huckabees (Tommy Corn)

2005 Four Brothers (Bobby Mercer)

2006 Invincible (Vince Papale)

2006 The Departed (Dignam)

2007 Shooter (Bob Lee Swagger)

2007 We Own the Night (Joseph Grusinsky)

2008 The Happening (Elliot Moore)

2008 Max Payne (Max Payne)

2009 The Lovely Bones (Jack Salmon)

2010 Date Night (Holbrooke)

2010 The Other Guys (Terry Hoitz)

2010 The Fighter (Micky Ward)

2012 Contraband (Chris Farraday)

2012 Ted (John Bennett)

2013 Broken City (Billy Taggart)

2013 Pain & Gain (Daniel Lugo)

2013 2 Guns (Stig)

2013 Lone Survivor (Marcus Luttrell)

2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction (Cade Yeager)

2014 The Gambler (Jim Bennett)

2015 Mojave (Norman)

2015 Entourage (Mark Wahlberg)

2015 Ted 2 (John Bennett)

2015 Daddy’s Home (Dusty Mayron)

2016 Deepwater Horizon (Mike Williams)

2016 Patriots Day (Tommy Saunders)

2017 Transformers: The Last Knight (Cade Yeager)

2017 Daddy’s Home 2 (Dusty)

2017 All the Money in the World (Fletcher Chace)

2018 Mile 22 (James Silva)

2018 Instant Family (Pete)

2020 Spenser Confidential (Spenser)

2020 Good Joe Bell (Joe Bell)

2021 Infinite (Evan McCauley)

2022 Uncharted (Victor Sullivan)