Donald Edmond Donnie Wahlberg Jr born August 17 1969 is an American singersongwriter actor film producer and record producer One of his siblings is actor Mark Wahlberg and he is married to comedianactress Jenny McCarthy He is a founding member of the popular 1980s and 1990s boy band New Kids on the Block Hes most known for his TV role as Det Danny Reagan on Blue Bloods for which he was nominated for a Peoples Choice Award for Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor in 2017 Hes also known for his roles as Donnie on the sitcom Return of the Mac Det Horst Cali on The Kill Point Paul Rader on Runaway Det Joel Stevens on Boomtown Lt C Carwood Lipton on the awardwinning miniseries Band of Brothers and Chris Scott on Big Apple Graham Yost executive producer and writer of Boomtown had worked with him in Band of Brothers and was so impressed by his performance that he wrote the role of Joel Stevens specifically for him Hes taken part in the reality shows Donnie Loves Jenny Wahlburgers Rock This Boat New Kids on the Block and The Masked Singer He is narrator of HLNs true crime show Very Scary People He is executive producer and narrator of the reality series Bostons Finest in part produced by his company Donnie D Productions Hes known for his film roles as Det Eric Matthews in the Saw film series starting in Saw II Shane in Zookeeper Det Teddy Riley in Righteous Kill Commander Burton in Annapolis Douglas Duddits Cavell in Dreamcatcher and Vincent Grey in The Sixth Sense Hes also had roles in TV movies including The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1998 TV movie as well as Kings of South Beach and Bunker Hill As of 2011 he is the host of an internet radio show on Friday nights at 8 pm PST called DDUBs RB Back Rub on Cherry Tree Radio