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 bigbudget 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 Daddys Home 2015 and Daddys Home 2 2017 He also became the protagonist in two films in the Transformers liveaction film franchise Transformers Age of Extinction and Transformers The Last Knight He was the worlds highestpaid actor in 2017 Wahlberg served as executive producer of five HBO series the comedydrama Entourage 20042011 the period crime drama Boardwalk Empire 20102014 the comedydramas How to Make It in America 20102011 and Ballers 20152019 and the documentary McMillions 2020 He is coowner of the Wahlburgers chain and costarred in the reality TV series about it He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010