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. 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.

Filmography

• 2026Balls Up — Brad
• 2026By Any Means — Gregory Scarpa, Producer
• TED: The Animated Series — John (voice)
• Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel — Executive Producer
• 2025Flight Risk — Daryl Booth
• 2025Play Dirty — Parker
• Spy High — Executive Producer
• 2025The Family Plan 2 — Dan Morgan, Producer
• 2024Arthur the King — Michael, Executive Producer
• 2024MoviePass, MovieCrash — Producer
• 2024The Union — Mike McKenna, Producer
• 2023The Family Plan — Dan Morgan, Producer
• The Golden Boy — Executive Producer
• 2022Father Stu — Father Stuart 'Stu' Long, Producer
• 2022Me Time — Huck Dembo
• 2022Uncharted — Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
• 2021Infinite — Evan McCauley, Producer
• The Murders at Starved Rock — Executive Producer
• Wahl Street — Self, Executive Producer
• 2020Joe Bell — Joe Bell, Producer
• McMillion$ — Executive Producer
• Run This City — Executive Producer
• 2020Scoob! — Blue Falcon (voice)
• 2020Spenser Confidential — Spenser, Producer
• Undiscovered — Executive Producer
• 2018Instant Family — Pete Wagner, Producer
• 2018Mile 22 — James Silva, Producer
• 2017All the Money in the World — Fletcher Chase
• 2017Daddy's Home 2 — Dusty
• 2017Transformers: The Last Knight — Cade Yeager
• 2016Deepwater Horizon — Mike Williams, Producer
• 2016Mojave — Norman
• 2016Patriots Day — Sgt. Tommy Saunders, Producer
• Shooter — Executive Producer
• 2016Stealing Cars — Executive Producer
• 2015Daddy's Home — Dusty Mayron
• 2015Entourage — Mark Wahlberg, Producer
• 2015Ted 2 — John
• 2014Manny
• 2014The Gambler — Jim Bennett, Producer
• 2014Transformers: Age of Extinction — Cade Yeager
• Wahlburgers — Self, Creator
• 20132 Guns — Michael 'Stig' Stigman
• 2013Broken City — Billy Taggart, Producer
• 2013Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward — Narrator (voice)
• 2013Lone Survivor — Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell, Producer
• 2013Pain & Gain — Daniel Lugo
• 2013Prisoners — Executive Producer
• 2012Contraband — Chris Farraday, Producer
• 2012Ted — John Bennett
• Boardwalk Empire — Executive Producer
• 2010Date Night — Holbrooke
• How to Make It in America — Executive Producer
• 2010The Fighter — Micky Ward, Producer
• 2010The Other Guys — Detective Terry Hoitz
• 2009The Lovely Bones — Jack Salmon
• In Treatment — Executive Producer
• 2008Max Payne — Max Payne
• 2008The Happening — Elliot Moore
• 2007Shooter — Bob Lee Swagger
• 2007We Own the Night — Joseph Grusinsky, Producer
• 2006Invincible — Vince Papale
• 2006The Departed — Dignam
• 2005Four Brothers — Bobby Mercer
• Entourage — Self, Executive Producer
• 2004I ♥ Huckabees — Tommy Corn
• 2003The Italian Job — Charlie Croker
• 2002The Truth About Charlie — Peter Joshua
• 2001Planet of the Apes — Captain Leo Davidson
• 2001Rock Star — Chris 'Izzy' Cole
• 2000The Perfect Storm — Bobby Shatford
• 2000The Yards — Leo Handler
• 1999The Corruptor — Danny Wallace
• 1999Three Kings — Troy Barlow
• 1998The Big Hit — Melvin Smiley
• 1997Boogie Nights — Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
• 1997Traveller — Pat
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Fear — David McCall
• 1995The Basketball Diaries — Mickey
• 1994Renaissance Man — Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood
• Raw
• 1993The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness — Marky Mark
• 1993The Substitute — Ryan Westerberg
• Out All Night — Marky Mark
• The Word
• Kids' Choice Awards — Host
• Nightline
• Six Billion Dollar Man — Steve Austin
• Spenser Confidential 2 — Spenser
• The Big Fix
• The Operator — Producer
• Untitled Pras Michél Documentary — Producer
• Weekend Warriors

Appearances as themselves (39)

• 2024Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
• 2023The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Hart to Heart — Self
• 2021kid 90 — Self (voice)
• Flip It Like Disick — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• GQ Presents: Iconic Characters — Self
• The Defiant Ones — Self (archive footage)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• 2014Evolution Within Extinction — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• 2011Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame — Self (archive footage)
• Conan — Self
• 2010The Invocation — Self
• 2007Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2004Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• 2003Overnight — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway — Self
• Top Gear — Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
• Good Day Live — Self
• The Early Show — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self - Guest
• 1991Teen Vid II — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Going Live! — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)
• Today — Self
• The Making of We Own the Night — Self