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Mark Wahlberg Biography

Mark Wahlberg aka Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg
Born: 1971-06-05
Birthplace: Dorchester, MA

Race: White
Religion: Roman Catholic
Field: Actor, Rapper
Famous for: Formerly of the Funky Bunch

Mark Wahlberg Offical Website:
http://www.markwahlberg.com/

Field: Actor

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971 in Dorchester, Massachusetts) is an American actor, model, and singer.

Wahlberg is from a family of nine children and is of Swedish and Irish heritage. He first came to fame as the younger brother of Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block. Wahlberg had run afoul of the law as a teenager - in 1986 he was charged with racial harassment of a group of African-American students, and two years later he spent 45 days in prison after attacking and severely injuring a Vietnamese man.

After Wahlberg was released from prison, Donnie agreed to help his troubled sibling restart his music career if he cleaned up his act. In 1990, after adopting the stage name Marky Mark, Wahlberg formed the Funky Bunch with dancers/rappers Scott Ross (aka Scottie Gee), Hector Barros (aka Hector the Booty Inspector), Anthony Thomas (aka Ashley Ace), and Terry Yancey (aka DJ-T). They earned hits with "Good Vibrations" and "Wild Side" from Music for the People (where he poses with a Saab 9000).

His second LP, You Gotta Believe, was a relative failure, in large part due to the controversy surrounding him, regarding racism and homophobia. When the story of his arrest for assault - and the allegations of racism - broke in the press, things took on a decidedly darker note. Soon after, while on a British talk show along with rapper Shabba Ranks, he got into even more controversy. After Ranks made the statement that gays should be crucified, Wahlberg was accused of condoning the comments by his silence. During this time, You Gotta Believe had not been faring well and, after the charges surfaced, it plummeted off the charts. Adding to the hoopla, Wahlberg was brought to court for allegedly assaulting a security guard. He was ordered to make amends by appearing in a series of anti-bias advertisements. In the mid 90´s he enjoyed some further musical success in Europe with his musical partner Prince Ital Joe and the Eurodance-album "Life in the streets", which included the singles "Happy people" (#4 Germany) and "United" (#1 Germany).

At the height of his success Wahlberg released an autobiography which featured a dedication to his own penis. 1

Following his fall from grace in the music world, Wahlberg decided to pursue acting. He had had modeling experience, seen most prominently in a series of underwear ads from Calvin Klein. After becoming an actor, he dropped the Marky Mark moniker and became known simply as Mark Wahlberg.

His first big screen role came in Renaissance Man (1994). Some notable filmography includes his breakout role as Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights (1997), the lead in Tim Burton's 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes, and a firefighter who is facing an existential crisis in I ♥ Huckabees (2004).

Wahlberg will next appear in Martin Scorsese's The Departed, due for release in 2006, as one of Leonardo DiCaprio's police superiors. He is currently producing the series Entourage on HBO, which is loosely based on incidents from his own life.

Wahlberg is dating model Rhea Durham. Their daughter, Ella Rae, was born on September 2, 2003, and their son, Michael, was born on March 21, 2006.

Mark Wahlberg News


SILive.com

Jeter cast as a bum in new movie
FOXSports.com
Mark Wahlberg plays a cop assigned to permanent desk duty after wrongly shooting Jeter in the leg. The scene shot Thursday takes place years later, ...
'Aging' Jeter playing himself in upcoming...


Mark Wahlberg, Wife Expecting a Daughter
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Wahlberg and Durham, a model, are already parents to Ella, 6, Michael, 3, and Brendan, 1. And while his wife is "allowed to pick the magic number" of ...
Mark Wahlberg's In Love with...


BBC News

WILL FERRELL - FERRELL TOPS MOST OVERPAID LIST
Contactmusic.com
Caption: Will Ferrell (Picture) & Mark Wahlberg on the set of 'Other Guys' New York, USA .... Funnyman WILL FERRELL is laughing all the way to the bank ...
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IndyPosted (blog)

Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg in Date Night Trailer
Flix 66 (blog)
The film features Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, James Franco, Mark Ruffalo, Kristen Wiig, Ray Liotta and just about every...


Star sightings: Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg filming in Las Vegas
KTNV Las Vegas
Superstars Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg spent the day filming a movie outside of the Flamingo. The movie called "The Other Guys" puts Ferrell back with Adam ...
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Buffalo News
... (Oscar nominee Saoirise Ronan) watches her distraught family (Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz) and her murderer/rapist (Stanley Tucci) from the hereafter. ...

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Variety

Rogue crosses platforms
Variety
One shows helmer David O. Russell instructing Mark Wahlberg on his boxing moves; another follows Wahlberg to the gym. There are also videos from the set of ...
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Examiner.com

Check out these sneak pugilistic pics of Mark Wahlberg & Christian Bale from ...
Examiner.com
Originally designed as a starring vehicle for Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg, the film looked like it would fall short of being a real contender....


We Hear: Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, Mark Wahlberg & more...
Boston Herald
That Hollywood heavy Mark Wahlberg and his wife, Rhea Durham, are expecting a baby girl. The Dorchester homey told People magazine that the new addition to ...

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From his provocative Brooke Shield's ad campaign in the 80s to the very popular Mark Wahlberg underwear ads of the 90s, the name Calvin ...




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