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| Birth Name(s) : Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg |
Date of Birth: June 5, 1971 |
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| Mark Wahlberg has made a name for himself in acting, music and modelling, surpassing big brother Donnie's New Kid's on the Block shadow. He was first noticed as a rapper/musician with the hit track "Good Vibrations" (1992), which lead to cK underwear modelling. He turned to acting a couple years later with "Renaissance Man" (1994) and "The Basketball Diaries" (1995). Other memorable feature films include "Boogie Nights" (1997), "Three Kings" (1999) and "Rock Star" (2001). |
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Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and television producer. He was known as Marky Mark in his earlier days and became famous in his 1991 debut as a rap musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, he is the youngest of nine children, with siblings Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie, and Donnie Wahlberg. His mother, Alma Elaine (née Donnelly), was a bank clerk and nurse's aid, and his father, Donald Edward Wahlberg, was a Teamster who worked as a delivery driver; the two divorced in 1982. His paternal grandfather was of Swedish descent, while his other ancestry includes Irish and French Canadian. Wahlberg had a Catholic upbringing and attended Copley Square High School (but never graduated) on Newbury Street in Copley Square in Boston. The campus now houses Muriel Snowden International School.
As a young teenager, Wahlberg participated in several violent acts for which he was charged, later claiming to have been in trouble 20-25 times with the Boston Police Department as a youth. At 15 he harassed a group of African American school children on a field trip by throwing rocks (causing injuries) and shouting epithets. When he was sixteen (again using racist language), Wahlberg knocked one middle aged Vietnamese man unconscious with a wooden stick, and left another Vietnamese man permanently blinded in one eye. Wahlberg has said that he has no recollection of the incident because he passed out just before the police caught him. For these crimes, Wahlberg was charged for attempted murder, pled guilty to assault, and was sentenced to 2 years in jail at Boston's Deer Island House of Correction, of which he served 45 days. In yet another incident when he was 21 Wahlberg fractured the jaw of a neighbor in an unprovoked attack.
He briefly became embroiled in controversy when he appeared to endorse the homophobic comments made by Shabba Ranks when they appeared as guests on the British chat show The Word. When Ranks made the statement that "gays ought to be crucified", Wahlberg remained in silence at his comments, which made the public believe he was also prejudiced. He later publicly dissociated himself from Ranks' comments, but only after widespread media coverage.
In the dedication of his 1992 book "Marky Mark", co-authored with photographer Lynn Goldsmith, Wahlberg says in the preface that "I wanna dedicate this book to my dick".Mark currently lives with his girlfriend supermodel Rhea and his two kids.
Wahlberg was known for his impressive physique. He first displayed it in the Good Vibrations music video and most prominently in a series of underwear ads for Calvin Klein shot by Herb Ritts following it with Calvin Klein television ads. In 1992 the Calvin Klein billboard in New York's Times Square featured Wahlberg exclusively. Magazine and television promotions would sometimes feature Mark exclusively or accompanied by model Kate Moss. Annie Leibovitz also shot a famous session of Mark Wahlberg in underwear for Vanity Fair's annual Hall of Fame issue. During concert performances, he was known for stripping to his briefs and grabbing his crotch. He also made a workout video entitled The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness (ISBN 1-55510-910-1).
He has earned many positive reviews after appearing in a number of successful movies like Boogie Nights as Dirk Diggler, Three Kings, The Perfect Storm, The Italian Job, and Four Brothers. His performance in I ♥ Huckabees was voted best supporting performance of the year in the 2004 Village Voice Critics Poll. Wahlberg was originally cast as Linus Caldwell in Ocean's Eleven; Matt Damon played the role instead. The two later worked together in The Departed. Wahlberg was also originally considered for a role in the film Brokeback Mountain. The movie was originally intended to star him and Joaquin Phoenix, but Wahlberg was uncomfortable with the film's sex scenes and his role ultimately went to Jake Gyllenhaal.
Wahlberg has confirmed that he was approached to star in a sequel to The Departed, but it's still early in development. The sequel would reportedly revolve around the detective played by Wahlberg.
To prepare for his role in Shooter, Wahlberg attended long-range shooting training at Front Sight Firearms Training Institute near Pahrump, Nevada, and was able to hit a target at 2000 yards. He has said in a number of interviews that he will retire at the age of 40 to concentrate on parenthood and professional golf. However, in early 2007 he indicated that this was no longer the plan as "his golf game is horrible". He is now to star as Jack Salmon in Peter Jackson's film of The Lovely Bones.
Wahlberg is a practicing Catholic. He dated actress Jordana Brewster, his Fear co-star Reese Witherspoon (during and after the production of the movie), and his co-star in the film The Big Hit, China Chow. Mark currently has two children, Ella Rae and Michael, born Sept. 2nd, 2003, and March 22nd, 2006, respectively, with long-time girlfriend Victoria's Secret model, Rhea Durham. |
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