Cast & creator
Mark Wahlberg
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Marky Mark, Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg, Marks Vālbergs
106
film credits
54
television credits
121
1952–2026 · acting roles
6.6
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (160)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Raw
1993
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Entourage
Self
2004Entourage
Executive Producer
2004
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Top Gear
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
2002
Boardwalk Empire
Executive Producer
2010
In Treatment
Executive Producer
2008
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
By Any Means
Gregory Scarpa
2026By Any Means
Producer
2026
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002
Ted 2
John
2015
Today
Self
1952
Shooter
Executive Producer
2016
The Departed
Dignam
2006
Uncharted
Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
2022
The Family Plan 2
Dan Morgan
2025The Family Plan 2
Producer
2025
Going Live!
Self
1987
Ted
John Bennett
2012
The Word
1990
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Cade Yeager
2014
Play Dirty
Parker
2025
Prisoners
Executive Producer
2013
The Family Plan
Dan Morgan
2023The Family Plan
Producer
2023
Transformers: The Last Knight
Cade Yeager
2017
The Other Guys
Detective Terry Hoitz
2010
Balls Up
Brad
2026
The Italian Job
Charlie Croker
2003
Planet of the Apes
Captain Leo Davidson
2001
Shooter
Bob Lee Swagger
2007
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
The Lovely Bones
Jack Salmon
2009
Infinite
Evan McCauley
2021Infinite
Producer
2021
Deepwater Horizon
Mike Williams
2016Deepwater Horizon
Producer
2016
Kids' Choice Awards
Host
1987
Boogie Nights
Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
1997
Lone Survivor
Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell
2013Lone Survivor
Producer
2013
Instant Family
Pete Wagner
2018Instant Family
Producer
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self
2018
Father Stu
Father Stuart 'Stu' Long
2022Father Stu
Producer
2022
Daddy's Home
Dusty Mayron
2015
Flight Risk
Daryl Booth
2025
The Early Show
Self - Guest
1999
Mile 22
James Silva
2018Mile 22
Producer
2018
Arthur the King
Michael
2024Arthur the King
Executive Producer
2024
Daddy's Home 2
Dusty
2017
Patriots Day
Sgt. Tommy Saunders
2016Patriots Day
Producer
2016
Four Brothers
Bobby Mercer
2005
Pain & Gain
Daniel Lugo
2013
The Fighter
Micky Ward
2010The Fighter
Producer
2010
The Perfect Storm
Bobby Shatford
2000
All the Money in the World
Fletcher Chase
2017
Three Kings
Troy Barlow
1999
Wahl Street
Self
2021Wahl Street
Executive Producer
2021
Wahlburgers
Self
2014Wahlburgers
Creator
2014
How to Make It in America
Executive Producer
2010
The Happening
Elliot Moore
2008
Fear
David McCall
1996
The Union
Mike McKenna
2024The Union
Producer
2024
Hart to Heart
Self
2021
Date Night
Holbrooke
2010
2 Guns
Michael 'Stig' Stigman
2013
Entourage
Mark Wahlberg
2015Entourage
Producer
2015
The Gambler
Jim Bennett
2014The Gambler
Producer
2014
Spenser Confidential
Spenser
2020Spenser Confidential
Producer
2020
The Basketball Diaries
Mickey
1995
Scoob!
Blue Falcon (voice)
2020
Invincible
Vince Papale
2006
Max Payne
Max Payne
2008
We Own the Night
Joseph Grusinsky
2007We Own the Night
Producer
2007
Broken City
Billy Taggart
2013Broken City
Producer
2013
Nightline
1980
The Big Hit
Melvin Smiley
1998Out All Night
Marky Mark
1992
The Yards
Leo Handler
2000
Me Time
Huck Dembo
2022
The Defiant Ones
Self (archive footage)
2017
TED: The Animated Series
John (voice)
2026
The Corruptor
Danny Wallace
1999
Contraband
Chris Farraday
2012Contraband
Producer
2012
Rock Star
Chris 'Izzy' Cole
2001
MoviePass, MovieCrash
Producer
2024
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
I ♥ Huckabees
Tommy Corn
2004
Renaissance Man
Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood
1994
The Truth About Charlie
Peter Joshua
2002
Flip It Like Disick
Self
2019
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Self (archive footage)
2024
McMillion$
Executive Producer
2020
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Joe Bell
Joe Bell
2020Joe Bell
Producer
2020
The Murders at Starved Rock
Executive Producer
2021Spenser Confidential 2
Spenser
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
kid 90
Self (voice)
2021
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel
Executive Producer
2025
The Golden Boy
Executive Producer
2023
Spy High
Executive Producer
2025
Mojave
Norman
2016
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
Narrator (voice)
2013
Undiscovered
Executive Producer
2020Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Self (archive footage)
2011
Overnight
Self
2003
Stealing Cars
Executive Producer
2016
Evolution Within Extinction
Self
2014
The Substitute
Ryan Westerberg
1993The Making of We Own the Night
Self
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
Self
2004
Traveller
Pat
1997
The Invocation
Self
2010
Run This City
Executive Producer
2020
Manny
2014The Big Fix
The Operator
The Operator
Producer
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
Self
2007
Teen Vid II
Self
1991Weekend Warriors
Untitled Pras Michél Documentary
Producer
The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness
Marky Mark
1993Six Billion Dollar Man
Steve Austin