Wahlberg was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for portraying Micky Ward in the sports drama biopic The Fighter (2010). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a police officer in the crime drama The Departed (2006). 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 received critical praise for his performance as porn actor Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights (1997). Wahlberg made his screen debut in Renaissance Man (1994) and had his first starring role in Fear (1996).

He gained notability 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). 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.Īs a youth, Wahlberg was involved in a number of violent and racially motivated attacks. His work as a leading man spans the comedy, drama, and action genres. Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), formerly known by his stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor.

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