Mark Wahlberg
5 June 1971
Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
Mark Wahlberg var tidligere kendt som teenage-idolet Marky Mark, der efter en kort periode i New Kids on the Block dannede sin egen rap-gruppe: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. Specielt singlen 'Good Vibrations' (1992) gik sejrsgang på alverdens hitlister, men ligesom Will Smith og Ice Cube blev Wahlberg træt af rapperriget og skiftede karriere til skuespiller.
Inden for filmen huskes Mark for sin rolle som Dirk Diggler i 'Boogie Nights' (1997), hvor han var manden med pornobranchens største svaber. Rent apropos, så var Mark kendt for at smide bukserne i de gamle rapper-dage, og han har modelleret undertøj for Calvin Klein sammen med Kate Moss. Siden har han slået sit navn fast med hovedroller i film som 'Three Kings' og Tim Burtons 'Planet of the Apes'.
Mark har tre søstre og fem brødre, deriblandt skuespilleren Donnie
Wahlberg. Selv om hans forældre er skilt bor de begge i Marks villa i
Hollywood. Mark havde på et tidspunkt fornøjelsen af Jordana Brewsters
intime selskab.
We Own the Night
The Brazilian Job (2006) .... Charlie
Croker
The Departed (2006) .... Queenan
Invincible (2006)
Four Brothers (2005) (filmer)
I Heart Huckabee's (2004) .... Tommy
Corn
Italian Job, The (2003) .... Charlie Croker
Truth About Charlie, The (2002)
.... Joshua Peters
Rock Star (2001) .... Chris 'Izzy' Cole
Planet of the Apes (2001) .... Captain Leo Davidson
Perfect Storm, The (2000) .... Bobby Shatford
Yards, The (2000) .... Leo Handler
Three Kings (1999) .... Sfc. Troy Barlow
Corruptor, The (1999) .... Danny Wallace
Big Hit, The (1998) .... Melvin Smiley
Boogie Nights (1997) .... Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler
Traveller (1997) .... Pat O'Hara
Fear (1996) .... David McCall
Basketball Diaries, The (1995) .... Mickey
Renaissance Man (1994) .... Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood
Substitute, The (1993) (TV) (as Marky Mark) .... Ryan Westerberg
Engelsk :
Son of Alma and Donald. Brother of 5 brothers and 3 sisters. Born in Dorchester. High-school dropout, later got GED. Did various jobs including bricklayer and was convicted of several minor felonies. Recorded two albums and toured as Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. "Music For the People" (Interscope, 1991) and "You Gotta Believe" (Interscope, 1992). Won Best Dance Single for "Good Vibrations" Still tours in Europe. Best known for dropping his pants onstage. Modeled underwear for Calvin Klein beginning in 1992 with supermodel Kate Moss in a widely-distributed campaign photographed by Herb Ritts.
