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Mark Wahlberg Profile |
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Birth Date: June 5, 1971
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Birth Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
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Birth
Name: Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg
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Height:
5'8½"
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Biography |
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971 in
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts), one of 9 children of
Swedish and Irish parentage, is an entertainer, and is now
known primarily as an actor. He first came to fame as the
younger brother of Donnie Wahlberg of the New Kids on the
Block. After his brother's bubblegum pop group ended, Mark
began recording as Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch, earning
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. He was seen most
prominently in a series of underwear ads from Calvin Klein,
and would drop his pants as part of musical show. He then
began an acting career, earning positive reviews. Among his
filmography include Tim Burton's remake of Planet of the
Apes, I Heart Huckabees and Boogie Nights. Wahlberg will
next appear in Martin Scorcese's The Departed 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.
Mark has admitted to having been a hard drug user. When he
was 16, he injured a Vietnamese man and went to jail.
Wahlberg denied that the crime was racially motivated. |
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Other
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Brother of Donnie Wahlberg and Robert Wahlberg
Named one of "People" magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in
the World [May 1992]
Mark's older siblings are: Arthur, James, Debbie, Michelle,
Paul, Tracey, Robert, and Donnie. Robert, Donnie and Mark
are from their mother's third marriage with Donald Wahlberg.
Was originally cast as Linus Caldwell in Ocean's Eleven
(2001) but dropped out.
December 2001 - Bought a 5 million dollar mansion in Beverly
Hills, and moved his mother in.
His music group, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, debuted on
"The Arsenio Hall Show" (1989) in the early 1990's.
[September 2, 2003] His first child with girlfriend Rhea
Durham, a girl named Ella Rae was born at 4.am at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The baby weighed
in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces.
Has a daughter named Ella Rae.
He said in one of the featurettes in The Italian Job (2003)
DVD that he thought about doing the movie because it was
going to be his third remake in a row (if you don't count
Rock Star (2001)) after The Truth About Charlie (2002) and
Planet of the Apes (2001).
Is of Swedish, Irish, German and French Canadian descent
Narrated the documentary Juvies (2004) along with The
Italian Job (2003) co-star Mos Def (Mos Def supplied
poetry).
Was scheduled to be on one of the two planes that crashed
into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Luckily,
he changed his plans at the last minute, and drove from
Boston to New York with some friends.
Dated actress Jordana Brewster for several years
[1998-2001].
His older sister Debbie passed away just a day before his
daughter Ella was born, on September 1st, 2003, leaving
behind a teenaged son.
Has a tattoo of Bob Marley on his left shoulder.
Is very close to his mother.
He wears lifts in most of his films.
Was a member of the boy group "New Kids On The Block", but
left the band before they were famous |
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