Who is Mark Wahlberg?

Mark Wahlberg is an American actor, producer, businessman, former model, and rapper. He was known as Marky Mark in his early career as frontman for the group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

As an actor, he is famous for the movies Boogie Nights, The Fighter, Max Payne, Ted, Planet of the Apes, The Italian Job, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Daddy’s Home, and Lone Survivor.

He also served as executive producer of the hit HBO series Entourage and Boardwalk Empire. He earned an Academy Award nomination as a producer for Best Picture for the biographical sports drama The Fighter.

Mark Wahlberg: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

Mark was born on 5 June 1971, in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. His full name is Mark Robert, Michael Wahlberg.

He is the youngest of nine children of Alma Elaine and Donald E. Wahlberg, Sr. his mother was a bank clerk and a nurse. His father was a delivery driver. His parents divorced in 1982.

After that, he divided his time between them. Mark’s siblings include actor Robert and actor-singer Donnie.

His nationality is American and he is of the mixed ethnicity of Irish, Swedish, English, French-Canadian, and Scottish.

Mark Wahlberg attended Copley Square High School on Newbury Street in Boston. He never graduated, and so did not receive his high school diploma until June 2013.

Since he was 13, he had an addiction to cocaine and other substances.