Mark Wahlberg

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Mark Wahlberg (2017)

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg , formerly Marky Mark , (born June 5, 1971 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American actor , singer and film producer . He became known in 1991 as the front man of the hip-hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch and as a model for Calvin Klein . After a musical collaboration with Prince Ital Joe and Alex Christensen in the mid-1990s, Wahlberg entered the film business and experienced his breakthrough as an actor with the tragic comedy Boogie Nights (1997). For his role in Departed , he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2007. He is the younger brother of the singer and actor Donnie Wahlberg .

Life

youth

The son of delivery driver Donald E. Wahlberg Sr. († 2008) and bank clerk and nurse Alma Elaine Donnelly was born as the youngest of nine siblings Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie († 2003) and Donnie. He grew up in Dorchester , a multi-ethnic working-class neighborhood of Boston with a high crime rate. Despite the full-time work of the parents, the family lived on the poverty line. The marriage ended in divorce in 1982.

Wahlberg attended Copley Square High School in Boston, but left without a degree. At the age of 13 years him the opportunity Member of the teen band located in the foundation phase next to his brother Donnie offered New Kids on the Block to be, but Mark got Wahlberg after a very short time from long before the group to its original name Nynuk took off and published their first phonogram. Instead, as a teenager, Wahlberg came into conflict with the law through numerous criminal acts, including threats , assault, racist remarks , vandalism and theft . At the age of 16 he was charged with attempted murder and sentenced to two years in prison, of which he served only 45 days in Suffolk County House of Correction prison on Deer Island , Massachusetts . In another case, the then 21-year-old attacked a neighbor and broke his lower jaw.

Career in the music business

With the aim of enabling Wahlberg to have a future beyond crime, his older brother Donnie financed his own music project in 1991 and, thanks to his popularity as a member of the New Kids on the Block, helped him to a record deal. He also acted as its producer. Under the name Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch , Wahlberg released his US platinum debut album Music for the People on Interscope Records in July 1991 . It reached number one on the Top Heatseekers Album Charts and number 21 on the Billboard 200 . The debut single Good Vibrations with Loleatta Holloway as a guest musician developed into a worldwide hit and occupied, among other things, the top position in the Billboard Hot 100 as well as in the charts in Sweden and Switzerland. In Germany it rose to position three. Both Good Vibrations and the decoupled follow-up single Wildside , which made it into the top ten in the USA , achieved gold status. Music channels such as MTV broadcast the clips in rotation .

With the Afro-American dancers Hector “The Booty Inspector” Barros, Scott “Scottie Gee” Ross, Anthony “Ashey Ace” Thomas and Terry “DJ-T” Yancey, who belonged to the Funky Bunch , Wahlberg supported the New Kids on the Block on their 1991s as a support act Winter tour through Europe and in this way gained popularity and awareness among the relevant target audience. He has received several awards from well-known youth magazines, including the Golden Bravo Otto in 1991 and the Silver Bravo Otto in 1992 in the “Dancefloor” category, as well as several awards from the former British magazine Smash Hits . Wahlberg, who already began disciplined muscle and fitness training during his puberty, regularly presented himself with a bared upper body and baggy pants that exposed the waistband or the label of his shorts as part of his appearances . The highlight was a strip in which Wahlberg took off his pants and showed the audience in his underwear. Along with the euphoria that his presence triggered, especially among female fans, fashion designer Calvin Klein Wahlberg discovered her potential as an underwear model. As part of several advertising campaigns, Wahlberg appeared exclusively or together with Kate Moss in television spots, magazines and billboards in photographs by Herb Ritts , including in Times Square in New York in 1992. In the same year Wahlberg released his second album You gotta believe and his first self-titled Biography.

In 1993 Wahlberg produced a fitness video titled The Marky Mark Workout: Form ... Focus ... Fitness . He also focused on a musical collaboration with the Caribbean reggae artist Prince Ital Joe and the German producer Alex Christensen . After her first stage appearance at Popkomm 1993 in Cologne, the album Life in the Streets was released in Europe . The opening single Happy People reached number four in the German charts in the developing Eurodance scene in the spring of 1994, followed by a number one hit shortly afterwards with United . Other singles such as Life in the Streets and Babylon made it into the German Top 20. In 1995 the duo toured nationwide.

With the single No Mercy (Fist of the Tiger) , Wahlberg released a song about his friend and professional boxer Dariusz Michalczewski in 1995 , who also appeared in the accompanying music video . In 1996, Wahlberg had Annie Leibovitz photograph himself in underwear for Vanity Fair magazine .

Acting career

Mark Wahlberg 2011

Parallel to his work in the music industry, Wahlberg got into the film business after appearing as Marky Mark in the television production The Truth leads to Death in 1993. Under his real name he gave in 1994 on the side of Danny DeVito made his screen debut as a soldier in the military comedy Mr. Bill and took over the following year alongside leading man Leonardo DiCaprio his first major supporting role as criminal drug addict in the diaries of Jim Carroll based biopic Jim Carroll - In the streets of New York . After a leading role as a psychopath in Fear (1996), Wahlberg had his breakthrough as a film actor with Boogie Nights in 1997. In director Paul Thomas Anderson's tragicomedy about the American porn industry of the 1970s, Wahlberg portrayed the rise and fall of porn star Dirk Diggler and received a nomination for the Satellite Award for this performance .

With the war satire Three Kings (1999), Wolfgang Petersen's action film Der Sturm (2000), the music film Rock Star (2001), Tim Burton's remake of the classic novel Planet of the Apes (2001) or the gangster film The Italian Job - Hunt for Millions (2003) Wahlberg established himself as an actor step by step alongside Hollywood greats such as Burt Reynolds , George Clooney , Donald Sutherland , Edward Norton and Charlize Theron .

Wahlberg worked with Joaquín Phoenix and director James Gray in The Yards (2000) and Heroes of the Night - We Own the Night (2007) and also co-produced the latter film. The two actors were also earmarked for the two main roles of the homosexual cowboys in Brokeback Mountain , but declined the offer because of the required sex scenes.

Wahlberg achieved his greatest success to date in 2006 when Martin Scorsese cast him in his thriller Departed alongside Leonardo DiCaprio , Matt Damon , Jack Nicholson , Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin . For his performance as a Boston cop Bryce Dignam he was during the Academy Awards in 2007 as a Best Supporting Actor nomination. He was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award , the National Society of Film Critics Award, and the Online Film Critics Society Award .

2007 acted Wahlberg as a former sniper of the US Marines in Antoine Fuqua's Shooter and was by critics as a new action hero called. Wahlberg took on the title role in Max Payne , the film adaptation of the computer game of the same name . In the same year he took first place in VH1’s Top 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s . In 2010, Mark Wahlberg was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

Wahlberg has been shooting comedies and action films since 2010. Michael Bay and Peter Berg are directors with whom he has worked several times . His work includes more than 60 productions.

In addition to his acting roles, Wahlberg also co-produced the HBO series In Treatment , How to Make It in America , Boardwalk Empire and Entourage . The latter is based in part on his experiences as an aspiring Hollywood actor and was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 and 2008 .

Wahlberg's German dubbing voice has been given to him by Oliver Mink since Boogie Nights (1997) with a few exceptions .

According to the business magazine Forbes, Wahlberg ranks third in the category of highest paid male actors from June 2019 to June 2020 .

Other fields of activity

In May 2001, Wahlberg founded the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation , which organizes and provides money for youth development programs. Together with his brothers Donnie and Paul, Mark Wahlberg has been running the Wahlburgers restaurant chain since August 2011 . He also helped develop nutritional supplements that are sold under the name “MarkedNutrition”.

Private life

Wahlberg has lived with the American model Rhea Durham since 2001 . The couple have four children, two sons and two daughters (* 2003, * 2006, * 2008, * 2010) and have been married since August 1, 2009. In September 2013 Wahlberg caught up with his high school diploma.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1991 Music for the People DE37 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT35 (4 weeks)
AT 		- UK61 (1 week)
UK 		US21st
platinum
platinum

(45 weeks)US
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
1992 You gotta believe - - - - US67 (14 weeks)
US
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
1994 Life in the streets DE10 (27 weeks)
DE 		AT21 (10 weeks)
AT 		CH42 (4 weeks)
CH 		- -

more albums

  • 1995: The Remix Album (Prince Ital. Joe feat. Marky Mark)
  • 1996: Happy People (Prince Ital. Joe feat. Marky Mark) (compilation)
  • 1997: All Around the World

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1991 Good Vibrations
Music for the People 		DE3 (19 weeks)
DE 		AT15 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH1 (15 weeks)
CH 		UK14 (7 weeks)
UK 		US1
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch feat. Loleatta Holloway
Wildside
Music for the People 		DE33 (6 weeks)
DE 		AT26 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH18 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK42 (3 weeks)
UK 		US10
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
1992 I need money
music for the people 		- - - - US61 (7 weeks)
US
You Gotta Believe
You Gotta Believe 		- - - UK54 (4 weeks)
UK 		US49 (10 weeks)
US
1993 Happy People
Life in the Streets 		DE4th
gold
gold

(31 weeks)DE 		AT23 (9 weeks)
AT 		CH22 (15 weeks)
CH 		- -
1994 United
Life in the Streets 		DE1
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)DE 		AT6 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH9 (21 weeks)
CH 		UK80 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
with Prince Ital Joe
Life in the streets
Life in the streets 		DE11
gold
gold

(24 weeks)DE 		- CH5 (15 weeks)
CH 		- -
with Prince Ital Joe
1995 Babylon
Life in the Streets 		DE17 (15 weeks)
DE 		- CH35 (7 weeks)
CH 		- -
with Prince Ital Joe
No Mercy (The Fist of the Tiger)
Happy People 		DE44 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH37 (4 weeks)
CH 		- -
1996 Hey DJ
All Around the World 		DE58 (10 weeks)
DE 		- - - -

more singles

  • 1992: On the House Tip
  • 1992: Peace
  • 1992: Gonna Have a Good Time
  • 1992: Loungin
  • 1993: Can't Stop We
  • 1995: Rastaman Vibration
  • 1997: Feel the Vibe
  • 1997: Best of My Love
  • 1994: I Want You (Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack)
  • 1995: That's the Way I Like It (One Love feat.Marky Mark)
  • 1998: Here with Me (as Mark Wallberg)

Video game

Filmography (selection)

As an actor

As a producer

As an executive producer

Nominations

Awards

As a musician

  • 1991: Bravo Otto in gold in the dance floor category
  • 1992: Silver Bravo Otto in the Dancefloor / Rap category
  • 1992: Smash Hits Poll Awards in the categories Best Dance Act, Best ..?

As an actor and producer

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  1. ↑ The Smoking Gun
  2. ↑ Chart source Good Vibrations ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. chartsurfer.de, accessed on August 13, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chartsurfer.de
  3. ↑ Brokeback Mountain Starring ... Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix Forbes dated February 25, 2009
  4. ↑ VH1's Top 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s imdb.com, accessed August 13, 2012
  5. ↑ Walk of Fame - a star for Mark Wahlberg Focus, July 30, 2010
  6. ↑ Dwayne Johnson hangs on to top spot on Forbes highest-paid male actors list. In: Reuters. August 11, 2020, accessed on August 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation /
  8. ↑ US Magazine /
  9. ^ Official website of the Wahlburgers restaurant
  10. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.markednutrition.com
  11. ↑ Vom Autoknacker zum Mann , article from August 2, 2009 on Spiegel Online , accessed on August 2, 2009.
  12. ↑ Mark Wahlberg makes over 40 his high school diploma ( Memento of the original September 20, 2013 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article of September 17, 2013 in Zeit Online , accessed September 17, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zeit.de
  13. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK US
  14. ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: DE US

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personal data
SURNAME Wahlberg, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wahlberg, Mark Robert Michael (full name); Mark, Marky (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, model, and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorchester , Boston, Massachusetts, USA