Full Name: Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg.
Nick Names: Marky Mark, Monk D, and Kid Millions.
Occupation: Currently an actor. Previously a rapper and
model.
Date of Birth: June 5th 1971.
Hobbies: Playing Basketball, Golf, and Working out.
Stats: He's about 5'10'' and around 165lbs. (although
his weight fluctuates to fit movie roles). He has brown hair and hazel eyes. He says
his feet are his best feature and they're super ticklish.
Tattoos: He currently has four tattoos. His first tatto was
given to him at the age of twelve on his ankle and depicts Sylvester eating
Tweety. He later got a Bob Marley tattoo on one arm, his name, DOB and
initials on the other arm, and a rosary around his neck (the newest to his
collection).
His Past: He grew up in South Boston on the streets of
Dorchester with eight brothers and sisters; Debbie, Arthur,
Michelle, Paul, Jim, Tracey, Robert, Donnie jr. His mother, Alma,
and father, Donnie Sr. divorced when he was 11 and that triggered
his downward spiral. Eventually he ended up in jail at the age of
16, under the charges of assault and battery under the influence
of PCP and was tried as an adult. This event would later come
back to haunt him. While in jail he spent most of his time
working out because he said that it was even easier to get in
more trouble in jail that outside. He also felt that he had to
turn his life around before he ended up like his many friends who
were already in jail. He then served 45 days of a two year
sentence, getting out on good behavior. Meanwhile his brother had
sky rocketed to stardom as teeny-bopper Donnie Wahlberg of The
New Kids on The Block (NKOTB). Then with the help of Donnie he
started his rap career. As Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (four
dancers and a deejay) Mark released his hit CD, "Music for
the People", released during the summer of '91. The CD
went almost triple platinum selling 1.3 million, and off that CD
came the hit singles, "Good Vibrations",
"Wildside", "I Need Money", and finally
"Peace". During concerts he would drop his pants and
that became his trademark. Eventually this paid off when one of
Calvin Klein's friends, David Geffen, discovered his ripped bod
and Mark's modeling career began. Calvin Klein underwear shares
soared up about 37% due to the Mark's studdly physique. His life
was going great, until he went on an England talk show with
Shabba Ranks who stated that all gays should be crucified. Then
Mark was taken out on stage where he played a song with Ranks.
When they finished the audience began to boo them and Mark
thought it was because of their song, and was in a bad mood, so
he began to scream at them, saying that everyone has their own
opinions and all. This lead to people believing he was a
homophobe, which is untrue. Also, his jail time from his past was
uncovered and he was also accused of racism against Asians also.
Calvin Klein sales dropped drastically because gays began
boycotting his products. Although the press had painted him every
unflattering shade possible he held his head high and made a
public apology. The gay community and the Asian community forgave
him, but Calvin Klein felt that Mark's juvenille attitude might
affect CK sales again and he didn't renew Mark's contract. In 1992 Mark
released his second CD titled "You Gotta Believe". The
new CD's sales didn't go as well and released only one single titled
"You Gotta Believe". With his music career on the
downfall he decided to go into acting. His debut movie was a the
made for TV movie The Substitute. In this movie he played a minor
character named Ryan Westerberg. He was in two more movies
before he landed the leading role as David McCall in the thriller
Fear. In Fear he starred opposite Reese Witherspoon as a psychotic
boyfriend. This landed him an MTV movie nomination for best
villain. Unfortunately, he didn't win. He continued his movie
career by playing Pat O' Hara in the Traveler, a small independant film, and then Eddie Adams who turns into Dirk Diggler, the porn star in the critically
acclaimed Boogie Nights. He starred opposite Burt Reynolds and
earned three nominations. One for a Golden Satellite in the
category Best actor in a motion picture-drama, another MTV movie
award for best dance sequence (shared with the other cast
members), and an SAG award for outstanding performance by a cast.
Although he didn't win any of the awards he did have more to add
to his growing résumé. His next movie was The Big Hit, in which
he played a beleaguered hitman (Melvin Smiley), with codependency
issues. Following that he played Danny Wallace, a white cop in
the Asian gang unit of China town in The Corrupter along side Chow Yun-Fat. His latest movie was Three Kings in which he played Sargent Troy Barlow, a new father trying to come home from the Gulf War a
rich man. The movie also stars George Clooney, and Ice Cube.
Present:He is currently working on The Yards, Perfect Storm, and Metal God.
Future: His upcoming movies include Perfect Storm due
out the Summer of 2000, where he is again starring with George Clooney;
The Yards also due out in 2000, and Metal God, who's due date is still unscheduled.