Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an American actor, producer, businessman, and former model and rapper. He was known as
Marky Mark in his earlier years, as frontman with the band
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, releasing the albums
Music for the People and
You Gotta Believe. Wahlberg later transitioned to acting, appearing in films such as the drama
Boogie Nights and the satirical war comedy-drama
Three Kings during the 1990s. In the 2000s, he starred in the biographical disaster drama
The Perfect Storm, the science fiction film
Planet of the Apes, and the
Martin Scorsese-directed neo-noir crime drama
The Departed. In the 2010s, he starred in the action-comedy
The Other Guys alongside
Will Ferrell, the biographical sports drama
The Fighter, the comedy
Ted, the war film
Lone Survivor, and the sci-fi action film .