Mark Wahlberg
Milestones
- Birthplace: Dorchester, Massachusetts
- Birthday: June 5, 1971
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2008
Co-starred in M. Night Shyamalan s The Happening
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2007
Co-starred with Joaquin Phoenix and Robert Duvall in We Own the Night
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2006
Cast in Martin Scorsese s mob drama, The Departed a remake of the popular Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs ; received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor
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2005
Starred in John Singleton s Four Brothers as one of four brothers out to avenge his mother s murder
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2004 to 0000
Executive produced the HBO series Entourage which centers on film star Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his close circle of friends; earned Emmy (2004, 2005) nominations for Best Comedy series
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2004
Starred opposite Jude Law and Naomi Watts in I Heart Huckabee s ; re-teamed with director, David O. Russell
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2003
Co-starred with Charlize Theron in F. Gary Gray s remake of the heist film The Italian Job
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2002
Co-starred in Jonathan Demme s remake of Charade titled The Truth About Charlie
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2001
Played a salesman who becomes a heavy metal singer in Rock Star ; Clooney was one of the film s producers
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2001
Starred in Tim Burton s remake of Planet of the Apes
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2000
Reunited with Clooney as co-stars of Wolfgang Petersen s gripping fact-based sea thriller The Perfect Storm
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2000
Starred in the New York City-set crime drama feature The Yards
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1999
Played an idealistic NYPD recruit opposite Chow Yun Fat s veteran cop in the crime thriller The Corruptor
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1999
Teamed with George Clooney and Ice Cube in David O Russell s acclaimed Gulf War chronicle Three Kings
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1997
Earned positive reviews as 1970s porno star, Dirk Diggler in Paul Thomas Anderson s Boogie Nights
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1997
Had a starring role of an Irish con man in the little-seen independent Traveller
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1996
Starred in the teen thriller Fear as the violently obsessive boyfriend of Reese Witherspoon
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1995
Breakthrough role as the hot-tempered best friend of Leonardo DiCaprio s Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries
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1994
Made film debut with a featured acting role in Renaissance Man
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1993
Made guest appearance on The Ben Stiller Show (Fox)
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1993
TV-movie acting debut, The Substitute (USA Network)
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1992
Signed a two-year contract as Calvin Klein underwear model
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1991
Debut album Music for the People ; recorded with his band The Funky Bunch; album went platinum
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1988
Arrested for assault and jailed for 45 days
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1986
Unwilling to take singing lessons, he quits New Kids on the Block after six months
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1985
He and brother Donnie became first two members of the teen vocal group, New Kids on the Block
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1984
Started breakdancing on Boston streets