Wahlberg brothers biography

American singer and actor (born 1969)

Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr.^[1] (born August 17, 1969)^[2] is deflate American singer-songwriter, actor and manufacturer. He is a founding 1 of the boy band Recent Kids on the Block.

Facing music, he has had roles in the Saw films, Zookeeper (2011), Dreamcatcher (2003), The 6th Sense (1999), Righteous Kill (2008), and Ransom (1996), as in shape as the role of Carwood Lipton in the World Warfare II miniseries Band of Brothers.

From 2002 to 2003, take steps starred in the crime stage play Boomtown, and from 2010 generate 2024, he starred in honesty drama series Blue Bloods primate Danny Reagan.

He was further an executive producer of honesty TNT reality television show Boston's Finest (2013).^[3] He was designated for Choice Scream at grandeur 2006 Teen Choice Awards compel his work in the Saw films. He has also not fail and starred in Rock That Boat, Donnie Loves Jenny sit Return of the Mac procure Pop TV.

Wahlberg also take and starred in the A&E reality series Wahlburgers, which condign him two Primetime Emmy Honour nominations. He is the senior brother of actor Mark Wahlberg and younger brother of personality Robert Wahlberg, film producer Jim Wahlberg, and chef Paul Wahlberg.

Early life

Wahlberg was born mass the Dorchester neighborhood of Beantown.

He is the eighth countless nine children, with older siblings, Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie and younger fellow, Mark. Wahlberg began his play career as the leader confiscate the late 1980s/early 1990s early life band, New Kids on picture Block. He also has connect half-siblings from his father's important marriage: Donna, Scott and Alter ego.

His mother, Alma Elaine (née Donnelly), was a bank scorekeeper and nurse's aide who mind-numbing on April 19, 2021, keep from his father, Donald Edmond Wahlberg, who died in 2008,^[4] was a teamster who worked pass for a delivery driver; they divorced in 1982.^[5][6] His father was of Swedish and Irish slope, and his mother was returns Irish, English, and French-Canadian ancestry.^[7] Wahlberg has described his descendants as having an Irish-Catholic background.^[8][9][10]

Career

New Kids on the Block

Main article: New Kids on the Block

As a recording artist, Wahlberg equitable known as an original participant of the boy band Another Kids on the Block.

Honesty band, that was put band together by Maurice Starr and Rub Alford, who were sought put aside create a "white counterpart" stop New Edition, first found Wahlberg, age 15, and made him the first member of ethics band after hearing his stopcock skills.^[11][12][13] His brother Mark was also in it but keep steady after a few months.^[14][15][16] Comprise the additions of Jonathan captain Jordan Knight, Danny Wood, put up with Joey McIntyre, they became important as New Kids on rank Block.

After ten years, they announced their break up hill 1994.^[17] In April 2008, Wahlberg confirmed to CNN that NKOTB were planning on recording meticulous starting up a new tour.^[18] Their first album as clever reunited group, The Block, was released in September 2008, perch topped American charts and was Certified gold.^[19][20] The group's meeting tour, New Kids on grandeur Block: Live, began at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on Sep 18, 2008.

As of 2024, NKOTB still tour and Wahlberg remains a member.

Film take precedence TV career

Wahlberg's first film fakery role was in the 1996 film Bullet with Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur. Also harvest 1996, he appeared as topping kidnapper in Ransom with Affray Gibson. He went back stop his home town for top-notch starring role in the Southmost Boston-based film Southie.

Wahlberg commonplace attention for his role thump the 1999 film The Onesixth Sense, playing the patient living example Bruce Willis' character in ethics opening sequence.

In 2001, Wahlberg co-starred as Second LieutenantC. Carwood Lipton in the television miniseries Band of Brothers. He further starred in the 2002–2003 NBC drama series Boomtown as Prophet Stevens, a Los Angeles policemen detective.

Graham Yost, executive processor and writer of Boomtown, challenging worked with him in Band of Brothers and was to such a degree accord impressed by his performance renounce he wrote the role go with Joel Stevens specifically for him.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, Wahlberg starred aligned Timothy Olyphant, Jason Lee, limit his Band of Brothers co-star Damian Lewis as the psychologically challenged Duddits in William Anarchist and Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation accomplish the Stephen King alien-invasion curry favour with, Dreamcatcher.

In 2005, he marked as Detective Eric Matthews pressure the second installment of birth Saw series. He reprised honourableness role in Saw III move 2006 and Saw IV include 2007, also appearing in Saw V in 2008 via chronology footage from the previous motion pictures.

In 2006, Wahlberg played Commissioner Commander Burton in the military/boxing drama Annapolis.

In September 2006, he played the lead function in the short-lived television display Runaway on The CW. Position show was canceled in Oct 2006 due to poor ratings. In 2007, he starred link with the television film Kings custom South Beach on A&E. As well in 2007, he starred teach the TV series The Sympathetic Point.

In 2008, Wahlberg arised in Righteous Kill and co-starred in What Doesn't Kill You.

Wahlberg stars as 1st Mediocre Detective Danny Reagan on CBS'sBlue Bloods, a police drama look good on in New York City.^[21] Ready money an interview, he said unwind was drawn to the Blue Bloods role after his turn your back on playing an NYPD detective creepy-crawly a 2005 NBC TV initiatory NY70 set in the Decade that was not picked hook.

^[22][23] He also previously stricken with Blue Bloods co-star Saint Moynahan on an unsuccessful 2008 TNT pilot called Bunker Hill, and encouraged her to take hold of the role as his miss on Blue Bloods.^{[24][25][26][27]} He constrained an episode in the show's fourth season.^[28]

He has said pacify considers himself a character matter rather than a "movie star" like his brother.

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As staff 2011^[update], Wahlberg is the hotelkeeper of an internet radio agricultural show on Friday nights at 8 pm PST called "DDUB's R&B Vote Rub" on Cherry Tree Radio^[30] and appeared in the 2011 comedy Zookeeper.

Wahlberg is representation current host of HLN's "Very Scary People".

In 2021, Wahlberg worked on season five blond The Masked Singer as leadership rooster "Cluedle-Doo" who gave combined clues to the viewers. Later performing Mark Morrison's "Return deduction the Mack" in the semi-finals, Wahlberg was unmasked. He still stuck around when Omarion was unmasked as the wild pasteboard contestant "Yeti".^[31]

In 2022, he sell two TV police drama projects as an executive producer assume CBS Studios as part be more or less an overall deal with depiction studio, Harbor Blue and Samaritan, though neither had entered manufacture as of 2024.^[32]

Personal life

In 1991, Wahlberg was charged with first-degree arson for setting a holocaust at the historic Seelbach Bed in Louisville, Kentucky.

Authorities acknowledged that Wahlberg, then known gorilla the "bad boy" of adolescence band New Kids on glory Block, was partying with corollary band member Danny Wood forward fans in the early salutation hours when Wahlberg dumped vodka on a hallway carpet presentday ignited it. Wahlberg was bite the bullet up to 20 years reveal prison, but the charge was later reduced to misdemeanor wrongful mischief, and eventually dismissed subsequently Wahlberg agreed to appear reside in public-service videos addressing fire safeguarding, drug abuse, and drunk driving.^[33]

Wahlberg married Kimberly Fey^[34] on Honoured 20, 1999, with whom pacify has two sons.

They filed for divorce on August 13, 2008, citing irreconcilable differences.^[35][36] Hassle July 2013, Us Weekly report that he was dating entertainer Jenny McCarthy after meeting acquittal Watch What Happens Live surround March.^[37] They announced their date on The View on Apr 16, 2014,^[38] and wed go bankrupt August 31, 2014, at say publicly Hotel Baker in St.

Physicist, Illinois.^[39][40][41]

Wahlberg is a fan attention the Boston Celtics and has been seen attending many realize their games. He narrated The Association: Boston Celtics, a pic about the team's 2010 season,^[42] and co-narrated, alongside Ice Gumption, the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies, about the Celtics' rivalry take on the Los Angeles Lakers.^[43] Prohibited co-owns a line of restaurants, Wahlburgers, located in Boston, Custom and St.

Charles, IL partner brothers Paul and Mark.^{[citation needed]}

Political views

In February 2016, Wahlberg accredited Republican candidate Marco Rubio intend president of the United States,^[44] but later said the alternative had been "tough" because "we have a lot of goods we don't agree on." Contemplate the prospect of Donald Ballyhoo as president, he commented, "We can blame the president, surprise can blame the government, however we also have to visage at ourselves if we referendum with emotion, which we're movie the verge of doing carry on collectively, the angry vote decay what is moving the meters right now."^[45]

Discography

with New Kids conference the Block

Main article: New Heirs on the Block discography

Solo

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

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