Rise at 2:30. Mark Wahlberg's Extreme Daily Routine

Biography of Mark Wahlberg

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg is an American film actor, producer, musician and model. He became famous for his participation in the films “The Perfect Storm”, “Planet of the Apes” and “The Departed”. Twice nominated for an Oscar and three times for a Golden Globe.

Mark Wahlberg, Hollywood star with a troubled past

Mark Wahlberg's schedule

2:30 climb

2:45 prayer

3:15 breakfast ( oatmeal , blueberries
, peanut butter
)

3:40 — 5:15 training

5:30 post-workout breakfast ( protein shake, three turkey burgers, five sweet potatoes

)

6:00 shower

7:30 playing golf

8:00 snack ( 10 turkey meatballs

)

9:30 cryotherapy session

10:30 snack (
baked chicken salad , two eggs, olives, avocado, cucumbers
, tomatoes and lettuce )

11:00 time with family/business meetings/work calls

1:00 lunch (
New York steak with green
pepper )

2:00 business meetings/work calls

3:00 pick up children from school

3:30 snack ( baked chicken with bok choy ( Chinese
cabbage
)

4:00 second training

5:00 shower

5:30 family time/dinner ( fish - halibut, cod or sea bass - with vegetables or potatoes and bok choy

)

7:30 going to bed

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The actor adopted such a rigorous daily routine in preparation for his role as James Silva in Peter Berg's Mile 22

After playing golf, there is another meal.

“I start the day with a breakfast of oatmeal, blueberries and peanut butter. Then at 5:30 am I drink a protein shake, eat three turkey burgers, five sweet potato slices. At eight o'clock in the morning I eat 10 turkey meatballs. At 10:30 - a salad of baked chicken, two boiled eggs, olives, avocado, cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce,” Wahlberg said.

“Then at 1 p.m. I have New York steak with green peppers. At 3:30pm I have baked chicken with bok choy. At 17:30 - 18:00 I eat fish - halibut, cod or sea bass - with a side dish of vegetables or potatoes and bok choy. I drink a lot of water throughout the day,” continues the actor.

The actor switched to such a strict daily routine during the period of preparation for work on the role of James Silva in the film “Mile 22” by Peter Berg.

Since then, the actor has stuck to this schedule, even on family holidays and during various trips.

In August, Wahlberg posted a video on Instagram thanking the staff at his Manhattan gym for opening the gym earlier than usual so he could do a workout.

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Wahlberg and his wife Rhea Durham have four children. According to the actor, getting up so early allows him to spend more time with his family.

“Most of the time I spend training and doing my business is during the hours when my family is still sleeping - this is especially true on weekends. I've already woken up, done my workout, worked, played golf, and my kids and wife are just waking up, so this schedule works well for me. This is one of the big advantages of getting up so early,” says the actor.

In 2020, Wahlberg became the highest paid actor and remains one of the most successful actors in Hollywood.

Childhood and youth

Mark Wahlberg was born on June 5, 1971 in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. His father, Donald Edward Wahlberg Sr., was discharged from the army after serving in the Korean War and became a delivery driver, and his mother, Elma Elaine (nee Donnelly), worked at various times as a bank clerk and nurse. She entered into this marriage with six children from her previous husband behind her, and then gave birth to Donald three more - of which Mark was the youngest. In 1982, Donald and Elma divorced, and Mark then lived with his parents in turns.

Mark Wahlberg as a child

The boy was raised Catholic and attended Copley Square School in Boston. He was a difficult teenager: at the age of 13 he was registered with the police for using and selling drugs, and at 15 he was twice caught insulting black schoolchildren (the victims were in the 4th grade, among them were girls ) and threw stones at them.

Mark Wahlberg grew up in a large family

The attacks did not stop there: at the age of 16, Mark once grabbed a large stick and beat an elderly Vietnamese man on the head with it until he lost consciousness. Then on the same day he attacked another Vietnamese and hit him hard in the eye. For a long time, everyone was sure that he had gone blind due to the attack, and only in 2014 did the man admit that he had stopped seeing with this eye even earlier, during the Vietnam War.

Mark Wahlberg was a bully and a racist in his youth

Given the severity of the injuries inflicted and the constant expression of hatred against other races, the young man was charged with attempted murder, but was convicted only of assault and sentenced to two years in prison. On the advice of a lawyer, the young man chose an adult colony because there he had a better chance of early release than in a juvenile correctional institution.

Once in the colony, Mark realized that more than anything in the world he wanted to get out of there and never return, and for this he needed to come to his senses and learn not to break the law. To firmly take the path of correction, he turned to the parish priest for help. He then told members of his "gang" that he was going to leave them, and he had to endure several serious beatings before they left him alone.

Mark Wahlberg: biography

Mark Wahlberg was born in the USA, in the suburbs of Boston. The actor's date of birth is June 5, 1971.

The future actor was born into a large family. Before Mark arrived, Elm's mother was already raising six children from a previous marriage. She then met the father of the future actor, Donald, and gave birth to three more children.

Wahlberg's father served in the Korean War. After demobilization, he got a job as a delivery driver. Mark's mother worked in a bank and was also a nurse.

Donald and Elma's marriage did not last long - they divorced when Mark was 11 years old. After that, the boy alternately lived with his parents.

Wahlberg is a Swedish surname, since Mark's great-grandfather was a native of this country. The actor also has Irish and Canadian roots.

Childhood and youth

Mark's childhood and youth can hardly be called exemplary. The divorce of his parents and the situation in his family greatly affected the boy. He was a difficult teenager and often broke the law. Among Mark's misdeeds are:

trade in prohibited substances;
drug use;
theft;
hooliganism;
use of violence;
robberies;
beatings.

As a result of this life, Mark left school at the age of thirteen. Note that later he did receive an education.

Ultimately, Mark's misdeeds landed him in prison. True, sixteen-year-old Wahlberg spent only 45 days behind bars out of the required two years. However, even such a short period of time did him good: Mark realized that something needed to be changed in life.

After finishing his crime, Wahlberg decided to take up music. His older brother Donald, who sang in the group “New Kids on the Block,” became a role model. Mark also became a member of the boy band, but did not stay there for long.

Having decided that gentle songs were not for him, Mark began to rap. He created a new band, “Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch,” and became its lead singer. The group quickly becomes popular, but also quickly fades away, which is why the members leave the group. After this, Wahlberg tries to build a solo career, but failure awaits him here too. Therefore, Mark decides to change his profession and strives for the world of cinema.

Let us note that, even having taken the path of correction, Mark periodically became rowdy. He was addicted to alcohol, which led to fights and obscene behavior. The future actor also loved to shock the audience at his concerts by running around the stage in his underwear. The scandal with Madonna and Mark's fight with the singer's agent Guy Osery caused particular resonance.

Best films

How did Mark Wahlberg's film career begin? For the first time he received an invitation to film while still a singer. Mark's debut role was the role of Tommy Lee Haywood in the film "Renaissance Man". Then he starred in the films “The Basketball Diaries”, “Fear”, “Boogie Nights”.

Want to watch the best Mark Wahlberg movies? Pay attention to these films:

"The Departed" (2006)

Despite the fact that Mark Wahlberg did not play the main role in this film, the actor was especially successful in his portrayal of Sergeant Dignam. Confirmation of this fact is Mark’s Oscar nomination. Wahlberg never received the award, but he considers the film one of the most successful in his film career.

Still from the movie “The Departed”: UGC

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Tim Burton's fantastic film received mixed reviews from film critics and even a nomination for the Golden Raspberry Award. Nevertheless, the opinion of the audience did not coincide with the professional one. Those who watched the film were delighted with Wahlberg's talented performance. As a result, the film became significant for Mark’s film career.

Still from the movie "Planet of the Apes": UGC

"The Fighter" (2010)

In this film, the actor played a loser boxer. Despite all the difficulties, the main character is not going to give up. However, the main thing in the film was not Wahlberg’s gorgeous body, but his relationship with his brother, played by Christian Bale. The creative duet of the two actors turned out to be extremely successful.

Still from the movie “The Fighter”: UGC

For filming, Mark had to learn to box. The actor devoted up to 10 hours a day to this activity.

"The Third Wheel" (2012)

The film “Ted”, where Wahlberg played the main role, caused a huge resonance. Some film critics noted that the film is filled with vulgar and ugly scenes that cause disgust rather than laughter.

Nevertheless, the audience liked the film: this was confirmed by the huge box office receipts. And Mark Wahlberg was able to briefly plunge into one of the past pictures of his real life: his character sometimes uses marijuana.

Still from the movie "Ted": UGC

"Deepwater Horizon" (2016)

The story of the heroism of the team, which was able to prevent the tragedy that occurred on the Deepwater Horizon platform, was very popular with the audience. The film is based on real events that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Still from the movie "Deepwater Horizon": UGC

Mark Wahlberg played the main role of engineer Mike Williams in the film. Film critics liked the actor’s transformation.

Music career and modeling

Mark took up music at the age of 13 - together with his older brother Donnie Wahlberg (who was 15 at that time), he organized the later famous boy band “New Kids on the Block”. But the young man was not close to the “sweetly coiffed” style of the group, and he left the group after a few months.

Mark Wahlberg was in the group New Kids On The Block with his brother Donnie

In 1990, together with friends, the young man created the hip-hop group “Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch,” and the more experienced Donny helped produce it. The experiment was successful, and the album “Music for the People”, released in 1991, went platinum, and the song “Good Vibrations” topped the American charts.

At the same time, successful concert activity began: the audience was turned on by Mark’s daring behavior on stage, his provocative, obscene antics and the inevitable stripping down to his underwear. By this time, he had already been involved in bodybuilding for several years and enjoyed showing off his body. A year later, the group released their second disc, “You Gotta Believe,” but it failed to repeat the success of the debut album, and the group’s popularity began to decline.

Mark gained popularity in the early 90s thanks to music

After this, Mark Wahlberg continued his solo music career under the pseudonym Marky Mark. He recorded two albums with reggae artist Prince Ital Joe ("Life in the Streets" and "The Remix Album"), successfully combining rap and reggae into a single rhythmic style. He also released several singles - "No Mercy" (1995), "Hey DJ" (1996), "Feel the Vibe" and "Best of my Love" (1997) - and the album "All Around the World" (1997).

Young Mark Wahlberg in Calvin Klein advertising

In parallel with music, Mark used his excellent physical shape to earn money in the modeling business. The most famous were his photo shoots and videos for advertising Calvin Klein underwear, as well as collaborations with supermodel Kate Moss. Later, he recorded his own fitness video course, “The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness,” and in 2012, he began releasing his own line of sports nutritional supplements, “Marked.”

Mark Wahlberg - Music Career

At the age of 13, Walbert, along with his brother Donnie, was part of the musical group “New Kids on the Block”, but Mark did not want to perform pop music, so he created his own hip-hop group “Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch”, and his brother helped them record their first album, Music for the People. One of the album’s compositions, “Good Vibrations,” took first place on the American Billboard Hot 100 in 1991, and the disc itself went platinum, after which Wahlberg began a solo career, becoming one of the first white rappers.

Film career

After the peak of his musical popularity, Mark began to wonder what other talents he might have. He decided to try his hand at acting, and in 1993 he made his debut on television in the film “Substitute Teacher” in a supporting role. The experiment turned out to be successful, and the very next year he played in the “big” comedy “Renaissance Man” (1994), where the famous Danny DeVito starred. At the same time, the aspiring actor decided to abandon his musical pseudonym Marky Mark and develop a further film career under his real name.

Still from the film “Substitute Teacher”

Wahlberg's next role, in the drama "The Basketball Diaries" (1995) starring Leonardo DiCaprio, made critics seriously pay attention to him. And although in general the picture was considered not the most successful, Mark managed to show such a sincere passion of the hero for basketball that it touched many.

Mark Wahlberg and Leonardo DiCaprio starred together in The Basketball Diaries

Therefore, in the next film - the thriller "Fear" (1996) - director James Foley entrusted the young actor with the first leading role in his life, in partnership with the also aspiring Reese Witherspoon. The film was successful, and Mark was nominated for an MTV Movie Award as “best on-screen villain.”

Mark Wahlberg played an anti-hero in Fear

However, the real breakthrough for Mark Wahlberg was his next film - the drama Boogie Nights (1997), where he played the main role along with Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds. This story about the American porn business of the 1970s and 80s turned out to be interesting to viewers, and the film received 3 Oscar nominations and 2 Golden Globe nominations, winning one of them.

And although Mark did not receive major awards, his work was rated very highly: “A special surprise in this film was Mark Wahlberg, whose performance evokes amazing sympathy for the hero,” the press wrote. And one critic added: "This movie is like a stick of dynamite, and it was Mark Wahlberg who blew it up."

After that, most of the films in which Mark starred were successful: “Three Kings” (1999, with the participation of George Clooney), “The Perfect Storm” (2000, with the participation of George Clooney and Diane Lane), “The Italian Job” (2003 , starring Charlize Theron and Jason Statham), Heartbreakers (2004, starring Dustin Hoffman and Jude Law), Blood for Blood (2005), Overcome (2006).

Mark Wahlberg's height is 173 cm

The highest box office during this period was brought by the science fiction film “Planet of the Apes” (2001), a remake of the 1968 film of the same name, shot by the famous director Tim Burton with the participation of Helena Bonham Carter. But despite the high interest of the audience, critics were not entirely happy with this film, like its creators themselves.

Still from the 2001 film Planet of the Apes

In an interview, Mark Wahlberg explained that many of the problems arose due to haste, as studio management tried their best to rush Tim Burton and speed up the process:

In 2004, in parallel with his work in films, the actor also began to participate in a serious television project. It was the show “Entourage” (2004 – 2011), a comedy-drama series about the rise of a young movie star, the script of which was based on the cinematic experience of Mark himself and his friends. The main role in the show was played by actor Adrian Grenier, and Mark Wahlberg made his debut as an executive producer. This series, which successfully ran for eight seasons, became one of Mark's most beloved works and was very popular with viewers, and critics called it “smart, sharp and funny.”

The cast of "Entourage"

In 2006, Mark Wahlberg starred in the excellent dramatic thriller The Departed, where he played a supporting role and the main roles were played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson. The director of this film was Martin Scorsese, and the famous actor Brad Pitt acted as the main producer. For this work, Mark received his first nominations for an Oscar and a Golden Globe, and in total the film won four Oscars, including in the most prestigious category Best Picture, and also received six nominations for a Golden Globe and victory in the “Best Director” category.

The Departed: Wahlberg and Scorsese's first collaboration

After that, the actor played in the crime drama “Shooter” (2007), the thriller “Masters of the Night” (2007, Wahlberg also participated in producing), and the science fiction film “The Happening” (2008, in partnership with Zooey Deschanel).

His most controversial work of this period was the main role in the thriller “Max Payne” (2008), based on the computer game of the same name in the noir style. The film was commercially successful, but critics reacted negatively to it, criticizing it for being overloaded with action scenes and lacking logic. “Of course, Mark Wahlberg looks gorgeous as a tough character... but that doesn’t help.” His co-star Mila Kunis also received a lot of criticism from critics. As a result, Mark was nominated for the Golden Raspberry anti-award for this role.

"Max Payne" with Mark Wahlberg was received coolly

In contrast to these thriller and action films, Mark's next film was the subtle fantasy drama The Lovely Bones (2009). The main role was played by the young actress Saoirse Ronan, and this work brought her many awards and nominations. After that, Mark played a supporting role in the comedy melodrama Date Night (2010), and then one of the main roles in the comedy Down Under (2010) along with Will Farrell and Eva Mendes.

Mark Wahlberg at the unveiling of his star on the Walk of Fame

In the same year, one of his most significant works was released - the sports drama about boxing “The Fighter”, in which he not only played the main role, but also again acted as a producer. The film earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor and an Oscar nomination for Best Picture as a producer.

Still from the film “The Fighter”

However, success also required significant work from the actor: before filming, he learned to box for four whole years, 10 hours a day - without even knowing for sure that the film would ever happen.

In 2012, Wahlberg starred in the action film Contraband, which he also produced, and then in the romantic comedy The Third Wheel, which was released in Russia with the memorable slogan “There’s a bear in love.” As in the thriller “Max Payne,” Mila Kunis again became his partner in this film.

"The Third Wheel": Mark Wahlberg became friends with a bear

This frivolous picture is not entirely typical for Wahlberg, and one day during the festival he jokingly asked Pope Francis for forgiveness for its frivolous content, explaining:

However, in 2020, the sequel “Ted 2” was released, where, in addition to Mark Wahlberg and the cheeky bear, Amanda Seyfried starred.

Mark's new work as a producer and leading actor was the detective thriller City of Vice (2013) starring Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones. This film was perhaps the only film in Wahlberg's career that failed to recoup its budget.

Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis on the set of the movie "Ted"

Then the black comedy “Blood and Sweat: Anabolics” (2013) was released, where he starred with Dwayne Johnson, and its success largely smoothed over the previous failure. The success was strengthened by the third film, shot in the same 2013 – the action comedy “Two Smoking Barrels” with the participation of Denzel Washington.

Mark Wahlberg before and after preparing for the role

Another undoubted success in Walburk's film career was the war drama Lone Survivor (2014), based on real events that took place during the war in Afghanistan in 2005. Mark was so impressed by the theme that he agreed to work for a minimum salary of $17,000 a week, as did director Peter Berg and other cast members. And he was especially glad that during the filming he met the prototype of his hero - Marcus Luttrell, the only survivor of the defeated SEAL squad.

In 2014, Mark Wahlberg played the main role in the film Transformers: Age of Extinction, the fourth part of the famous franchise, instead of Shia LaBeouf who left the project. And although critics were harsh on this film - “... the longer it goes on, the more boring it becomes,” - it became an undoubted leader at the box office, collecting more than a billion dollars.

Mark Wahlberg has been starring in Transformers since Part 4

For this work, the actor received a nomination for the Teen Choice Awards, and subsequently starred in the next part, Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). And although film journalists were also unhappy with this film, calling it “a visual cacophony with no plot, which only flaunts the most advanced special effects,” audience interest in this part was still high. However, Wahlberg officially announced that he is refusing further participation in the franchise.

During the same period, the actor starred in several less-grossing, but still quite successful films: the crime drama “The Player” (2014), the comedy “Hello, Dad, New Year!” (2016) and its sequel “Hello, Dad, New Year! 2" (2017), the disaster film "Deepwater Horizon" (2016, starring Kurt Russell and John Malkovich), the drama "Patriot's Day" (2017, took part in producing), the thriller "All the Money in the World" (2017). In addition, in 2020, he produced the comedy-drama film “Entourage”, a continuation of the successful television series “Entourage” - in the original they have the same name “Entourage”.

In August 2020, Forbes named him the highest paid actor (he earned $68 million for the year), but then he was moved to the top of the list of "Hollywood's most overrated stars" due to his 2020 films "Patriot's Day" and "Deepwater Horizon" brought in fairly modest fees.

The actor is currently working on several films at once.

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Children of Mark Wahlberg :: photo review :: Mark Wahlberg American actor, Oscar nominee for a supporting role in the film “The Departed,” producer, model, philanthropist, musician. Date of birth 06/05/1971 Sites Activities Actors, Music, Producers Countries USA Share Mark Wahlberg Sons Michael (born March 21, 2006), Brendan Joseph (born September 16, 2008) and daughters Ella Rae (born September 2, 2003) and Grace Margaret (born January 11, 2010). They are expecting their fifth child in 2011.

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Adorable ones!

Rhea Durham , wife of Mark Wahlberg , spent the day with her two daughters Ella Rae, 7, and Grace Margaret, 1, at celebrity-popular Coldwater Canyon Park in Beverly Hills. Grace Margaret has not been shown to the public before, she has not appeared in the press, so it is doubly pleasant to see the small face of Mark Wahlberg's youngest child.

Mark Wahlberg himself recently received good news: the film The Fighter, which he produced and in which he himself starred, was nominated for an Oscar in the category of best film of the year.

The couple has two other children: sons Michael, 4, and Brendan, 2.

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Mark Wahlberg's wife

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg, American film actor, born 1971 in the USA, in a family with Irish, Swedish and Canadian roots. During his creative life, he managed to achieve significant success in the field of cinematography. For the famous films “The Fighter” and “The Departed” he was nominated for the prestigious Golden Globe and Oscar awards. In addition, audiences fell in love with Mark for such high-profile films as 2 Planet of the Apes, Transformers, and The Third Wheel. Today, Mark’s work is not limited to film projects. A talented man realizes himself as a successful producer, as well as a musical performer.

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg was not known for his meek disposition in his youth. According to him, the ideal for the young man was the unbridled life of a criminal who did not want to put up with the narrow confines of the law. Therefore, Mark managed to try a lot in his life: drugs, alcohol and petty theft were part of everyday life for him. Once in prison at the age of 16, Mark realized that his romantic images of underworld heroes were not true. He had a reassessment of values, and upon leaving prison, he prepared to change his life.

Mark Wahlberg with his wife

However, freedom did not immediately bring him a feeling of satisfaction, because he was left by a girl who could not maintain feelings for a person who found himself in difficult circumstances. According to Mark himself, her act poisoned the young man’s soul for a long time, causing him to lose faith in the reliability of the relationship. Having matured, Mark Wahlberg changed his attitude towards women, allowing himself long-term feelings for girls. So, for some time he dated the star of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” Jordana Brewster, then there was a short affair with Reese Witherspoon.

Mark and Ria

But happiness in his personal life was given to him by model Ria Durham. The fateful meeting of the young people took place in 2001, and from that moment on, the lovers did not part. Ria Durham, like Mark, was raised in a single-parent, poor family, and was ready for hard work for a good life. Ria turned out to be not only a professionally successful woman, but also a faithful life partner, truly focused on creating a family home.

Mark Wahlberg and his wife Ria Duran

Mark Wahlberg's wife, despite the enormous professional and life risk, decided to give birth to her lover's children, and during the eight years they lived together without registering a relationship, the couple had three children: daughter Ella and two sons: Michael and Brendan. According to the actor himself, the birth of his first baby was difficult for him psychologically; he was not internally prepared for it. However, the wisdom and love of his wife overcame his fears, and the actor felt what it meant to be a real dad, proud of his own offspring.

Mark with his wife and children

8 years after they met, in 2009, the actor made an official marriage proposal to his soul mate, and the couple got married in the Catholic Church. Exactly a year later they had their third baby, Grace Margaret. Now Mark Wahlberg is not only a faithful husband, but also a happy father of a large and friendly family.

Star families: new photos

On Christmas Eve, Gwen Stefani went with her sons to a church in Los Angeles for a service. But the singer, her husband Gavin Rossdale and the boys decided to spend Christmas at the California ski resort of Mammoth. It was there that the paparazzi photographed the star family on skis on December 27. The eldest sons, Kingston and Zuma, took part in the celebration of life, but little Apollo was not seen, apparently staying with the nanny in the room.

Gwen Stefani at the ski resort with her family:

Will Ferrell also decided to fly from warm and sunny Los Angeles to colder lands. The actor and his family - his wife Viveke Pauline and three sons - flew to Aspen, Colorado.

While some fly to colder climes, others prefer to bask in the sun. For example, Mark Wahlberg and his family are vacationing in Barbados.

Pamela Anderson and Rick Salomon are vacationing in Hawaii. By the way, 47-year-old Pamela’s figure is still quite good...

The paparazzi continue to delight us with photographs of Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault's family vacation at the fashionable resort of St. Barts.

Alessandra Ambrosio and her family flew to Brazil for the holidays.

Other celebrities chose not to go anywhere for the holidays - business, filming, recording... But they are not bored either. Hilary Duff is constantly seen by paparazzi in West Hollywood with her son Luca.

Alyson Hannigan and Alexisv Denisof took their daughters to an ice cream parlor.

Charlize Theron is stocking up on New Year's Eve with her son Jackson.

And Hugh Jackman decided to go for a run with his daughter Ava and his pet the morning after Christmas.

Business and charity

In 2013, one of Mark's friends, the chairman of the Barbados Tridents cricket club - the national team of the island of Barbados, which is part of the Caribbean Premier League - introduced him to the game of cricket, and the actor became so interested in the sport that he became a co-owner of the club and team . He said: "I have become a huge cricket fan... Sports and entertainment are a powerful combination and the Caribbean Premier League has a huge following around the world."

Mark Wahlberg helps children

One of Mark Wahlberg's brothers, Paul, was the owner of a small fast food restaurant in the suburbs of Boston, and Mark came up with the idea to develop this business into a wide chain and organize a reality television show in support of it. So in 2014, the Wahlburgers chain appeared, owned by Mark, Paul and Donnie Wahlberg, and the A&E channel ordered the first 18 episodes of the show of the same name. They now operate in 14 states in the United States and Canada—about 30 restaurants in total, with several new ones planned—and the show “Wahlburgers” won a television Emmy Award.

Mark Wahlberg with his mother and brothers Paul and Donnie

In 2001, the actor established the Mark Wahlberg Foundation to support talented youth from disadvantaged backgrounds. It also provides Catholic assistance in protecting homeless women and children.

Mark Wahlberg – Movies

Mark Wahlberg made his debut on television in 1993 in the film “Substitute Teacher.” He first attracted the audience's attention in his next work, Penny Marshall's comedy Renaissance Man (1994). In 1995, the actor played in the sports-crime drama “The Basketball Diary,” an adaptation of Jim Carroll’s autobiographical novel, which consolidated the success of his previous work. This was followed by roles in James Foley's thriller Fear and the drama The Traveler.

Mark Wahlberg - Boogie Nights

The breakthrough project in Wahlberg's filmography is considered to be Paul Thomas Anderson's three-time Oscar-nominated film Boogie Nights, which also starred such Hollywood stars as Burt Reynolds, John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore, Heather Graham, Don Cheadle and Philip Seymour. Hoffman. Mark got the role of porn star Eddie Adams, who acted under the pseudonym “Dirk Diggler,” and after the film’s release, critics began to speak of Wahlberg as an actor who can brilliantly combine comedy and drama in his performance.

After Boogie Nights, Mark Wahlberg took part in the filming of equally successful projects. He played in the films Three Kings, The Perfect Storm, The Italian Job and Blood for Blood. All these films collected a good box office and were warmly received by critics. In 2001, Mark starred in the science-fiction thriller Planet of the Apes, a remake of the 1968 film directed by Tim Burton. Although the film was destroyed by film experts, it found many fans among viewers around the world.

Mark Wahlberg - "The Departed"

The next bright project for Mark was the crime thriller “The Departed” (2006), which also featured many famous actors, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Alec Baldwin. The film earned Wahlberg Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. The actor can also be seen in such films as “The Shooter” (2007), the film version of the computer game of the same name “Max Payne” (2008), “The Happening” (2008), “The Lovely Bones” (2009), “Crazy Date” (2010) and “Cops in the Deep” (2010). The same year, the actor appeared in the drama The Fighter, based on real events, which also starred Christian Bale.

Mark Wahlberg - "Ted"

Many viewers know Mark Wahlberg from the comedy “The Third Wheel” (2012), where he played one of the main roles and starred with Mila Kunis. The film was a resounding success and, with a budget of 50 million dollars, grossed 549 million. In 2020, the sequel “Ted 2 2” was released, which paid for itself at the box office, but was received much cooler.

In 2013, Mark got the main role in the crime drama City of Vice. The same year, he appeared on the screens in a black comedy called “Blood and Sweat: Anabolics”, paired with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. In 2014, Mark Wahlberg again took on the lead role in the fourth installment of the Transformers film series, which introduced a new generation of characters. In 2020, Mark returned to his character in the sequel to the blockbuster called Transformers. The Last Knight." The actor can also be seen in the comedy “Hello, Dad, New Year!” (2015), the disaster film Deepwater Horizon (2016) and the drama Patriot's Day (2016).

Personal life of Mark Wahlberg

From 1998 to 2001, Mark Wahlberg had a relationship with actress Jordana Brewster (b. 1980). Mark cited differences in views and social background as the reason for the separation (Jordan comes from a wealthy and intellectual family):

In 2001, after short affairs with co-stars Reese Witherspoon and China Chow, the actor met model Rio Durham (b. 1978) and immediately fell in love with her. The couple lived in a civil marriage for 8 years, and during this time they had three children: daughter Ella Rae Wahlberg (09/02/2003), son Michael Wahlberg (03/21/2006) and son Brendan Joseph Wahlberg (09/16/2008). Finally, on August 1, 2009, Mark and Ria got married in a private Catholic ceremony in Beverly Hills, and on January 11, 2010, they had another daughter, Grace Margaret Wahlberg.

Mark Wahlberg and his wife Ria Durham

Before the birth of his children, Mark often said in interviews that he planned to leave his acting career at 40 and devote the rest of his life to raising his children and playing golf. But as the coveted date approached, he declared that he was “too bad at golf” or, more seriously, that “children are too expensive.” One way or another, Mark turned out to be a wonderful father, and he is very worried that because of filming he is often forced to leave home: “Every time I return, I see that the children have already changed a little. The baby is growing taller, his personality is becoming more pronounced... This depresses me.”

Exemplary family man Mark Wahlberg with children

The actor had a ticket booked for the plane that crashed into the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001, but on the eve of the flight he changed his mind about flying and canceled the reservation. Once in an interview, he said: “If I had been on this flight with my children, the plane would not have crashed anywhere. There would be a sea of blood in the first class cabin, and then I would come out and say: “Everything is fine, now we will land safely somewhere.”

Mark Wahlberg with his wife and children

In June 2013, Mark Wahlberg passed the exams and received a high school diploma, which he did not do in his youth, having abandoned his studies. He also actively repented of his earlier misdeeds and in 2014 publicly asked for forgiveness from each of those he had offended.

Mark Wahlberg's wife

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg with his wife

Mark and Ria

Mark Wahlberg and his wife Ria Duran

Mark with his wife and children

Mark Wahlberg

Born June 5, 1971, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA - American actor, producer and composer. He is also a model, philanthropist, and musician.

Mark's great-grandfather on his father's side, Axel Gustaf Wahlberg, immigrated from Sweden at the end of the 19th century. The great-grandmother (paternal grandmother’s mother) is from Ireland, the maternal grandfather’s parents are from Canada, as is the grandmother’s father. The remaining great-ancestors are natives of Massachusetts. Thus, Wahlberg has Swedish, Irish and French-Canadian roots.

His siblings (from oldest to youngest): Arthur, Jim, Debbie, Michelle, Paul, Tracy, Robert and Donnie. The last two are also actors. Mother, Elma Elaine, worked at various times as a bank clerk and nurse. His father, Donald Wahlberg, a truck driver and Korean War veteran, died on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2008. Parents divorced in 1982.

Mark is the youngest of his mother's nine children. However, he only shares a father with Donnie and Robert.

Mark received a Catholic upbringing and attended Copley Square High School in Boston. However, he dropped out of school and received his matriculation certificate much later.

As a teenager, he was involved in several acts of violence and vandalism. According to Mark, in his youth he had about 20-25 reports to the police. At the age of thirteen he had serious problems with cocaine and other drugs. At the age of fifteen, he was arrested for bullying a group of black schoolchildren on an excursion: he threw stones at them (some schoolchildren were injured) and insulted them. At sixteen, while under the influence of phenylcyclidine, he robbed a pharmacy, then successively attacked two adult Vietnamese: he knocked out the first with a blow to the head of a log, and hit the second in the eye, which he subsequently lost sight of. Mark claims that he does not remember the incident, since he “passed out” even before he was captured by the police. Wahlberg was charged with attempted murder and sentenced to two years in prison. Although he was only 16, Mark chose to serve his sentence in the “adult” correctional colony of the Deer Island House of Correction, Boston, hoping to be released early, which is not allowed in juvenile colonies in the United States. After 45 days of imprisonment, he was released.

At 21, Wahlberg attacked a neighbor for no apparent reason and broke his jaw. At the age of 22, being a popular hip-hop artist, he started a scandal with Madonna at a Hollywood party (according to some eyewitnesses, the scandal was provoked by her rude remarks that he was superfluous here), which ended in a brawl in the backyard of the house and a broken nose for Madonna's agent Guy Oseri, who overzealously decided to defend her honor.

Mark first gained fame as the younger brother of Donnie Wahlberg, a member of the cult pop group of the early 1990s New Kids on the Block. At the age of 20, Mark, along with Donnie, Danny Wood and brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, was part of it. However, alien to the “cute-sweet” image of the group, he soon left it.

With the help of his brother Donnie, Mark recorded the album “Music for the People” as part of the hip-hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. The composition “Good Vibrations” from this album topped the leading American chart, Billboard Hot 100, for a week in 1991. The album itself went platinum.

A year later, the second album “You Gotta Believe” was released. His success was more modest.

A difficult childhood and bodybuilding, which he took up in prison, made an invaluable contribution to the brilliant start of his musical career: Mark’s ease on stage bordered on provocation, and he almost always accompanied his hip-hop performances with public undressing. Running around the stage in his underwear with his pants pulled down to his ankles became his calling card. Young people, especially their female half, were wildly delighted by this.

In 1992, he released an autobiography and in one of his interviews stated that he dedicated it to his penis.

Under the name Marky Mark, Wahlberg recorded two albums with reggae artist Prince Ital Joe. Their compositions combine rap and reggae in the style of rhythmic music.

Having not been a member of New Kids on the Block for a long time, he starred in the group’s video for the song Step by step (at 3 minutes 42 seconds, holding a basketball in one hand and “hitting hands” with his brother Donny).

Wahlberg has impressive physical attributes. He first demonstrated this in the video clip for the song “Good Vibrations” and especially in a series of photographs of Calvin Klein underwear advertisements on television and in glossy magazines, advertisements often appeared with him alone or in the company of model Kate Moss. Wahlberg also directed a workout video, "The Marky Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness."

Wahlberg's film career began in 1993 with a role in the television movie "Substitute Teacher." He made his big screen debut with a role in the 1994 film Renaissance Man, starring Danny DeVito.

Mark first attracted the attention of critics in the film based on Jim Carroll's autobiographical story "The Basketball Diaries" with Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role. This was followed by his first leading role in James Foley's thriller Fear, where his partner was the young actress Reese Witherspoon.

Critical recognition came to Mark after the film Boogie Nights, which tells about the behind-the-scenes life of the porn industry during the twilight of the “porn chic” era of the late 1970s and early 80s. Director Paul Thomas Anderson originally planned to invite Leonardo DiCaprio to play the lead role, but at that time DiCaprio was busy filming Titanic. After watching The Basketball Diaries, Anderson invited Mark. The film received three Oscar nominations.

Mark was originally supposed to play the role of Linus Caudwell in Ocean's Eleven. But he turned down the offer and the role went to Matt Damon. The subsequent commercially successful “Three Kings”, “The Perfect Storm”, “The Italian Job” and “Blood for Blood” turned out to be rich in positive reviews. In 2001, he played the lead role in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, a remake of the 1968 film of the same name. Film critics reacted coolly to the film, but the film was a great success at the box office and to this day would remain one of Mark's highest-grossing films, but in 2014 the fantastic action film Transformers: Age of Extinction, directed by Michael Bay, was released.

According to the original idea, the main roles in Ang Lee's acclaimed film Brokeback Mountain were supposed to be played by Mark and Joaquin Phoenix, whom he knew from their collaboration in the film The Yards. However, due to the presence of explicit scenes, Mark refused the role; it was played by Jake Gyllenhaal.

For his role as Sergeant Sean Dignam in Martin Scorsese's The Departed, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. At the time of the film’s release, Mark rated this work higher than all his previous ones, and called the opportunity to star in Scorsese “a chance that should not be missed.” Interestingly, the role was previously offered to Ray Liotta and Denis Leary.

Mark confirmed that he has given preliminary consent to participate in the sequel to The Departed, where the storyline develops around his character.

In October 2008, the film “Max Payne”, based on the video game of the same name, with Mark in the title role, was released. It is noteworthy that he initially wanted to refuse, considering the idea of filming a film based on a computer game to be patently nonsense, but after reading the script he was inspired by the idea and himself became a fan of the original game. The following year, he starred in one of the main roles in Peter Jackson's big-budget drama The Lovely Bones, based on the literary bestseller by Alice Sebold. In North America, the film had limited success - the film's budget was covered only by worldwide box office receipts. Film critics also reacted with hostility to the film, accusing the creators of severely distorting the plot of the literary original. In this light, the assessment of the acting work was mainly of a “sympathetic” nature, saying that they did what they could.

Mark's main acting work in 2010 was in the comedy "Cops in the Deep", together with Will Ferrell, and the drama "The Fighter" with Christian Bale. On July 29, 2010, his star was laid on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In several interviews, Mark stated that at the age of 40 he would end his film career and devote himself to raising children and improving his golf skills. Subsequently, in an interview with Mexican media, he made it clear that he would postpone this decision, saying: “I have four children, and this is an expensive pleasure.”

In August 2020, Forbes magazine named Mark Wahlberg the highest paid actor in the world.

In 2004 he started producing. The debut project was the documentary series Juvies (Young Delinquents) commissioned by MTV. The program shows the “kitchen” of the juvenile justice system using the example of Indiana. Each episode follows the story of two juvenile delinquents accused of minor crimes - smoking marijuana, drinking alcohol, petty theft - from admission to a detention center to a court verdict. Short stories show how the fate of former heroes developed over time. Only one season of the series was filmed. It was first successfully shown on North American MTV in 2007, and was repeated several times.

In the summer of 2004, a new television project was launched, which gained significant success among both critics and viewers - the series “Beauties”. The storyline was based on Mark’s own experience of building a career in Hollywood. Seven seasons of the series collected 25 nominations for the Emmy, the main television award in the United States, and 14 nominations for the Golden Globe. The project was closed in 2011 with the release of the final eighth season.

In 2007 he produced the film “Masters of the Night”, where he also played one of the roles. The film participated in the competition program of the Cannes Film Festival.

Mark’s new production work is the series “Boardwalk Empire” about the most powerful person on the east coast of the United States during Prohibition and the subsequent Great Depression, Enoch (Nucky) Thompson, a politician and alcohol magnate.

In May 2001, Mark Wahlberg founded the Mark Wahlberg's Youth Foundation, a charitable foundation focused on financial and social support for talented inner-city youth. The fund has accumulated and spent over a million dollars.

At the beginning of 2020, he donated $1.5 million to the Time's Up movement. The movement was created to protect women from sexual harassment and discrimination.