Mark Wahlberg

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an American actor and television and movie producer. His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, and his mother is of Irish, Scottish, English ancestry. He has been nominated for an Academy Award. He was also known as "Marky Mark" at the beginning of his career, when he had become famous as a rap musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch after a brief time as a member of New Kids on the Block.

Wahlberg was convicted of assault when he was 16, for which he was imprisoned. He is a Roman Catholic.

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 Mark Wahlberg Message Board 
 Mark Robert Wahlberg British fan site

 Mark Wahlberg Interview at Moviehole.net 
 Mark Wahlberg Interview on "Fresh Air"
 Mark Wahlberg on The Hour
 Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation

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