Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), formerly known by his stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor and former rapper. His work as a leading man spans the comedy, drama, and action genres. He has received multiple accolades, including a BAFTA Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and nine Primetime Emmy Awards.

Wahlberg was born in Boston. As a youth, he took part in a number of violent and racially motivated attacks. He gained fame as a member of the hip hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch in the 1990s, with whom he released the albums Music for the People (1991) and You Gotta Believe (1992). Wahlberg made his screen debut in Renaissance Man (1994) and had his first starring role in Fear (1996). He received critical praise for his performance as porn actor Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights (1997).

In the early 2000s, Wahlberg ventured into big-budget action movies, such as The Perfect Storm (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), and The Italian Job (2003). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a police officer in the crime drama The Departed (2006). Wahlberg was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for portraying Micky Ward in the sports drama biopic The Fighter (2010); as co-producer, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. During the 2010s, he landed successful comedy roles with The Other Guys (2010), Ted (2012), Ted 2 (2015), Daddy’s Home (2015), and Daddy’s Home 2 (2017). Wahlberg also starred in the Transformers franchise films Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). He was the world’s highest-paid actor in 2017.

Wahlberg served as executive producer of five HBO series: the comedy-drama Entourage (2004–2011), the period crime drama Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), the comedy-dramas How to Make It in America (2010–2011) and Ballers (2015–2019), and the documentary McMillions (2020). He is co-owner of the Wahlburgers chain and co-starred in the reality TV series about it. Wahlberg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010.

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Mark Wahlberg Movies

Discover the best Mark Wahlberg movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Mark Wahlberg ranked by year and score.

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By Any Means

By Any Means (2026)

Drama History Thriller
In 1960s Mississippi, an ambitious Black FBI operative descends into a moral quagmire when tasked with solving a string of murders targeting civil rights activists. Lacking conventional investigative channels, the...
Score -.-
2
Balls Up

Balls Up (2026)

Action Comedy
When two mid-level marketing executives land the wildest sponsorship deal in sports history, attaching a condom brand to the World Cup, they assume the hard part is over. One reckless...
Score 5.9
3
The Family Plan 2

The Family Plan 2 (2025)

Action Comedy
Dan Morgan has finally traded body counts for bedtime stories, and all he wants this Christmas is a peaceful holiday with the kids. But when his daughter's independent streak threatens...
Score 6.5
4
Flight Risk

Flight Risk (2025)

Action Thriller
Three strangers board a small aircraft bound for New York, each carrying secrets that could unravel the moment turbulence hits. A pilot, a marshal, and a witness meant for trial...
Score 5.9
5
The Union

The Union (2024)

Action Comedy
When a mysterious woman from his past shows up at a New Jersey construction site with an impossible proposition, a working-class guy finds himself caught between his ordinary life and...
Score 6.1
6
The Family Plan

The Family Plan (2023)

Action Comedy Family
Dan Morgan has built the perfect suburban life: reliable dad, devoted husband, top-performing car salesman at the local dealership. The only thing his family does not know is that he...
Score 7.2
7
Uncharted

Uncharted (2022)

Action Adventure
Nathan Drake grew up on the streets, quick with his hands and quicker with his mouth. When the weathered treasure hunter Victor Sullivan pulls him into a globe-trotting search for...
Score 6.9
8
Instant Family

Instant Family (2018)

Comedy Drama
Pete and Ellie wanted a baby, maybe a toddler, something manageable. What they got was a crash course in parenthood when the foster-care system introduced them to three siblings they...
Score 7.5
9
Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
With Optimus Prime missing and humanity on the brink, an unlikely band of misfits must piece together Earth's forgotten past to prevent total annihilation. A drifter, a robot, a British...
Score 6.1
10
Deepwater Horizon

Deepwater Horizon (2016)

Action Drama
On April 20, 2010, a routine day on a Gulf of Mexico drilling platform turned catastrophic when a blowout ignited one of the deadliest industrial disasters in American history. Director...
Score 6.9
11
Entourage

Entourage (2015)

Comedy Drama
Vince Chase is back in Hollywood, and naturally so is everyone who orbits him. Eric still overthinks everything, Turtle has leveled up, and Drama remains magnificently, hopelessly Drama. Now Ari...
Score 6.2
12
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
Five years after Chicago's devastation, the world has moved on, but not everyone welcomes the Autobots' presence. A corporate cabal hunts the remaining robots while an ancient threat awakens across...
Score 6.0
13
Lone Survivor

Lone Survivor (2013)

Action Drama War
In the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, a four-man Navy SEAL team is sent to locate and eliminate a senior Taliban commander. What begins as a precision operation unravels when a...
Score 7.4
14
Ted

Ted (2012)

Comedy Fantasy
When John Bennett was eight years old, a Christmas wish turned his stuffed bear into an actual, talking, beer-drinking best friend. Twenty-five years later, Ted is still on the couch,...
Score 6.4
15
Contraband

Contraband (2012)

Action Crime Drama
A reformed smuggler gets pulled back into the criminal underworld when his brother-in-law's gambling debts spiral into a life-threatening situation with dangerous people. To settle the score, Chris Farraday agrees...
Score 6.3
16
The Fighter

The Fighter (2010)

Drama
Micky Ward grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts, watching his half-brother Dicky navigate the boxing world before addiction pulled him under. When Dicky resurfaces years later, clean and determined, he sees...
Score 7.4
17
The Other Guys

The Other Guys (2010)

Action Comedy
Two desk-bound New York detectives have spent years watching their more celebrated colleagues hog the spotlight and the cases. When a routine financial investigation lands on their desk, they sense...
Score 6.3
18
The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones (2009)

Drama Fantasy
Susie Salmon's life ends violently at fourteen, but her consciousness doesn't fade. From a liminal space between worlds, she observes her fractured family attempting to navigate an impossible grief while...
Score 7.1
19
Max Payne

Max Payne (2008)

Action Crime Drama
Max Payne has spent years inside a cold case unit, quietly obsessing over the unsolved murders of his wife and child. When a string of brutal new killings surfaces across...
Score 5.4
20
The Happening

The Happening (2008)

Science Fiction Thriller
Something invisible is killing people across the northeastern United States, and nobody can explain why. Elliot Moore, a Philadelphia science teacher, grabs his wife Alma and flees the cities with...
Score 5.4
21
Shooter

Shooter (2007)

Action Drama Thriller
Bob Lee Swagger is the kind of man governments call when they need something done quietly. A retired Marine sniper living off the grid, he is pulled back into service...
Score 7.1
22
The Departed

The Departed (2006)

Crime Drama Thriller
South Boston's Irish mob and the state police are playing the same game without knowing it. Each organization has planted a man deep inside the other, and as both moles...
Score 8.2
23
Invincible

Invincible (2006)

Drama History
Philadelphia, 1976. Vince Papale is a thirty-year-old bartender with no college football background, a failing marriage behind him, and no particular reason to believe his life is about to change....
Score 7.0
24
The Italian Job

The Italian Job (2003)

Action Crime
Charlie Croker survived a Venice heist only to watch his own crew turn on him. Now, back on his feet and burning for payback, he reassembles a tight team, recruits...
Score 6.8
25
The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm (2000)

Action Adventure Drama
When the Andrea Gail set out from Gloucester, Massachusetts in the fall of 1991, her crew had no way of knowing three converging weather systems were conspiring against them. Based...
Score 6.5
26
Three Kings

Three Kings (1999)

Action Comedy War
As the Gulf War winds down, four American soldiers stumble upon a treasure map promising access to stolen Kuwaiti gold buried in the desert. What begins as a straightforward heist...
Score 6.6
27
Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights (1997)

Drama
The San Fernando Valley, 1977. Eddie Adams is a busboy with a gift he barely understands until porn director Jack Horner spots it and hands him a new name: Dirk...
Score 7.6
28
The Basketball Diaries

The Basketball Diaries (1995)

Crime Drama
Jim Carroll had every reason to believe basketball would carry him out of New York's rough edges and into something better. Instead, heroin pulled him in the opposite direction. Based...
Score 7.4

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the highest-rated movies starring Mark Wahlberg? +
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Mark Wahlberg are By Any Means, Balls Up, and The Family Plan 2.
How many movies and TV shows has Mark Wahlberg starred in? +
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 28 titles starring Mark Wahlberg, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
Are the movies starring Mark Wahlberg worth watching? +
Yes! The overall filmography starring Mark Wahlberg maintains a strong average user rating of 6.7 out of 10 across all tracked titles.