Profile, Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg, born June 5, 1971 is an american actor, producer and a former rapper. He started out as a musician in a band named Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, but later transitioned to acting. 

Mark was born in Boston, Massachusetts and he has eight siblings.

When Wahlberg was young, he was a really troubled man. He had served time in jail for assaults, and was addicted to drugs. He was in a street gang, but left it after he had spent some time in jail and decided to improve his behaviour. He started making music as 'Marky Mark' and made a few hit songs in the 1990s. 

Wahlberg began his acting career in 1993 in a tv film called The Substitute. Since then he has been in many movies and tv-series, for example: The Shooter (2007), The Fighter (2010) and Ted (2012).