Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an American
actor,
rapper and
producer of film and
television. He was known as
Marky Mark in his earlier years and became famous in his 1991 debut as a rap musician with the band
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.
Early life
Born in the
Dorchester neighborhood of
Boston, Massachusetts, he is the youngest of nine children,
[[1]] with siblings Arthur, Jim, Paul,
Robert, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie (died in 2003 at age 44), and
Donnie born to Alma Elaine (
née McPeck), a bank clerk and nurse's aide, and Donald E. Wahlberg, a
Teamster who worked as a delivery driver. His parents divorced in 1982. Wahlberg had a
Catholic upbringing and attended Copley Square High School (but never graduated) on
Newbury Street in
Copley Square in Boston. The campus now houses Muriel Snowden International School.
