Donnie wahlberg biography

American singer and actor (born 1969)

Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr.^[1] (born August 17, 1969)^[2] is harangue American singer-songwriter, actor and farmer. He is a founding participant of the boy band Newborn Kids on the Block.

Case music, he has had roles in the Saw films, Zookeeper (2011), Dreamcatcher (2003), The 6th Sense (1999), Righteous Kill (2008), and Ransom (1996), as spasm as the role of Carwood Lipton in the World Enmity II miniseries Band of Brothers.

From 2002 to 2003, elegance starred in the crime photoplay Boomtown, and from 2010 in all directions 2024, he starred in leadership drama series Blue Bloods in that Danny Reagan.

He was very an executive producer of dignity TNT reality television show Boston's Finest (2013).^[3] He was out of action for Choice Scream at interpretation 2006 Teen Choice Awards answer his work in the Saw films. He has also be received b affect and starred in Rock That Boat, Donnie Loves Jenny subject Return of the Mac dishonesty Pop TV.

Wahlberg also turn out and starred in the A&E reality series Wahlburgers, which just him two Primetime Emmy Prize 1 nominations. He is the major brother of actor Mark Wahlberg and younger brother of mortal Robert Wahlberg, film producer Jim Wahlberg, and chef Paul Wahlberg.

Early life

Wahlberg was born answer the Dorchester neighborhood of Beantown.

He is the eighth a choice of nine children, with older siblings, Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie and younger religious, Mark. Wahlberg began his sport career as the leader apparent the late 1980s/early 1990s early life band, New Kids on significance Block. He also has yoke half-siblings from his father's cardinal marriage: Donna, Scott and Chum.

His mother, Alma Elaine (née Donnelly), was a bank chronicler and nurse's aide who deadly on April 19, 2021, stream his father, Donald Edmond Wahlberg, who died in 2008,^[4] was a teamster who worked translation a delivery driver; they divorced in 1982.^[5][6] His father was of Swedish and Irish reinforce, and his mother was bring in Irish, English, and French-Canadian ancestry.^[7] Wahlberg has described his kith and kin as having an Irish-Catholic background.^[8][9][10]

Career

New Kids on the Block

Main article: New Kids on the Block

As a recording artist, Wahlberg levelheaded known as an original associate of the boy band Advanced Kids on the Block.

Influence band, that was put unintelligent by Maurice Starr and Shape Alford, who were sought stand your ground create a "white counterpart" end up New Edition, first found Wahlberg, age 15, and made him the first member of magnanimity band after hearing his wellbuilt skills.^[11][12][13] His brother Mark was also in it but weigh after a few months.^[14][15][16] Adjust the additions of Jonathan status Jordan Knight, Danny Wood, see Joey McIntyre, they became known as New Kids on say publicly Block.

After ten years, they announced their break up get a move on 1994.^[17] In April 2008, Wahlberg confirmed to CNN that NKOTB were planning on recording topmost starting up a new tour.^[18] Their first album as well-ordered reunited group, The Block, was released in September 2008, spreadsheet topped American charts and was Certified gold.^[19][20] The group's reconcilement tour, New Kids on depiction Block: Live, began at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on Sep 18, 2008.

As of 2024, NKOTB still tour and Wahlberg remains a member.

Film additional TV career

Wahlberg's first film charade role was in the 1996 film Bullet with Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur. Also complain 1996, he appeared as top-hole kidnapper in Ransom with Fracas Gibson. He went back attain his home town for dialect trig starring role in the Southmost Boston-based film Southie.

Wahlberg commonplace attention for his role be grateful for the 1999 film The Onesixth Sense, playing the patient model Bruce Willis' character in rectitude opening sequence.

In 2001, Wahlberg co-starred as Second LieutenantC. Carwood Lipton in the television miniseries Band of Brothers. He extremely starred in the 2002–2003 NBC drama series Boomtown as Prophet Stevens, a Los Angeles guard detective.

Graham Yost, executive farmer and writer of Boomtown, challenging worked with him in Band of Brothers and was and over impressed by his performance give it some thought he wrote the role acquisition Joel Stevens specifically for him.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, Wahlberg starred parallel Timothy Olyphant, Jason Lee, trip his Band of Brothers co-star Damian Lewis as the rationally challenged Duddits in William Syndicalist and Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation emulate the Stephen King alien-invasion exoticism, Dreamcatcher.

In 2005, he asterisked as Detective Eric Matthews replace the second installment of rectitude Saw series. He reprised greatness role in Saw III take away 2006 and Saw IV fasten 2007, also appearing in Saw V in 2008 via description footage from the previous flicks.

In 2006, Wahlberg played Deputy Commander Burton in the military/boxing drama Annapolis.

In September 2006, he played the lead impersonation in the short-lived television display Runaway on The CW. Greatness show was canceled in Oct 2006 due to poor ratings. In 2007, he starred well-heeled the television film Kings make out South Beach on A&E. Further in 2007, he starred discovery the TV series The Dexterity Point.

In 2008, Wahlberg attended in Righteous Kill and co-starred in What Doesn't Kill You.

Wahlberg stars as 1st Lowranking Detective Danny Reagan on CBS'sBlue Bloods, a police drama treat in New York City.^[21] Convoluted an interview, he said soil was drawn to the Blue Bloods role after his deem playing an NYPD detective be sold for a 2005 NBC TV flier NY70 set in the Decennary that was not picked worsen.

^[22][23] He also previously false with Blue Bloods co-star Brigid Moynahan on an unsuccessful 2008 TNT pilot called Bunker Hill, and encouraged her to in the region of the role as his angel of mercy on Blue Bloods.^{[24][25][26][27]} He obligated an episode in the show's fourth season.^[28]

He has said elegance considers himself a character business rather than a "movie star" like his brother.

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As of 2011^[update], Wahlberg is interpretation host of an internet wireless show on Friday nights pocketsized 8 pm PST called "DDUB's R&B Back Rub" on Cherry Secret agent Radio^[30] and appeared in goodness 2011 comedy Zookeeper.

Wahlberg survey the current host of HLN's "Very Scary People".

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In 2021, Wahlberg worked on period five of The Masked Singer as the rooster "Cluedle-Doo" who gave exclusive clues to probity viewers. After performing Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack" modern the semi-finals, Wahlberg was unmasked. He even stuck around what because Omarion was unmasked as description wild card contestant "Yeti".^[31]

In 2022, he sold two TV the law drama projects as an ceo producer to CBS Studios likewise part of an overall dole out with the studio, Harbor Blue and Samaritan, though neither esoteric entered production as of 2024.^[32]

Personal life

In 1991, Wahlberg was brimming with first-degree arson for milieu a fire at the fixed Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.

Authorities stated that Wahlberg, abuse known as the "bad boy" of boy band New Heirs on the Block, was festivity with fellow band member Danny Wood and fans in decency early morning hours when Wahlberg dumped vodka on a press your case carpet and ignited it. Wahlberg was facing up to 20 years in prison, but excellence charge was later reduced grasp misdemeanor criminal mischief, and at the end of the day dismissed after Wahlberg agreed total appear in public-service videos addressing fire safety, drug abuse, status drunk driving.^[33]

Wahlberg married Kimberly Fey^[34] on August 20, 1999, versus whom he has two successors.

They filed for divorce prevent August 13, 2008, citing uncompromising clashing differences.^[35][36] In July 2013, Us Weekly reported that he was dating actress Jenny McCarthy name meeting on Watch What Happens Live in March.^[37] They declared their engagement on The View on April 16, 2014,^[38] enjoin wed on August 31, 2014, at the Hotel Baker contain St.

Charles, Illinois.^[39][40][41]

Wahlberg is on the rocks fan of the Boston Celtics and has been seen audience many of their games. Elegance narrated The Association: Boston Celtics, a documentary about the team's 2010 season,^[42] and co-narrated, equidistant Ice Cube, the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Celtics/Lakers: Pre-eminent of Enemies, about the Celtics' rivalry with the Los Angeles Lakers.^[43] He co-owns a fierce of restaurants, Wahlburgers, located family tree Boston, MA and St.

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Political views

In February 2016, Wahlberg endorsed Republican candidate Marco Rubio for president of probity United States,^[44] but later alleged the decision had been "tough" because "we have a hit the highest point of things we don't square on." On the prospect sunup Donald Trump as president, purify commented, "We can blame justness president, we can blame greatness government, but we also possess to look at ourselves hypothesize we vote with emotion, which we're on the verge work for doing again collectively, the stormy vote is what is touching the meters right now."^[45]

Discography

with In mint condition Kids on the Block

Main article: New Kids on the Satiated discography

Solo

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

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