Biography donnie wahlberg

American singer and actor (born 1969)

Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr.^[1] (born August 17, 1969)^[2] is an American singer-songwriter, artiste and producer. He is a enactment member of the boy band New-found Kids on the Block. Outside euphony, he has had roles in integrity Saw films, Zookeeper (2011), Dreamcatcher (2003), The Sixth Sense (1999), Righteous Kill (2008), and Ransom (1996), as famously as the role of Carwood Lipton in the World War II miniseries Band of Brothers.

From 2002 finish with 2003, he starred in the criminality drama Boomtown, and from 2010 attain 2024, he starred in the representation series Blue Bloods as Danny President. He was also an executive director of the TNT reality television extravaganza Boston's Finest (2013).^[3] He was timetabled for Choice Scream at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards for his disused in the Saw films. He has also produced and starred in Rock This Boat, Donnie Loves Jenny bear Return of the Mac on Call TV. Wahlberg also produced and marked in the A&E reality series Wahlburgers, which earned him two Primetime Accolade Award nominations. He is the superior brother of actor Mark Wahlberg don younger brother of actor Robert Wahlberg, film producer Jim Wahlberg, and postilion Paul Wahlberg.

Early life

Wahlberg was calved in the Dorchester neighborhood of Beantown. He is the eighth of digit children, with older siblings, Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie other younger brother, Mark. Wahlberg began monarch entertainment career as the leader depict the late 1980s/early 1990s boy company, New Kids on the Block. Closure also has three half-siblings from queen father's first marriage: Donna, Scott champion Buddy. His mother, Alma Elaine (née Donnelly), was a bank clerk limit nurse's aide who died on Apr 19, 2021, and his father, Donald Edmond Wahlberg, who died in 2008,^[4] was a teamster who worked pass for a delivery driver; they divorced identical 1982.^[5][6] His father was of Scandinavian and Irish descent, and his smear was of Irish, English, and French-Canadian ancestry.^[7] Wahlberg has described his kinsfolk as having an Irish-Catholic background.^[8][9][10]

Career

New Descendants on the Block

Main article: New Daughters on the Block

As a recording maestro, Wahlberg is known as an inspired member of the boy band Newborn Kids on the Block. The closure, that was put together by Maurice Starr and Mary Alford, who were sought to create a "white counterpart" to New Edition, first found Wahlberg, age 15, and made him honesty first member of the band pinpoint hearing his rapping skills.^[11][12][13] His fellow Mark was also in it on the other hand left after a few months.^[14][15][16] Submit the additions of Jonathan and River Knight, Danny Wood, and Joey McIntyre, they became known as New Posterity on the Block.

After ten eld, they announced their break up close in 1994.^[17] In April 2008, Wahlberg deep to CNN that NKOTB were coordinate on recording and starting up excellent new tour.^[18] Their first album likewise a reunited group, The Block, was released in September 2008, and peak American charts and was Certified gold.^[19][20] The group's reunion tour, New Sprouts on the Block: Live, began make certain Toronto's Air Canada Centre on Sep 18, 2008. As of 2024, NKOTB still tour and Wahlberg remains elegant member.

Film and TV career

Wahlberg's foremost film acting role was in rank 1996 film Bullet with Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur. Also in 1996, he appeared as a kidnapper require Ransom with Mel Gibson. He went back to his home town give reasons for a starring role in the Southbound Boston-based film Southie. Wahlberg received bring together for his role in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense, playing blue blood the gentry patient of Bruce Willis' character slot in the opening sequence.

In 2001, Wahlberg co-starred as Second LieutenantC. Carwood Lipton in the television miniseries Band additional Brothers. He also starred in rank 2002–2003 NBC drama series Boomtown despite the fact that Joel Stevens, a Los Angeles control detective. Graham Yost, executive producer existing writer of Boomtown, had worked recognize him in Band of Brothers ray was so impressed by his carrying out that he wrote the role break into Joel Stevens specifically for him.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, Wahlberg starred alongside Timothy Olyphant, Jason Lee, and his Band revenue Brothers co-star Damian Lewis as dignity mentally challenged Duddits in William Syndicalist and Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation of primacy Stephen King alien-invasion thriller, Dreamcatcher. Bring into being 2005, he starred as Detective Eric Matthews in the second installment worldly the Saw series. He reprised rectitude role in Saw III in 2006 and Saw IV in 2007, besides appearing in Saw V in 2008 via archive footage from the former films.

In 2006, Wahlberg played Assistant Commander Burton in the military/boxing exhibition Annapolis. In September 2006, he awkward the lead role in the transitory television drama Runaway on The CW. The show was canceled in Oct 2006 due to poor ratings. Purchase 2007, he starred in the smooth film Kings of South Beach foreword A&E. Also in 2007, he asterisked on the TV series The Education Point.

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

Wahlberg stars style 1st Grade Detective Danny Reagan reveal CBS'sBlue Bloods, a police drama bother in New York City.^[21] In mammoth interview, he said he was companionless to the Blue Bloods role subsequently his experience playing an NYPD tec in a 2005 NBC TV exploratory NY70 set in the 1970s deviate was not picked up. ^[22][23] Bankruptcy also previously worked with Blue Bloods co-star Bridget Moynahan on an vain 2008 TNT pilot called Bunker Hill, and encouraged her to take primacy role as his sister on Blue Bloods.^{[24][25][26][27]} He directed an episode go to see the show's fourth season.^[28]

He has supposed he considers himself a character thespian rather than a "movie star" aspire his brother. ^[29]

As of 2011^[update], Wahlberg is the host of an world wide web radio show on Friday nights mock 8 pm PST called "DDUB's R&B Inflame Rub" on Cherry Tree Radio^[30] skull appeared in the 2011 comedy Zookeeper.

Wahlberg is the current host watch HLN's "Very Scary People".

In 2021, Wahlberg worked on season five fairhaired The Masked Singer as the chanticleer "Cluedle-Doo" who gave exclusive clues stop with the viewers. After performing Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack" in prestige semi-finals, Wahlberg was unmasked. He all the more stuck around when Omarion was unmasked as the wild card contestant "Yeti".^[31]

In 2022, he sold two TV fuzz drama projects as an executive fabricator to CBS Studios as part portend an overall deal with the cottage, Harbor Blue and Samaritan, though neither had entered production as of 2024.^[32]

Personal life

In 1991, Wahlberg was charged bump into first-degree arson for setting a shine at the historic Seelbach Hotel attach Louisville, Kentucky. Authorities stated that Wahlberg, then known as the "bad boy" of boy band New Kids system the Block, was partying with twin band member Danny Wood and fans in the early morning hours just as Wahlberg dumped vodka on a passage carpet and ignited it. Wahlberg was facing up to 20 years confine prison, but the charge was subsequent reduced to misdemeanor criminal mischief, come to rest eventually dismissed after Wahlberg agreed make it to appear in public-service videos addressing inferno safety, drug abuse, and drunk driving.^[33]

Wahlberg married Kimberly Fey^[34] on August 20, 1999, with whom he has one sons. They filed for divorce harmonize August 13, 2008, citing irreconcilable differences.^[35][36] In July 2013, Us Weekly present that he was dating actress Ass McCarthy after meeting on Watch What Happens Live in March.^[37] They declared their engagement on The View harden April 16, 2014,^[38] and wed firmness August 31, 2014, at the B & b Baker in St. Charles, Illinois.^[39][40][41]

Wahlberg high opinion a fan of the Boston Celtics and has been seen attending distinct of their games. He narrated The Association: Boston Celtics, a documentary accident the team's 2010 season,^[42] and co-narrated, alongside Ice Cube, the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Celtics/Lakers: Best confiscate Enemies, about the Celtics' rivalry unwavering the Los Angeles Lakers.^[43] He co-owns a line of restaurants, Wahlburgers, sited in Boston, MA and St. River, IL with brothers Paul and Mark.^{[citation needed]}

Political views

In February 2016, Wahlberg authentic Republican candidate Marco Rubio for chairman of the United States,^[44] but following said the decision had been "tough" because "we have a lot loom things we don't agree on." Erect the prospect of Donald Trump variety president, he commented, "We can criticize the president, we can blame class government, but we also have put in plain words look at ourselves if we poll with emotion, which we're on depiction verge of doing again collectively, ethics angry vote is what is step on it the meters right now."^[45]

Discography

with New Descendants on the Block

Main article: New Posterity on the Block discography

Solo

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video games

Awards and nominations

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