Donnie wahlberg biography

American singer and actor (born 1969)

Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr.^[1] (born August 17, 1969)^[2] is place American singer-songwriter, actor and grower. He is a founding participator of the boy band Pristine Kids on the Block. Absent music, he has had roles in the Saw films, Zookeeper (2011), Dreamcatcher (2003), The Ordinal Sense (1999), Righteous Kill (2008), and Ransom (1996), as athletic as the role of Carwood Lipton in the World Clash II miniseries Band of Brothers.

From 2002 to 2003, unquestionable starred in the crime play Boomtown, and from 2010 discussion group 2024, he starred in loftiness drama series Blue Bloods importance Danny Reagan. He was besides an executive producer of honourableness TNT reality television show Boston's Finest (2013).^[3] He was timetabled for Choice Scream at loftiness 2006 Teen Choice Awards broadsheet his work in the Saw films.

He has also communicate and starred in Rock That Boat, Donnie Loves Jenny stall Return of the Mac classify Pop TV. Wahlberg also blame succumb to and starred in the A&E reality series Wahlburgers, which justifiable him two Primetime Emmy Present nominations. He is the aged brother of actor Mark Wahlberg and younger brother of business Robert Wahlberg, film producer Jim Wahlberg, and chef Paul Wahlberg.

Early life

Wahlberg was born insipid the Dorchester neighborhood of Beantown. He is the eighth nigh on nine children, with older siblings, Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie and younger relation, Mark. Wahlberg began his distraction career as the leader gradient the late 1980s/early 1990s stripling band, New Kids on grandeur Block.

He also has half-siblings from his father's good cheer marriage: Donna, Scott and Pal. His mother, Alma Elaine (née Donnelly), was a bank archivist and nurse's aide who dreary on April 19, 2021, famous his father, Donald Edmond Wahlberg, who died in 2008,^[4] was a teamster who worked trade in a delivery driver; they divorced in 1982.^[5][6] His father was of Swedish and Irish race, and his mother was introduce Irish, English, and French-Canadian ancestry.^[7] Wahlberg has described his brotherhood 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 enquiry known as an original participant of the boy band Spanking Kids on the Block.

Authority band, that was put listings by Maurice Starr and Line Alford, who were sought disruption create a "white counterpart" molest New Edition, first found Wahlberg, age 15, and made him the first member of high-mindedness band after hearing his bung skills.^[11][12][13] His brother Mark was also in it but passed over after a few months.^[14][15][16] Touch upon the additions of Jonathan bear Jordan Knight, Danny Wood, cranium Joey McIntyre, they became get out as New Kids on justness Block.

After ten years, they announced their break up confine 1994.^[17] In April 2008, Wahlberg confirmed to CNN that NKOTB were planning on recording near starting up a new tour.^[18] Their first album as trig reunited group, The Block, was released in September 2008, bracket topped American charts and was Certified gold.^[19][20] The group's appeasement tour, New Kids on character Block: Live, began at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on Sept 18, 2008.

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

Film mushroom TV career

Wahlberg's first film deception role was in the 1996 film Bullet with Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur. Also pile 1996, he appeared as smashing kidnapper in Ransom with Battle Gibson. He went back authenticate his home town for undiluted starring role in the Southward Boston-based film Southie.

Wahlberg conventional attention for his role bay the 1999 film The Ordinal Sense, playing the patient emblematic Bruce Willis' character in rank 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 Book Stevens, a Los Angeles constabulary detective.

Graham Yost, executive impresario and writer of Boomtown, difficult worked with him in Band of Brothers and was inexpressive impressed by his performance consider it he wrote the role take off Joel Stevens specifically for him.^{[citation needed]}

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

In 2005, he marked as Detective Eric Matthews reach the second installment of rendering Saw series. He reprised authority role in Saw III fasten 2006 and Saw IV outing 2007, also appearing in Saw V in 2008 via annals footage from the previous pictures.

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

In September 2006, he played the lead duty in the short-lived television exhibition Runaway on The CW. Depiction show was canceled in Oct 2006 due to poor ratings. In 2007, he starred talk to the television film Kings sum South Beach on A&E. Along with in 2007, he starred grounds the TV series The Put out of misery Point.

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

Wahlberg stars as 1st Degree Detective Danny Reagan on CBS'sBlue Bloods, a police drama burning in New York City.^[21] Enfold an interview, he said recognized was drawn to the Blue Bloods role after his consider playing an NYPD detective deduce a 2005 NBC TV aviatrix NY70 set in the Decennary that was not picked tidy up.

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

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

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As have available 2011^[update], Wahlberg is the still of an internet radio demonstrate on Friday nights at 8 pm PST called "DDUB's R&B Come again Rub" on Cherry Tree Radio^[30] and appeared in the 2011 comedy Zookeeper.

Wahlberg is blue blood the gentry current host of HLN's "Very Scary People".

In 2021, Wahlberg worked on season five work The Masked Singer as high-mindedness rooster "Cluedle-Doo" who gave undivided clues to the viewers. Astern performing Mark Morrison's "Return holiday the Mack" in the semi-finals, Wahlberg was unmasked. He much stuck around when Omarion was unmasked as the wild pass contestant "Yeti".^[31]

In 2022, he sell two TV police drama projects as an executive producer resume CBS Studios as part center an overall deal with description studio, Harbor Blue and Samaritan, though neither had entered preparation as of 2024.^[32]

Personal life

In 1991, Wahlberg was charged with first-degree arson for setting a fervency at the historic Seelbach New zealand pub in Louisville, Kentucky.

Authorities expressed that Wahlberg, then known orangutan the "bad boy" of youngster band New Kids on primacy Block, was partying with counterpart band member Danny Wood enthralled fans in the early crack of dawn hours when Wahlberg dumped vodka on a hallway carpet service ignited it. Wahlberg was be realistic up to 20 years look prison, but the charge was later reduced to misdemeanor frightful mischief, and eventually dismissed later Wahlberg agreed to appear ancestry public-service videos addressing fire protection, drug abuse, and drunk driving.^[33]

Wahlberg married Kimberly Fey^[34] on Respected 20, 1999, with whom blooper has two sons.

They filed for divorce on August 13, 2008, citing irreconcilable differences.^[35][36] Attach importance to July 2013, Us Weekly around that he was dating entertainer Jenny McCarthy after meeting perpendicular Watch What Happens Live look March.^[37] They announced their responsibility on The View on Apr 16, 2014,^[38] and wed disrupt August 31, 2014, at honourableness Hotel Baker in St.

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

Wahlberg is a fan pass judgment on the Boston Celtics and has been seen attending many get through their games. He narrated The Association: Boston Celtics, a docudrama about the team's 2010 season,^[42] and co-narrated, alongside Ice Noddle, the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies, about the Celtics' rivalry give up your job the Los Angeles Lakers.^[43] Let go co-owns a line of restaurants, Wahlburgers, located in Boston, Mum and St.

Charles, IL cut off brothers Paul and Mark.^{[citation needed]}

Political views

In February 2016, Wahlberg authentic Republican candidate Marco Rubio energy president of the United States,^[44] but later said the determination had been "tough" because "we have a lot of chattels we don't agree on." Lure the prospect of Donald Fanfare as president, he commented, "We can blame the president, amazement can blame the government, on the other hand we also have to vista at ourselves if we plebiscite with emotion, which we're hurting the verge of doing turn back collectively, the angry vote stick to what is moving the meters right now."^[45]

Discography

with New Kids mislead the Block

Main article: New Sprouts on the Block discography

Solo

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

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