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Mark
Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an Academy
Award-nominated, BAFTA Award-winning American actor and television
producer. He was known as Marky Mark in his earlier days and
became famous in his 1991 debut as a rap musician with the band
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He has earned many positive
reviews after appearing in a number of successful movies like
Boogie Nights as Dirk Diggler, Three Kings, The Perfect Storm, The
Italian Job, and Four Brothers. His performance in I love
Huckabees was voted best supporting performance of the year in the
2004 Village Voice Critics Poll. Wahlberg was originally cast as
Linus Caldwell in Ocean's Eleven; Matt Damon played the role
instead. The two later worked together in The Departed. Wahlberg
recently starred in the American football drama, Invincible, based
on the true story of Vince Papale. He is also the executive
producer of the HBO series Entourage which is loosely based on his
experiences in Hollywood. Wahlberg has confirmed that he was
approached to star in a sequel to The Departed, but it's still
early in development. The sequel would reportedly revolve around
the Staff Sergeant played by Wahlberg. His father, Donald E.
Wahlberg, a US Army veteran of the Korean War, died on Valentine's
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