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Trivia
Birth name: Mark Robert Michael
Wahlberg
Date of birth: 5 June 1971
Place of birth: Dorchester,
Massachusetts, USA
Nickname: Marky Mark, Monk D
Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Brother of Donnie Wahlberg and Robert
Wahlberg
Named one of "People" magazines 50
Most Beautiful People in the World [May 1992]
Mark's older siblings are: Arthur, James,
Debbie, Michelle, Paul, Tracey, Robert, and Donnie. Robert, Donnie and
Mark are from their mother's third marriage with Donald Wahlberg.
Was originally cast as Linus Caldwell in
Ocean's Eleven (2001) but dropped out.
December 2001 - Bought a 5 million dollar
mansion in Beverly Hills, and moved his mother in.
His music group, Marky Mark and the Funky
Bunch, debuted on "The Arsenio Hall Show" (1989) in the early
1990's.
[September 2, 2003] His first child with
girlfriend Rhea Durham, a girl named Ella Rae was born at 4.am at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The baby weighed in at 7
pounds, 4 ounces.
Has a daughter named Ella Rae.
He said in one of the featurettes in The
Italian Job (2003) DVD that he thought about doing the movie because it
was going to be his third remake in a row (if you don't count Rock Star
(2001)) after The Truth About Charlie (2002) and Planet of the Apes
(2001).
Is of Swedish, Irish, German and French
Canadian descent
Narrated the documentary Juvies (2004) along
with The Italian Job (2003) co-star Mos Def (Mos Def supplied poetry).
Was scheduled to be on one of the two planes
that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Luckily,
he changed his plans at the last minute, and drove from Boston to New
York with some friends.
Dated actress Jordana Brewster for several
years [1998-2001].
His older sister Debbie passed away just a
day before his daughter Ella was born, on September 1st, 2003, leaving
behind a teenaged son.
Has a tattoo of Bob Marley on his left
shoulder.
Is very close to his mother.
He wears lifts in some films.
Was a member of the boy group "New Kids
On The Block", but left the band before they were famous
He and his girlfriend, Rhea Durham, are
expecting their second child [January 4, 2006].
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