Donnie Wahlberg Biography

Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and film producer. He is a founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. Outside of music, he has had roles in the Saw films, The Sixth Sense, Dreamcatcher, and Righteous Kill, also appearing in the World War II miniseries Band of Brothers as First Lieutenant Carwood Lipton. From 2002 to 2003, he starred in the crime drama Boomtown. He has been starring in the drama series Blue Bloods as Danny Reagan with Tom Selleck (his TV father) and Bridget Moynahan (his TV sister) since 2010, and since 2014 is an executive producer of the TNT reality television show Boston's Finest. He was nominated for Choice Scream at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards for his work in the Saw films. He has also produced and starred in Rock this Boat, Donnie Loves Jenny and Return of the Mac on Pop TV. He also produces and stars in Wahlburgers on A&E TV.

Early life

Wahlberg was born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. He is the eighth of nine children, with older siblings, Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, Tracey, Michelle, and Debbie (died in 2003), and younger brother, Mark, who began his entertainment career in the former rap group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He also has three half-siblings from his father's first marriage: Donna, Scott, and Buddy. His mother, Alma Elaine (ne Donnelly), was a bank clerk and nurse's aide, and his father, Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Sr. (May 8, 1930 - February 14, 2008), was a teamster who worked as a delivery driver; they divorced in 1982. His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, and his mother is of Irish, English, and French-Canadian ancestry. Maternally, he is distantly related to author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Career

New Kids on the Block

As a recording artist, Wahlberg is known as an original member of the boy band New Kids on the Block.

Acting career

Wahlberg's first film acting role was in the 1996 film Bullet with Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur. Also in 1996, he appeared as a kidnapper in Ransom with Mel Gibson. He went back to his home town for a starring role in the South Boston-based film Southie. Wahlberg received attention for his role in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense, playing the patient of Bruce Willis's character in the opening sequence.

In 2001, Wahlberg co-starred as Second Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton in the television miniseries Band of Brothers. He also starred in the 2002-2003 NBC drama series Boomtown as Joel Stevens, a Los Angeles police detective. Graham Yost, executive producer and writer of Boomtown, had worked with him in Band of Brothers and was so impressed by his performance that he wrote the role of Joel Stevens specifically for him.

2003 was the year that Wahlberg starred alongside Timothy Olyphant, Jason Lee, and his Band of Brothers co-star Damian Lewis as the mentally challenged Duddits in William Goldman and Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation of the Stephen King alien-invasion thriller, Dreamcatcher. In 2005, he starred as Detective Eric Matthews in the second installment of the Saw series. He reprised the role in Saw III in 2006 and Saw IV in 2007, also appearing in Saw V in 2008 via archive footage from the previous films.

In 2006, Wahlberg also played Lieutenant Commander Burton in the military/boxing drama Annapolis. In September 2006, he played the lead role in the short-lived television drama Runaway on The CW. The show was cancelled in October 2006 due to poor ratings. In 2007, he starred in the television film Kings of South Beach on A&E. Also in 2007, he starred on the TV series The Kill Point.

In 2008, Wahlberg appeared in Righteous Kill. He also co-starred in What Doesn't Kill You. He also appeared in the 2011 comedy Zookeeper.

Wahlberg stars as 1st Grade Detective Danny Reagan on CBS's Blue Bloods, a police drama set in New York City.

As of 2011, Wahlberg is the host of an internet radio show on Friday nights at 8 pm PST called "DDUB's R&B Back Rub" on Cherry Tree Radio.

Personal life

Wahlberg married Kimberly Fey on August 20, 1999. They filed for divorce on August 13, 2008, citing "irreconcilable differences". They have two sons, Xavier Alexander Wahlberg (born March 4, 1993) and Elijah Hendrix Wahlberg (born August 20, 2001). In July 2013, it was reported by UsWeekly that he was dating actress and comedian Jenny McCarthy after meeting on Watch What Happens Live in March. They announced their engagement on The View on April 16, 2014. They wed on August 31, 2014, at the Hotel Baker in St. Charles, Illinois.

Wahlberg is a passionate fan of the Boston Celtics and has been seen attending many of their games. He narrated a documentary called "The Association: Boston Celtics" about the team's 2010-11 season, which aired on ESPN between 2010 and 2011. He also owns a restaurant in Boston named Wahlburgers with brothers Paul (the restaurant's head chef) and Mark.

In February 2016, Wahlberg endorsed Marco Rubio for President of the United States.

Discography

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New Kids on the Block albums

• New Kids on the Block (1986)
• Hangin' Tough (1988)
• Step by Step (1990)
• Face the Music (1994)
• The Block (2008)
• 10 (2013)
• "Thankful" (May 12, 2017)

Solo

• "The Right Combination duet with Seiko Matsuda (1990)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Bullet	Shelby "Big Balls" Horne
	Ransom	Cubby Barnes
	Black Circle Boys	Greggo
1998	Body Count	Booker
	Butter	Rick Damon
	Southie	Danny Quinn
1999	The Sixth Sense	Vincent Grey
2000	Bullfighter	Chollo
	Diamond Men	Bobby Walker
2002	Triggermen	Hitman Terry Mulloy
2003	Dreamcatcher	Douglas "Duddits" Cavell
2005	Saw II	Detective Eric Matthews	Nominated"?Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Scream
	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School	Randall Ipswitch
2006	Annapolis	Burton
	Saw III	Detective Eric Matthews
2007	Dead Silence	Detective Jim Lipton
	Saw IV	Detective Eric Matthews
2008	Saw V	Detective Eric Matthews
	Righteous Kill	Detective Ted Reily
	What Doesn't Kill You	Detective Moran
2011	Zookeeper	Shane

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Mr. Grey	Movie
1999	Purgatory	Deputy Glen/Billy the Kid	Movie
2000	The Practice	Patrick Rooney	Episode: "Settling"
2001	'	Bobby	Episode: "City on Fire"
	Band of Brothers	Carwood Lipton	10 episodes
	Big Apple	Chris Scott	7 episodes
2002-2003	Boomtown	Detective Joel Stevens	24 episodes
2005	N.Y.-70	Det. Mike Ryan	Movie
2006-2008	Runaway	Paul Rader	10 episodes
2006	The Path to 9/11	Detective Kirk	2 episodes
2007	The Kill Point	Detective Horst Cali	8 episodes
	Kings of South Beach	Detective Andy	Movie
2009	Bunker Hill	Detective Mike Moriarty	Movie
2010	In Plain Sight	Jimmy McCabe / Jimmy Porter	Episode: "Father Goes West"
	Rizzoli & Isles	Lt. Joey Grant	2 episodes
2010-present	Blue Bloods	Detective Daniel Reagan	Main role Nominated People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor (2017)
2013	Boston's Finest	Narrator	8 episodes
2014-present	Wahlburgers	Himself	Reality show
2015-present	Donnie Loves Jenny	Himself	Reality show
2016	Fuller House	Himself	Guest appearance

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2008	Turok	Shepherd