Donnie Wahlberg

Name: Donnie Wahlberg
Date of Birth: August 17, 1969
Place of Birth: Dorchester, Massachusetts

Biography: At age 15, Wahlberg joined New Kids On The Block and in a few years they went from playing at high school parties to becoming the pop music sensation. Donnie was known as the "bad boy" of the group an...( read more

)d was known to curse during live performances on awards shows. Following the group's disbanding in 1994, Wahlberg made a decision to go in another direction, focusing on writing and producing for his younger brother, Mark.

As an actor, Donnie Wahlberg's first film appearance was in the 1996 film Bullet with Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur, a project that lit a spark in him, motivating him to continue to work on his craft. Also in 1996, he appeared as a kidnapper in over his head in Ransom with Mel Gibson. Wahlberg received attention for his role in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense, playing the distraught patient of Bruce Willis's character in the opening sequence. This role was originally intended for a 13-year-old boy until Wahlberg met with writer and director M. Night Shyamalan to inquire about obtaining the rights for a theatre production and ended up getting this pivotal role.

In 2001 Wahlberg co-starred as 2nd Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton in the Emmy Award-winning television miniseries Band of Brothers. Wahlberg also starred in the 2002–2003 NBC drama series Boomtown as Joel Stevens, an intense Los Angeles police detective struggling to keep his troubled home life private while remaining dedicated to facing the challenges of his daily work life. Graham Yost, executive producer and writer of Boomtown, had worked with Wahlberg in Band of Brothers and was so impressed by his performance that he wrote the role of Joel Stevens specifically for him.

2003 was also the year that Wahlberg starred along side Timothy Olyphant and Jason Lee as the mentally challenged Duddits in William Goldman and Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation of the Stephen King alien-invasion thriller, Dreamcatcher. Many see this as one of Wahlberg's most demanding roles.

In 2005 Donnie starred as the main detective in the second installment of the Saw series.

In September 2006, he also starred as the lead role of the new TV series Runaway on the upcoming CW Television Network, but the show failed to make an impact and was cancelled after just three episodes.

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Aggie626

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A later fathers day gift!! they won!!!!!!!!!!

posted 38 days ago
Aggie626

Happy fathers day have a great day with your family

posted 41 days ago
AxK54

OMG!!
Your so hot!!
Your even hotter than your brother!!
I LOVE YOU!!

posted 177 days ago
nyyankeegurrl

I have looooved Donnie since NKOTB! I was 18 when I saw them in concert, and it was one of the best nights I ever had! Since he's become an actor, I love him even more! He's terrific!

posted 419 days ago
katemorriss1

donnie, u and your brother are amzing actors! u have come so far, especially when u didn't have everything lookin great for u at one point...i admire that!

plus u guys are amazingly good looking!

posted 438 days ago
Originallioness

You're always hot even in Dreamcather!

posted 497 days ago
daisymae051479

Love Donnie. Think he's a good actor. I will watch anything he's in. Dreamcatcher blew me away when I saw his name on the credits - I didn't even know it was him! Hope he can get the series or movie role that will get him the respect he deserves as a serious actor.

posted 497 days ago
soxcourtney

wus up donnie i loved you n kings of south beach and all of your movie or mayb i juss love you holla bacc ur gurl Kody

love always
xoxoxoxoxo

posted 501 days ago
ilovemovies2007

you did great in saw2.

posted 508 days ago