1969-08-17 ( 55 years old ) in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Donald Edmond "Donnie" Wahlberg, Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and record producer. One of his siblings is actor Mark Wahlberg and he is married to comedian/actress Jenny McCarthy.
He is a founding member of the popular 1980s and 1990s boy band New Kids on the Block.
He's most known for his TV role as Det. Danny Reagan on Blue Bloods, for which he was nominated for a People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor in 2017. He's also known for his roles as Donnie on the sitcom Return of the Mac, Det. Horst Cali on The Kill Point, Paul Rader on Runaway, Det. Joel Stevens on Boomtown, Lt. C. Carwood Lipton on the award-winning miniseries Band of Brothers, and Chris Scott on Big Apple.
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.
He's taken part in the reality shows Donnie Loves Jenny, Wahlburgers, Rock This Boat: New Kids on the Block, and The Masked Singer. He is narrator of HLN's true crime show Very Scary People. He is executive producer and narrator of the reality series Boston's Finest, in part produced by his company Donnie D. Productions.
He's known for his film roles as Det. Eric Matthews in the Saw film series (starting in Saw II), Shane in Zookeeper, Det. Teddy Riley in Righteous Kill, Commander Burton in Annapolis, Douglas 'Duddits' Cavell in Dreamcatcher, and Vincent Grey in The Sixth Sense. He's also had roles in TV movies including The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998 TV movie), as well as Kings of South Beach, and Bunker Hill.
As of 2011, he 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.
Movies
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024-11-12
New Kids on the Block: iHeartRadio Live
2024-09-06
Tooken
2015-05-26
NKOTBSB: Live at the O2 Arena
2012-04-29
Zookeeper
2011-07-06
What Doesn't Kill You
2008-12-12
Righteous Kill
2008-09-11
Saw IV
2007-10-25
Dead Silence
2007-03-16
Kings of South Beach
2007-03-12
Saw III
2006-10-26
Making of Saw II
2006-02-14
Annapolis
2006-01-27
Full Disclosure Report
2005-10-31
Saw II
2005-10-28
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005-09-23
Dreamcatcher
2003-03-21
Triggermen
2002-07-26
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
2001-09-09
Diamond Men
2000-10-11
Bullfighter
2000-10-01
The Sixth Sense
1999-08-06
Purgatory
1999-01-10
Butter
1998-10-13
Southie
1998-06-10
Body Count
1998-04-28
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998-02-01
Black Circle Boys
1997-01-16
Ransom
1996-11-08
Bullet
1996-03-01
WWE WrestleMania X
1994-03-20
New Kids on the Block: Live in Japan
1991-01-30
New Kids on the Block: Rock in Rio
1991-01-22
New Kids on the Block: Live in Providence
1990-12-07
New Kids On The Block Step by Step
1990-06-05
New Kids on the Block: Live in Nassau
1990-03-15
New Kids On The Block: Hangin' Tough Live
1989-11-14
New Kids On The Block: Hangin' Tough
1989-08-15
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