Robert George Wahlberg (born December 18, 1967) is an American actor who has appeared in films such as '' Southie'', ''

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Life and career

Born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Robert is the brother of Arthur, Jim,

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, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie (died 2003), and actors/musicians

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Donnie Wahlberg Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, record producer, and film producer. He is a founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. Outside music, he has had roles in the ''Saw' ...

. He also has three half-siblings from his father's first marriage: Donna, Scott, and Buddy. His mother, Alma Elaine (

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Donnelly), was a bank clerk and nurse's aid, and his father, Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Sr., was a

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who worked as a delivery driver; the two divorced in 1982. His father, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, died on February 14, 2008. His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, while his maternal ancestry is Irish, French-Canadian, and English. He has two children, Oscar and Charlie, from his marriage to Gina Santangelo. Wahlberg has appeared in films such as ''Southie'', ''Orphan'', ''

Scenes of the Crime ''Scenes of the Crime'' is a 2001 film directed by Dominique Forma and written by Daniel Golka, Amit Mehta, and Forma. It stars Jon Abrahams, Jeff Bridges, Noah Wyle, R. Lee Ermey, Peter Greene, Mädchen Amick, Morris Chestnut, Bob Gunton, ...

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Gone Baby Gone ''Gone Baby Gone'' is a 2007 American crime thriller film directed by Ben Affleck, in his directorial debut. Affleck co-wrote the screenplay with Aaron Stockard based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. The film stars Casey Affl ...

'', '' Don McKay'' and '' The Equalizer''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wahlberg, Robert 1967 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American people of English descent American people of French-Canadian descent American people of Irish descent American people of Swedish descent Living people Male actors from Boston Wahlberg family People from Dorchester, Massachusetts