Robert Wahlberg Explained

Birth Name:Robert George Wahlberg
Birth Date:18 December 1967
Birth Place:Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1984–present
Spouse:Gina Santangelo
Children:2
Relatives:Donnie Wahlberg (brother)
Mark Wahlberg (brother)
Rhea Durham (sister-in-law)
Jim Wahlberg (brother)
Paul Wahlberg (brother)

Robert George Wahlberg (born December 18, 1967) is an American actor who has appeared in films such as Southie, Mystic River and The Departed.

Life and career

Born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Robert is the brother of Arthur, Jim, Paul, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie (died 2003), and actors/musicians Mark and Donnie Wahlberg.[1] He also has three half-siblings from his father's first marriage: Donna, Scott, and Buddy. His mother, Alma Elaine (née Donnelly), was a bank clerk and nurse's aid, and his father, Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Sr., was a teamster who worked as a delivery driver; the two divorced in 1982.[2] [3] His father, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, died on February 14, 2008.[4] His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, while his maternal ancestry is Irish, French-Canadian, and English.[5]

He has two children, Oscar and Charlie, from his marriage to Gina Santangelo.[6]

Wahlberg has appeared in films such as Southie, Orphan, Scenes of the Crime, Moonlight Mile, Mystic River, The Departed, Gone Baby Gone, Don McKay and The Equalizer.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998SouthieDavey Quinn
2000The ExchangeLee Naldoff
2001OrphanTimmy Cummings
2001Scenes of the CrimeArnon
2002Moonlight MilePinky
2003Mystic RiverKevin Savage
2006The DepartedFrank Lazio
2007On BroadwayKevin Sheehan
2007 Gone Baby GoneInterrogating Officer
2009Don McKayAlfred
2012ContrabandJohn Bryce Farraday
2014The EqualizerDetective Harris
2019–presentCity on a HillBernie Hannahan, Detective5 episodes

Notes and References

  1. News: Mark Wahlberg's Life And Career On Track . . March 19, 2007 . September 26, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225605/http://cbs4denver.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_078124235.html .
  2. Web site: Donnie Wahlberg Biography . Yahoo! Movies . https://web.archive.org/web/20060902130559/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800024619/bio . September 2, 2006 .
  3. Web site: Mark Wahlberg Film Reference biography . Filmreference.com . 2016-12-09.
  4. News: Donald E. Wahlberg - Death Notices . . February 18, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080301184308/http://www.bostonherald.com/news/obituaries/death_notices/view.bg?articleid=1073799 . March 1, 2008 . 2008-10-27.
  5. Web site: Ancestry of Mark Wahlberg . Wargs.com . 2016-12-09.
  6. Web site: Robert Wahlberg Family. 2020-07-16. Celebrityxyz.