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Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971), formerly known by his stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor and former rapper. His work as a leading man spans the comedy, drama, and action genres. He has received multiple accolades, including a BAFTA Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and nine Primetime Emmy Awards. Wahlberg was born in Boston. As a youth, he took part in a number of violent and racially motivated attacks. He gained fame as a member of the hip hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch in the 1990s, with whom he released the albums Music for the People (1991) and You Gotta Believe (1992). Wahlberg made his screen debut in Renaissance Man (1994) and had his first starring role in Fear (1996). He received critical praise for his performance as porn actor Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights (1997). In the early 2000s, Wahlberg ventured into big-budget action movies, such as The Perfect Storm (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), and The Italian Job (2003). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a police officer in the crime drama The Departed (2006). Wahlberg was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for portraying Micky Ward in the sports drama biopic The Fighter (2010); as co-producer, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. During the 2010s, he landed successful comedy roles with The Other Guys (2010), Ted (2012), Ted 2 (2015), Daddy's Home (2015), and Daddy's Home 2 (2017). Wahlberg also starred in the Transformers franchise films Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). He was the world's highest-paid actor in 2017. Wahlberg served as executive producer of five HBO series: the comedy-drama Entourage (2004–2011), the period crime drama Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), the comedy-dramas How to Make It in America (2010–2011) and Ballers (2015–2019), and the documentary McMillions (2020). He is co-owner of the Wahlburgers chain and co-starred in the reality TV series about it. Wahlberg received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010.
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for Jacob Stone in The Weight Of The Cross
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The Weight Of The Cross is an American neo-Western action thriller miniseries created by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde and developed by Angel for their streaming service of the same name. The second prequel to Wyoming's Cross and the third installment in the franchise by Angel about the American West, it stars Anne Hathaway and Chloë Grace Moretz, the latter reprising her role as Rose Stone, with newcomers Lucas Black, Terry Crews, Carrie Underwood, Stephen Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg, Matthew McConaughey, John Ratzenberger, Jamie Foxx, and Denzel Washington. The entire series is narrated by Dove Cameron, who portrayed Bailey Stone, the protagonist of Wyoming's Cross. Produced by Pinnacle Peak Pictures and Kendrick Brothers, the series's story is set during World War II and follows an older Rose (Hathaway), who finds herself forced to protect her ranch, and more importantly, her family, from Nazi supporters and greedy dealers, and other tyrants who want her land for nothing but profit. The Weight of the Cross premiered on January 1st, 2028, and eventually was released a month later on February 5th; like its predecessors, the series received universal acclaim. Critics, audiences and biblical viewers praised its depth, writing, action sequences, visuals, performances (particularly Hathaway, Black, and Washington), cinematography, score, and emotional weight. A final series is in development, which will also be the last prequel.
