According to ABC News, as a teen Wahlberg had a history of "petty crime, drug dealing and racism."
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He harassed a group of African American school kids with racist epithets, and when he was 16, again using racist language, he attacked a middle-aged Vietnamese man and left the Man blind in oneeye. Wahlberg was arrested for attempted murder, plead guilty to assault, and spent 45 days in jail.
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[edit]Career
Wahlberg first came to fame as the younger brother of Donnie Wahlberg of the successful bubblegum pop group New Kids on the Block. Mark had been hired as an original member of the group but quit before it became a success.
When the New Kids' success finally ended, Mark began recording as Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch, earning a hit with Good Vibrations from the album Music for the People. The record was produced by his brother Donnie. The second Marky Mark LP, You Gotta Believe, was a relative failure. He briefly became embroiled in controversy when he appeared to endorse the homophobic comments made by Shabba Ranks when they appeared as guests on the British chat showThe Word. He later publicly dissociated himself from Ranks' comments, but after widespread media coverage.[3]
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Wahlberg was also known for his impressive physique. He first displayed it in the Good VibrationsMusicvideo and most prominently in a series of underwear ads for Calvin Klein shot by Herb Ritts. During concert performances, he was known for stripping to his briefs and grabbing his crotch. He also made a workout video entitled The Marky Mark Workout: Fitness, Form, Focus. Afterwards he had a few hits in the european dance scene with Prince Ital Joe, which abruptly ended when the latter died in a car accident.
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He then began an acting career, making his debut in the 1993 TV movie The Substitute. He has earned positive reviews and appeared in a number of successful movies like Boogie Nights, Three Kings, The PerfectStorm, Four Brothers, and The Italian Job.
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Wahlberg recently starred in the football drama, Invincible, based on the true story of Vince Papale. He is also the executive producer of the HBO series Entourage which is loosely based on his experiences in Hollywood. He also appeared as a Massachusetts State Police detective in Martin Scorsese's thriller, The Departed in 2006. He is nominated for a GoldenGlobe for Best Supporting Actor in a drama (2007) for this role.
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