Robert Wahlberg

Acting

Robert Wahlberg

Born December 18, 1967 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA (age 58)

Robert G. Wahlberg (born December 18, 1967) is an American actor who has appeared in films such as Southie, Mystic River, and The Departed. Born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, Robert is the older brother of actors/musicians Mark and Donnie Wahlberg. His mother, Alma Elaine (née Donnelly), was a bank clerk and nurse's aid, and his father, Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Sr., was …

Known For

The EqualizerThe Equalizer · 2014
The Equalizer
7.32014
MovieThrillerAction
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
The DepartedThe Departed · 2006
The Departed
8.22006
MovieDramaThriller
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
Mystic RiverMystic River · 2003
Mystic River
7.72003
MovieThrillerDrama
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
Gone Baby GoneGone Baby Gone · 2007
Gone Baby Gone
7.32007
MovieCrimeDrama
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
ContrabandContraband · 2012
Contraband
6.32012
MovieThrillerAction
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Moonlight MileMoonlight Mile · 2002
Moonlight Mile
6.32002
MovieRomanceDrama
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Scenes of the CrimeScenes of the Crime · 2002
Scenes of the Crime
5.52002
MovieDramaThriller
A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is shot dead by a rival crime boss.
On BroadwayOn Broadway · 2007
On Broadway
6.52007
MovieDrama
On Broadway tells the story of Jack O'Toole, a 30-something Boston everyman, who writes a play about his dead uncle as a way to reconnect with his hard-nosed dad. With no money and just his gut to guide him, Jack quits his job as a carpenter so that he can mount a production of his play on the only stage he can afford: in the back room of his neighborhood pub, on a little street called Broadway.

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