About
Donnie Wahlberg
Overview
Donald Edmond "Donnie" Wahlberg, Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and record producer. One of his siblings is actor Mark Wahlberg and he is married to comedian/actress Jenny McCarthy.
He is a founding member of the popular 1980s and 1990s boy band New Kids on the Block.
He's most known for his TV role as Det. Danny Reagan on Blue Bloods, for which he was nominated for a People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor in 2017. He's also known for his roles as Donnie on the sitcom Return of the Mac, Det. Horst Cali on The Kill Point, Paul Rader on Runaway, Det. Joel Stevens on Boomtown, Lt. C. Carwood Lipton on the award-winning miniseries Band of Brothers, and Chris Scott on Big Apple.
Graham Yost, executive producer and writer of Boomtown, had worked with him in Band of Brothers and was so impressed by his performance that he wrote the role of Joel Stevens specifically for him.
He's taken part in the reality shows Donnie Loves Jenny, Wahlburgers, Rock This Boat: New Kids on the Block, and The Masked Singer. He is narrator of HLN's true crime show Very Scary People. He is executive producer and narrator of the reality series Boston's Finest, in part produced by his company Donnie D. Productions.
He's known for his film roles as Det. Eric Matthews in the Saw film series (starting in Saw II), Shane in Zookeeper, Det. Teddy Riley in Righteous Kill, Commander Burton in Annapolis, Douglas 'Duddits' Cavell in Dreamcatcher, and Vincent Grey in The Sixth Sense. He's also had roles in TV movies including The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998 TV movie), as well as Kings of South Beach, and Bunker Hill.
As of 2011, he is the host of an internet radio show on Friday nights at 8 pm PST called "DDUB's R&B Back Rub" on Cherry Tree Radio.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2024 | Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2024 | New Kids on the Block: iHeartRadio Live | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2023 | New Kids On the Block: Live from Philadelphia | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2020 | Sail Away: A New Kids On The Block Cruise Story | Actor | Self [NKOTB] | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Very Scary People | Actor | Self - Host | 71 Good |
| 2017 | Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies | Actor | Self - Co-narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2015 | Tooken | Actor | Himself | 57 Average |
| 2015 | Donnie Loves Jenny | Actor | Himself | 68 Fair |
| 2014 | Wahlburgers | Actor | Self | 67 Fair |
| 2012 | NKOTBSB: Live at the O2 Arena | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Zookeeper | Actor | Shane | 55 Average |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Actor | Danny Reagan | 77 Good |
| 2008 | 1½ Knights - In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde | Actor | Himself | 56 Average |
| 2008 | What Doesn't Kill You | Actor | Detective Moran | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Righteous Kill | Actor | Detective Ted Riley | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Saw IV | Actor | Eric Matthews | 61 Fair |
| 2007 | The Kill Point | Actor | Horst Cali | 68 Fair |
| 2007 | Dead Silence | Actor | Det. Lipton | 63 Fair |
| 2007 | Kings of South Beach | Actor | Andy Burnett | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Saw III | Actor | Eric Matthews | 63 Fair |
| 2006 | Runaway | Actor | Paul Rader | 69 Fair |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Actor | Kirk', CIA operative | 69 Fair |
| 2006 | Making of Saw 2 | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2006 | Annapolis | Actor | Lt. Burton | 63 Fair |
| 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Actor | Randall Ipswitch | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Full Disclosure Report | Actor | Detective Eric Matthews | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Saw II | Actor | Eric Matthews | 65 Fair |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Actor | Helium 3 Commander | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Full Disclosure Report | Actor | Detective Eric Matthews | 60 Fair |
| 2003 | Dreamcatcher | Actor | Douglas 'Duddits' Cavell | 56 Average |
| 2002 | Boomtown | Actor | Detective Joel Stevens | 68 Fair |
| 2002 | Triggermen | Actor | Terry Malloy | 58 Average |
| 2001 | The Making of 'Band of Brothers' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | Band of Brothers | Actor | C. Carwood Lipton | 85 Very good |
| 2000 | Diamond Men | Actor | Bobby Walker | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Bullfighter | Actor | Chollo | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | Actor | Vincent Grey | 79 Good |
| 1999 | New Kids on the Block - Greatest Hits: The Videos | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1999 | Purgatory | Actor | Deputy Glen / Billy the Kid | 61 Fair |
| 1998 | Butter | Actor | Rick Damon | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Southie | Actor | Danny Quinn | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Body Count | Actor | Booker | 58 Average |
| 1998 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Actor | Mr. Grey | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Black Circle Boys | Actor | Greggo | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Ransom | Actor | Cubby Barnes | 65 Fair |
| 1996 | Bullet | Actor | Big Balls | 59 Average |
| 1994 | WWE WrestleMania X | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 1991 | New Kids on the Block: Live in Japan | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | New Kids on the Block: Rock in Rio | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | New Kids on the Block: Live in Providence | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | New Kids on the Block | Actor | 68 Fair |
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| 1990 | New Kids On The Block Step by Step | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | New Kids on the Block: Live in Nassau | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | New Kids On The Block: Hangin' Tough Live | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | New Kids On The Block: Hangin' Tough | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
Writing |
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| 2008 | What Doesn't Kill You | Writing | Author | 59 Average |