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Donnie Wahlberg
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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…
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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.
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2026
The Adam Ray Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2025
Boston Blue
TV show Det. Danny Reagan
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2024
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Movie Self - New Kids on the Block
- 2024
- 2023
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2020
Sail Away: A New Kids On The Block Cruise Story
Movie Self [NKOTB]
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV show Self
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2019
Very Scary People
TV show Self - Host
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2019
The Masked Singer
TV show Cluedle-Doo
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2017
Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies
TV show Self - Co-narrator
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2016
Fuller House
TV show Donnie Wahlberg
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
Tooken
Movie Himself
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2015
Donnie Loves Jenny
TV show Himself
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Wahlburgers
TV show Self
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2012
NKOTBSB: Live From The O2 Arena London
Movie Self
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2011
Zookeeper
Movie Shane
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2010
Blue Bloods
TV show Danny Reagan
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2010
Rizzoli & Isles
TV show Joey Grant
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2009
Bunker Hill
Movie Detective Mike Moriarty
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
- 2008
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2008
What Doesn't Kill You
Movie Detective Moran
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2008
Saw V
Movie Eric Matthews (archive footage)
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2008
Righteous Kill
Movie Det. Ted Riley
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2008
In Plain Sight
TV show Jimmy McCabe / Jimmy Porter
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2007
Saw IV
Movie Eric Matthews
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2007
The Kill Point
TV show Horst Cali
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2007
Dead Silence
Movie Det. Lipton
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2007
Kings of South Beach
Movie Andy Burnett
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2006
Saw III
Movie Eric Matthews
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2006
Gregg Hoffman: In Memoriam
Movie Self (Archival Footage)
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2006
Runaway
TV show Paul Rader
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2006
Rachael Ray
TV show
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2006
The Path to 9/11
TV show Kirk', CIA operative
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2006
Annapolis
Movie Lt. Burton
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2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Movie Randall Ipswitch
