Mark Wahlberg: June 5, 1971

Marky Mark might have been a flash in the pan, but Mark Wahlberg is here to stay.  A talented rapper, songwriter, and director, he tends to excel at everything he tries—we wonder what he’ll take up next.  After starting in the music biz, he switched his gears to include acting, taking on roles in The Perfect Storm, The Departed, The Fighter, and The Transformer Series.

What most of Mark’s fans don’t realize is that he comes from a checkered past–he used to sell drugs and he had addictions himself, which led him to drug and alcohol rehabilitation in an attempt to clean up his act. He is clean and sober these days, and focuses on his craft and his family, whom he dearly loves.