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Donnie Wahlberg

Donnie Wahlberg

Birthday: 1969-08-17 | Place of Birth: 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 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Boston Blue

as    Det. Danny Reagan

2025
DunKings 2: The Movie

as    Self

2019
Very Scary People

as    Self - Host

2017
Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies

as    Self - Co-narrator

2015
Donnie Loves Jenny

as    Himself

2014
Wahlburgers

as    Self

2011
Zookeeper

as    Shane

2010
Blue Bloods

as    Danny Reagan

2009
Bunker Hill

as    Detective Mike Moriarty

2008
Righteous Kill

as    Det. Ted Riley

2008
What Doesn't Kill You

as    Detective Moran

2007
Kings of South Beach

as    Andy Burnett

2007
Dead Silence

as    Det. Lipton

2007
Saw IV

as    Eric Matthews

2007
The Kill Point

as    Horst Cali

2006
Saw III

as    Eric Matthews

2006
The Path to 9/11

as    Kirk', CIA operative

2006
Annapolis

as    Lt. Burton

2006
Runaway

as    Paul Rader

2006
2005
Saw II

as    Eric Matthews

2003
Bullfighter

as    Chollo

2003
Dreamcatcher

as    Duddits

2002
Boomtown

as    Detective Joel Stevens

2002
Triggermen

as    Terry Malloy