Robert Wahlberg Movies and Career Information

Robert "Bob" Wahlberg (born December 18, 1967) is an American actor. He has appeared in such films as Southie, Mystic River, and The Departed. Born in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, Wahlberg is one of nine children, with siblings Arthur, Jim, Paul, Mark, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie, and Donnie Wahlberg. He also has three half siblings from his father's first marriage: Donna, Scott and Buddy. His mother, Alma Elaine (née McPeck), was a bank clerk and nurse's aid, and his father, Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Sr was a teamster who worked as a delivery driver; the two divorced in 1982. His paternal grandfather was of Swedish descent, while his other ancestry includes Irish and French Canadian. His father, a US Army veteran of the Korean War, died on February 14, 2008. As actor