Robert Wahlberg

{{Infobox person

| birth_name = Robert George Wahlberg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|12|18}}

| birth_place = Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1984–present

| spouse = Gina Santangelo

| children = 2

| relatives = Donnie Wahlberg (brother)
Mark Wahlberg (brother)
Rhea Durham (sister-in-law)
Jim Wahlberg (brother)
Paul Wahlberg (brother)

}}

Robert George Wahlberg (born December 18, 1967) is an American actor who has appeared in films such as Southie, Mystic River and The Departed.

Life and career

Born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Robert is the brother of Arthur, Jim, Paul, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie (died 2003), and actors/musicians Mark and Donnie Wahlberg.{{Cite news |url=http://cbs4denver.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_078124235.html |title=Mark Wahlberg's Life And Career On Track |publisher=CBS News |date=March 19, 2007 |archive-date=September 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225605/http://cbs4denver.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_078124235.html }} He also has three half-siblings from his father's first marriage: Donna, Scott, and Buddy. His mother, Alma Elaine (née Donnelly), 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.{{Cite web |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800024619/bio |title=Donnie Wahlberg Biography |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902130559/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800024619/bio |archive-date=September 2, 2006 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/35/Mark-Wahlberg.html |title=Mark Wahlberg Film Reference biography |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=2016-12-09}} His father, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, died on February 14, 2008.{{cite news |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/obituaries/death_notices/view.bg?articleid=1073799|title=Donald E. Wahlberg - Death Notices |publisher= Boston Herald |date=February 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080301184308/http://www.bostonherald.com/news/obituaries/death_notices/view.bg?articleid=1073799 |archive-date=March 1, 2008 |access-date=2008-10-27}}

His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, while his maternal ancestry is Irish, French-Canadian, and English.{{cite web|url=http://www.wargs.com/other/wahlberg.html |title=Ancestry of Mark Wahlberg |publisher=Wargs.com |access-date=2016-12-09}}

He has two children, Oscar and Charlie, from his marriage to Gina Santangelo.{{cite web|title=Robert Wahlberg Family|url=https://celebrityxyz.com/actor/robert-wahlberg#cxyz_2|access-date=2020-07-16|website=Celebrityxyz}}

Wahlberg has appeared in films such as Southie, Orphan, Scenes of the Crime, Moonlight Mile, Mystic River, The Departed, Gone Baby Gone, Don McKay and The Equalizer.

Filmography

class="wikitable"
style="background:#b0c4de; width:10%;"\| Year ! style="background:#b0c4de; width:20%;"\| Title ! style="background:#b0c4de; width:20%;"\| Role ! style="background:#b0c4de; width:50%;"\| Notes
1998 \|Southie \|Davey Quinn \|
2000 \|The Exchange \|Lee Naldoff \|
rowspan="2" \|2001 \|Orphan \|Timmy Cummings \|
Scenes of the Crime \|Arnon \|
2002 \|Moonlight Mile \|Pinky \|
2003 \|Mystic River \|Kevin Savage \|
2006 \|The Departed \|Frank Lazio \|
rowspan="2" \|2007 \|On Broadway \|Kevin Sheehan \|
Gone Baby Gone \|Interrogating Officer \|
2009 \|Don McKay \|Alfred \|
2012 \|Contraband \|John Bryce Farraday \|
2014 \|The Equalizer \|Detective Harris \|
2019 \|City on a Hill \|Bernie Hannahan, Detective \|5 episodes

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style="background:#b0c4de; width:10%;"| Year

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1998

|Southie

|Davey Quinn

2000

|The Exchange

|Lee Naldoff

rowspan="2" |2001