
Donnie Wahlberg
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

Saw II
2005

The Sixth Sense
1999

Ransom
1996

Body Count
1998

Kings of South Beach
2007

Triggermen
2002

Dreamcatcher
2003

Annapolis
2006

Righteous Kill
2008

Diamond Men
2000

Dead Silence
2007

Sail Away: A New Kids On The Block Cruise Story
2020

What Doesn't Kill You
2008

Zookeeper
2011

Bullfighter
2000

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005

New Kids On the Block: Live from Philadelphia
2023

New Kids on the Block - Greatest Hits: The Videos
1999

Black Circle Boys
1997

Southie
1998

New Kids On The Block Step by Step
1990

Butter
1998

Full Disclosure Report
2005

New Kids On The Block: Hangin' Tough
1989

New Kids on the Block: Rock in Rio
1991

New Kids on the Block: Live in Providence
1990

New Kids on the Block: Live in Japan
1991

New Kids on the Block: Live in Nassau
1990

Saw III
2006

Saw IV
2007

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998

Bullet
1996

Tooken
2015

New Kids On The Block: Hangin' Tough Live
1989

1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
2008

Purgatory
1999

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006

NKOTBSB: Live From The O2 Arena London
2012

WWE WrestleMania X
1994

New Kids on the Block: iHeartRadio Live
2024

The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
2001

Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024

Bunker Hill
2009

EP Daily
1997

Boomtown
2002

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

The Practice
1997

UC: Undercover
2001

The Early Show
1999

Band of Brothers
2001

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

In Plain Sight
2008

The Path to 9/11
2006

The Kill Point
2007

MMC
1989

Where Are They Now?
1999

The Masked Singer
2019

TRL
1998

Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies
2017

The Masked Singer
2019

Blue Bloods
2010

Rizzoli & Isles
2010

American Music Awards
1974

Wahlburgers
2014

Donnie Loves Jenny
2015

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

Rachael Ray
2006

Very Scary People
2019

Runaway
2006

Sherri
2022

Fuller House
2016

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019

Sacrée Soirée
1987

Boston Blue
2025

The View
1997

The Grammys
1959

New Kids on the Block
1990

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015