Donnie Wahlberg
Born: 1969-08-17 in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2025
- Boston Blue as Det. Danny Reagan
2022
- Sherri as Self - Guest
2021
- Wahl Street as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
- Sail Away: A New Kids On The Block Cruise Story as Self [NKOTB]
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- The Masked Singer as Cluedle-Doo
- Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
- Very Scary People as Self - Host
2017
- Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies as Self - Co-narrator
2016
- Fuller House as Donnie Wahlberg
2015
- Tooken as Himself
- Donnie Loves Jenny as Himself
2014
- Wahlburgers as Self
2012
2011
- Zookeeper as Shane
2010
- Blue Bloods as Danny Reagan
- Rizzoli & Isles as Joey Grant
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Bunker Hill as Detective Mike Moriarty
2008
- In Plain Sight as Jimmy McCabe / Jimmy Porter
- Righteous Kill as Det. Ted Riley
- 1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde as Himself
- What Doesn't Kill You as Detective Moran
2007
- Dead Silence as Det. Lipton
- Saw IV as Eric Matthews
- Kings of South Beach as Andy Burnett
- The Kill Point as Horst Cali
2006
- Saw III as Eric Matthews
- Annapolis as Lt. Burton
- Rachael Ray
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Randall Ipswitch
- Runaway as Paul Rader
- The Path to 9/11 as Kirk', CIA operative
2005
- Saw II as Eric Matthews
- Full Disclosure Report as Detective Eric Matthews
- Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Helium 3 Commander
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Dreamcatcher as Duddits
2002
- Boomtown as Detective Joel Stevens
- Triggermen as Terry Malloy
2001
- Band of Brothers as C. Carwood Lipton
- UC: Undercover
- The Making of 'Band of Brothers' as Self
2000
- Diamond Men as Bobby Walker
- Bullfighter as Chollo
1999
- Where Are They Now? as Self
- The Sixth Sense as Vincent Grey
- Purgatory as Deputy Glen / Billy the Kid
- The Early Show as Self
- New Kids on the Block - Greatest Hits: The Videos
1998
- Butter as Rick Damon
- TRL
- Southie as Danny Quinn
- Body Count as Booker
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Mr. Grey
1997
- The Practice as Patrick Rooney
- The View as Self
- Black Circle Boys as Greggo
- EP Daily
1994
- WWE WrestleMania X as Himself
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1991
1990
- New Kids on the Block as Donnie Wahlberg
- New Kids on the Block: Live in Providence as Self
- New Kids on the Block: Live in Nassau as Self
- New Kids On The Block Step by Step as Himself
1989
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self - New Kids on the Block
1974
- American Music Awards as Self - New Kids on the Block
1959
- The Grammys as Self