Last updated on 2012-06-07, by Tony

Celebrate Mark Wahlberg’s Birthday with Top 4 Mark Wahlberg Movies

Born in a poor family as the youngest child, the childhood of Mark Wahlberg is not that wonderful. As a hooligan, he used to spend days in prison for violating the law. As a singer in New Kids on the Block, he was known as Marky Mark. However, no one would expect such a bad boy would be one of the best actors of all time at that time.

The rich life experience of Mark Wahlberg in his youth contributes a lot to his success in acting. Either act as a jerk or a decent detective, Mark Wahlberg can always impress audience with the characters in Mark Wahlberg movies. Today is the 41th birthday of Mark Wahlberg. In order to celebrate it, all fans can watch the following top four Mark Wahlberg movies.

1. The Departed

As a movie that shares the similar plot with Hong Kong movie Internal Affairs, it successfully got Best Motion Picture in 2007 Academy Awards. In a movie starring by Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg successfully stole their thunders with his excellent performance. To award his performance, he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor.

In The Departed, a police officer wants to catch a bad guy named Costello so he sends Colin as a spy. However, he never finds that officer Billy is also a spy sent by Costello. So the struggle between police force and gangsters begins. In the movie, the image of a hooligan-style policeman created by Mark Wahlberg is quite impressive for his quick temper and his curses.

2. The Fighter

As a nominator for Best Motion Picture in 2011 Academy Awards, The Fighter is beaten by King’s Speech. As a Rocky-like movie, Mark Wahlberg acted as legendary boxer Micky Ward. With seven nominations in 2011 Academy Awards, The Fighter helped Christian Bale and Melissa Leo to win the Oscar statuettes.

The Fighter mainly tells a story about how Micky Ward starts his way to success with the help of his half brother, a boxer-turned-trainer. As the hero, Micky Ward not only needs to deal with his competitors in the match but also the conflicts between his family members. With The Fighter, Mark Wahlberg will show you a man fighting for honor as well as for life.

3. Shooter

In order to make the image of Bob Lee Swagger impressive, Mark Wahlberg not only needed to use snipe gun with his right hand but also receive the training of an army man. As a man of iron, Bob Lee Swagger will surprise you with his great snipping skill and strong mind in Shooter.

In the movie, when Swagger is serving for the military force, he witnesses the death of his best friend. Years later, he gets the mission to protect the president as a sniper. However, he later finds it is a conspiracy and he becomes the suspect of a murder. Swagger needs to find out the truth and figure out a way to prove his innocence.

4. The Italian Job

As a Mark Wahlberg movie, The Italian Job performed quite well in box office recipients. As a movie starring by Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron, the queen in Snow White and Huntsman, The Italian Job will belt you to the seat with its exciting plots and climax. This time, Mark will vividly present you the image of an intelligent thief.

Charlie Croker together with Steve successfully executes an elaborate gold heist. However, he is betrayed by Steve. After he has spent years in prison, he decides to get the gold back with a new team. However, as he gets the gold and runs away, he finds himself being hunted by a helicopter driven by Steve. Charlie needs to figure a way to help himself out.

Those are the top four Mark Wahlberg movies to watch on Mark Wahlberg’s birthday. If you are a Mark Wahlberg fan as well as an iPad user, you can watch those movies with iPad by converting the DVDs to mp4 files with DVD Ripper.