Donnie Wahlberg
Donnie Wahlberg
Donald Edmond "Donnie" Wahlberg, Jr.is an American singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, and film producer. He is a founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. Outside of music, he has had featured roles in the Saw films, The Sixth Sense, Dreamcatcher, and Righteous Kill, also appearing in the World War II miniseries Band of Brothers. From 2002 to 2003, he starred in the crime drama Boomtown. He has been starring in the drama series Blue Bloods with...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 August 1969
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not a big fan of table reads or sitting around a table and reading a script. I'd rather do it on set and do it for real.
I love food shows: Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef, Chopped, you name it.
I like being a leader in real life.
For a Bostonian... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling.
We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.
Backstreet Boys fans don't want to hear the New Kids singing all of their hits. Just like our fans don't want to hear the Backstreet Boys singing all of our hits.
If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career has its ups and downs and in-betweens.
A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down.
I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.
For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.
When New Kids became really successful, I got a lot of offers to do parts in movies and TV shows, but I was really busy, so I pretty much turned everything down. But I always knew it was something that I would eventually put some energy into.
Producing suits me because I have a business mind and a business sensibility.
It's not hard to keep up the image we chose. It's not hard to stay yourselves.
It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am