Mark Wahlberg is a dad of 4: What to know about his kids (2024)

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How many biological children does Mark Wahlberg have? ›

Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Wahlberg are proud parents of four. The "Family Plan" star and his model wife share two daughters and two sons -- Ella, Michael, Brendan and Grace -- snapshots of whom they often share on their social media pages.

Wahlberg started dating Rhea Durham in 2001. They had three children during the first seven years of their relationship, and married on August 1, 2009, at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills, near where they lived. They had another child five months after their wedding in January 2010.

Donny has two sons, Xavier and Elijah, by first wife Kim Fey, and is married to actress/producer/writer Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg.

Ella Rae Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg / Daughter

Alma, the matriarch of the Wahlberg family, had nine children with ex-husband Donald Wahlberg: Donnie, Paul, Robert, Jim, Arthur, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie and Mark. Alma and Donald divorced in 1982; Donald died in 2008.

Ella Rae. Now 20, Ella is the eldest of the Wahlberg kids and a student at Clemson University in South Carolina.

The Tragic Loss: Debbie Wahlberg's Death

Debbie Wahlberg's life came to a tragic end on September 2, 2003, marking a devastating day for the Wahlberg family. She passed away at the age of 43 due to complications from a heart attack and septic shock during a medical procedure at Boston Hospital.

Actor Mark Wahlberg has an estimated net worth of $400 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. In 2023, Wahlberg made $46.7 million in real estate profits from selling his 30,500-square-foot property in Beverley Park, Los Angeles, for $55 million.

Rhea Durham

Mark Wahlberg / Wife (m. 2009)

All nine children were born to Alma Wahlberg, who worked as a bank clerk and nurse's aide, and Donald Wahlberg Sr., who was a delivery driver after serving in the Korean War.

Who is the richest Wahlberg brother? ›

Who is richer: Mark Wahlberg or Donnie Wahlberg? As has been previously written, Mark Wahlberg has a net worth of $400 million. His older brother Donnie Wahlberg, who was extremely instrumental in Mark's early career, has a net worth of $25 million.

Donnie and Mark are the youngest of nine siblings, with Donnie being just a year older. The tight-knit brothers are proud natives of Boston's Dorchester neighborhood (and, naturally are lifelong Celtics fans).

Rhea started a relationship with Mark Wahlberg in 2001. They have four children. They were married on August 1, 2009, in a private Catholic ceremony in Beverly Hills, California. In 2009, she converted to Catholicism from Baptist Protestantism, having received the sacraments of initiation.

In an interview on "Good Morning America," Wahlberg said, "I spoke French in a movie before, I've spoken a lot of foreign languages in film, and I've always been able to pick up the good words, the really bad words, and then whatever lines I have in the movie, but the German was much more difficult."

Wahlberg's daughter, Ella, is a student at Clemson University.

He is the eighth of nine children, with older siblings, Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie and younger brother, Mark. Wahlberg began his entertainment career as the leader of the late 1980s/early 1990s boy band, New Kids on the Block.