ACTOR · BORN 1969
Donnie Wahlberg
- Born
- 17 August 1969
23 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
11 Facts About Donnie Wahlberg's Life and Family
- #003
His siblings are Arthur Wahlberg, James M. Wahlberg, Debbie, Paul Wahlberg, Michelle, Tracey, Robert Wahlberg and Mark Wahlberg. Donnie was also named after his father, Donald E. Wahlberg Sr., which makes him a Jr.
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He has two children with his ex-wife Kim Fey: Xavier Alexander Wahlberg (born 4 March 1993) and Elijah Wahlberg (Elijah Hendrix Wahlberg) (born 20 August 2001).
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Donnie produced, arranged, mixed and co-wrote "Music for the People" and "You Gotta Believe" for his brother Mark's group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, whose 1991 and 1992 hit albums included the number-one hit "Good Vibrations" and a multi-platinum album for the former. He also worked on the successful 1999 solo albums by NKOTB's Joey McIntyre and Jordan Knight.
- #007
He was arrested on a first-degree arson charge for setting fire to a corridor of The Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky with a bottle of alcohol (the hotel also appears in The Insider (1999) with Al Pacino). On 10 April 1991 he accepted a reduction to a second-degree criminal mischief charge and eventually, in exchange for the charge being dropped, made public service announcements about fire safety, drugs and drunk driving.
- #011
He is Melissa McCarthy's cousin.
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He became engaged to Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg [16 April 2014].
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His father was of half Swedish and half Irish descent, and his mother's ancestry was 11/16 Irish, one-eighth French-Canadian, one-eighth English and one-sixteenth Scottish. Donnie's paternal grandfather, Axel Simon Wahlberg, was the son of Swedish immigrants Axel Gustaf Wahlberg and Ida Albertina Nordstrom. Through his French-Canadian ancestry he is a distant relative of singers Madonna and Céline Dion.
- #018
He is the son of Alma Wahlberg (Alma Conroy) and Donald E. Wahlberg Sr.
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Donnie Wahlberg is Evan Asher's stepfather.
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Donnie Wahlberg is Daniel McCarthy's son-in-law.
- #023
Donnie Wahlberg is Jeff Wahlberg's uncle.
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