Robert Wahlberg is an American actor. Robert Wahlberg has appeared in such films as Southie, Mystic River, and The Departed. Robert Wahlberg is one of nine children, with siblings Arthur, Jim, Paul, Mark, Tracey, Michelle, Debbie, and Donnie Wahlberg.

Robert also has three half siblings from his father`s first marriage: Donna, Scott and Buddy. His mother, Alma Elaine, was a bank clerk and nurse`s aid, and his father, Donald Sr was a teamster who worked as a delivery driver; the two divorced in 1982.

His paternal grandfather was of Swedish descent, while his other ancestry includes Irish and French Canadian. His father, a US Army veteran of the Korean War, died on February 14, 2008.