Donnie Wahlberg

Born: August 17 1969
Where: Boston, Massachussets, USA

The former New Kid on the Block and brother of Mark Wahlberg made his feature debut as the kind kidnapper in Mel Gibson's Ransom.

One of eight children, Wahlberg joined his first band - Risk - aged ten and was then approached by Maurice Starr to form New Kids on the Block.

Not content with singing, he also went on to write and produce while working with bands such as Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

After Ransom he had minor roles in Julien Temple' Bullet, horror yarn The Black Circle Boys and alongside David Caruso in the thriller Body Count.

He starred in the drama Southie and portrayed Billy The Kid in the TV movies Purgatory before his profile was raised as Vincent Gray in The Sixth Sense.

Subsequent appearances included Dan Cohen's Diamond Men and the critically-acclaimed TV series Band of Brothers.

In 2002, he starred in Triggermen alongside Neil Morrissey and followed that with Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation of Stephen King's Dreamcatcher.

Recent work saw him playing a jaded cop in the efficient horror sequel Saw 2.