MARKY MARK HUNTS FOR TREASURE

Mark Wahlberg, 50, is up for adventure in Uncharted (in theaters Feb. 18), based on the bestselling video games of the same name. He plays a seasoned fortune hunter, Victor “Sully” Sullivan, on a dangerous quest for treasure. Here are five fun facts about the Boston-born actor, who owns the burger chain Wahlburgers with two of his eight older siblings (brothers Paul and Donnie) and is an avid fan of his hometown teams: the Bruins, Celtics, Red Sox and Patriots.

He earned his GED in 2013 because as a father he felt he couldn’t tell his kids to stay in school since he dropped out at 14.

He had all his tattoos removed in a five-year process that he says was “incredibly painful.”

He dropped out of Ocean's Eleven. His role of Linus Caldwell went to Matt Damon.X

An original member of New Kids on the Block, along with brother Donnie, he left after a few months to form his own act, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

He was originally scheduled to be on American Airlines Flight 11, which hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center on 9/11, but changed his plans to attend the Toronto Film Festival.