Entertainment Movies Action Movies Mark Wahlberg Turns 53: Inside Actor's Busy Life as a Husband, Father and Workout Lover Mark Wahlberg has two movies set to release during the remainder of 2024, including 'Flight Risk' and Netflix's 'The Union' By Tommy McArdle Tommy McArdle Tommy McArdle is an editorial assistant on the Movies team at PEOPLE. Tommy joined PEOPLE in 2022. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on June 5, 2024 12:32PM EDT Mark Wahlberg on Dec. 13, 2023. Photo: Paul Citone/Variety via Getty Images Mark Wahlberg is celebrating another trip around the sun! Wahlberg remains as busy as ever as he turns 53 on Wednesday, June 5. In the last six months, the actor and movie producer has appeared in two films and produced a documentary. That's on top of his bustling life at home with his wife Rhea Durham and their four children: Ella, 20, Michael, 18, Brendan, 15 and Grace, 14. The two-time Academy Award nominee remains a major exercise buff even into his 50s. On Tuesday, June 4, the actor shared a video of one of his grueling workouts just one day before his birthday on Instagram. "Get up early and get it in right away📈💯 4 am club 🥶🔥," the actor, who has often spoken about his early-morning workout routine in the past, wrote in a caption to that post. Read on for everything to know about Wahlberg's life these days, including his upcoming movies Flight Risk and The Union. Blake Shelton Spends $40K for Walk-On Movie Role with Mark Wahlberg, Jokes 'I'm a Movie Star Now' Rhea Durham and Mark Wahlberg on Dec. 13, 2023. Eric Charbonneau/Getty Wahlberg has been married to his wife Durham, 45, since August 1, 2009. The couple met in New York City in 2001 and welcomed three of their four children prior to getting married. They later announced they were expecting their youngest child, in October of that same year. The actor last shared a photo of himself posing with his wife and children when he shared a few throwback photos featuring Durham and his late mother, Alma Wahlberg, who died in 2021 at age 78, in celebration of Mother's Day in May. In April, Durham shared a photo of her and Mark posing with their sons Michael and Brendan in which both sons appeared to stand taller than their parents. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The Boogie Nights star most recently appeared on the big screen in the adventure film Arthur the King, in which he portrays an extreme athlete who forms a bond with a stray dog during a significant endurance race in the Dominican Republic. The movie is based on Swedish extreme athlete and author Mikael Lindnord's 2017 book Arthur: The Dog Who Crossed The Jungle To Find A Home. Wahlberg has two more movies set to release in 2024, titled Flight Risk and The Union, according to his IMDb page. The actor teamed up with director Mel Gibson for Flight Risk, which Variety described as a thriller in which Wahlberg portrays "a mob hit man who tricks a federal agent into allowing him to pilot a plane carrying an informant out of a remote area" following the debut of its trailer at CinemaCon 2024. Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace costar in the movie, set for release on Oct. 18. Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham's Sons Stand Taller Than Their Parents in New Family Vacation Photo: 'My Boys' In The Union, Wahlberg teams up with Halle Berry; a synopsis for the film on Netflix's Tudum website describes it as an action film following the two stars as former high school sweethearts who are reunited when Berry's spy character Roxanne recruits Wahlberg's Mike to join her on a mission. That movie begins streaming on Netflix Aug. 16. On top of those two projects, Wahlberg also recently produced the documentary MoviePass, Movie Crash, tracking the rise and subsequent fall of the movie theater subscription service MoviePass. That film is streaming on Max now. While speaking with Cigar Aficionado back in September 2023, Wahlberg suggested he may not work as frequently moving forward. “I don’t think that I’ll be acting that much longer at the pace I am now," he said at the time, adding that he is "certainly working harder now than ever."