Elijah Hendrix Wahlberg is the son of a well-known American actor and musician Donnie Wahlberg. Read further to know more about this upcoming celebrity kid and discover why he’s famous.
Personal Life
Elijah was born on 20th August 2001 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He was born to Donnie Wahlberg, an actor and Kimberly Fey, a real estate agent and a sound engineer. Elijah has two brothers named Xavier Alexander Wahlberg and Evan Joseph Asher.
He also comes from a reputable family, his paternal grandparents and uncles are well-established individuals within their own industries.
Elijah was briefly in a relationship with a photographer named Grace Aducci. The duo, however, split up later.
His Father Donnie Wahlberg
Elijah’s father is none other than the renowned Hollywood actor and musician Donnie Wahlberg. Donnie was in Dorchester, Boston, United States of America on August 17th 1969. His parents are Alma Wahlberg and Donald Wahlberg.
His father, Donald was an actor and his mother, Alma was a bank clerk and nurse’s aid. Donald Wahlberg was of Swedish and Irish ancestry and Alma McPeck was of Irish, English, and French-Canadian line of descent. Donnie has seven older siblings and one younger brother.
His father, Donnie Wahlberg married Kimberly Fey, Elijah’s mother on August 20 1999. The pair have two children together, Xavier Alexander Wahlberg and Elijah Hendrix Wahlberg. Donnie and Kimberly split and got divorced after 9 years of marriage in 2008.
In 2013, Donnie began dating a well-known model called Jenny McCarthy after the duo had met on a late-night television show called Watch What Happens Live. The couple got engaged on a talk show called The View on April 16, 2014, a couple of days later, on the 31st of August 2014 the two of them tied the knot.
Donnie Wahlberg’s Career
Donnie Wahlberg has donned several roles, he is an actor, songwriter, singer, rapper and producer. Donnie rose to fame because of his music career. He was the founding member of the band New Kids on the Block.
Donnie began his acting career in 1996 with his role in the 1996 crime drama movie Bullet featuring Tupac Shakur. Some of his notable roles in films are
- Vincent Grey in The Sixth Sense
- Detective Eric Matthews in Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV
- Shane in Zookeeper
He is also well known for his role as a detective in the Television series Blue Blood, which is a series based on the lives of a cop family living in New York.
Facts
- Elijah’s uncles, Mark Wahlberg and Paul Wahlberg and father Donnie Wahlberg run a restaurant and bar business together called Wahlburgers. There is even a series based on the same and the trio were seen featuring on it quite often.
- Elijah’s uncle, Mark Wahlberg is a well known actor he is known to have won two Academy Awards, one BAFTA Award, nine Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
- His father, Donnie Wahlberg was raised a Catholic.
Conclusion
Elijah is deeply inspired by his father, Donnie and has followed the footsteps of his father, grandfather and uncles. Elijah is seen pursuing a career in acting and has shown significant interest in pursuing a music career as well.