2. Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg began his career as the gormless pop star Marky Mark, before branching out into gormless remakes of Planet of the Apes, gormless Saw sequels and being quite-good-actually in The Departed. There is one role where Wahlberg proved to be far from gormless – his part in assaulting a man so badly he was charged with attempted murder.
Wahlberg was 16 when he attacked two Vietnamese men in what seems to be a racially-motivated attack. While screaming about “gooks” at the top of his voice, he punched one man on the head and hit the other so hard he was rumored to have blinded him. Wahlberg served 45 days in jail for his appalling behavior, during which time he realized what a massive a**-hat he was and began to turn his life around. One of the men he attacked, Johnny Trinh, has forgiven the actor and asked to meet him. Wahlberg has publicly apologized for his vile, racist assault.
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