Donnie Wahlberg Wants Brother Mark Wahlberg to Guest Star on “Boston Blue” but 'He Don't Want to Act with Me'
Donnie Wahlberg Wants Brother Mark Wahlberg to Guest Star on “Boston Blue” but 'He Don't Want to Act with Me'
Yamillah HurtadoFri, April 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM UTC
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Mark and Donnie Wahlberg on June 6, 2024Credit: Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty -
Donnie Wahlberg said he wants his brother Mark Wahlberg to guest star on Boston Blue while on The Tonight Show
He also noted he’d like fellow Bostonians Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to make cameos
Boston Blue airs on CBS Fridays at 10 p.m. ET and arrives on Paramount+ the next day
Donnie Wahlberg is dreaming up some A-list cameos for Boston Blue.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show on Wednesday, April 22, Wahlberg, 56, told host Jimmy Fallon who he’d like to guest star on his CBS crime drama — and the list includes some of Boston’s biggest names.
“In terms of dream [cameos], I’d like to get some other Boston guys in it,” he said, adding of his Oscar-nominated brother, 54: “Mark Wahlberg. Maybe, I don’t know. He don’t want to act with me.”
“Do you know Mark Wahlberg?” Fallon quipped. To which Donnie replied, “Yeah, but he don’t want to act with me.”
Fallon suggested Mark doesn’t have to play himself, but can guest star as Marky Mark. Donnie loved the idea and joked that his brother should play an “old, retired Marky Mark” who sells hot dogs at the Celtics game.
Mark Wahlberg; Matt Damon; Ben AffleckCredit: Leon Bennett/Getty; Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty (2)
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The actor added that he’d also love to see Boston natives Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on the series — and he even gave Fallon a playful invite.
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“Now, you’re not a Bostonian but you do a good accent,” Donnie said to Fallon, 51. “You do a good Boston.” Fallon replied, “I love Boston. I would love to do it.”
Boston Blue is a spinoff of the long-running police procedural Blue Bloods, which starred Donnie and Tom Selleck and ended in December 2024, after 14 seasons. The new series follows Donnie’s Danny Reagan, an NYPD vet who moves to Boston in an effort to be closer to his son Sean, played by Mika Amonsen, and now works for the Boston Police Department.
Along with Donnie and Amonsen, Boston Blue stars Sonequa Martin-Green, Maggie Lawson, Gloria Reuben and Marcus Scribner.
Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green on 'Boston Blue'Credit: Brendan Adam-Zwelling/CBS
Filming in his hometown of Boston can get “crazy,” Donnie said while on Live with Kelly and Mark on Wednesday, April 22.
“We don’t get anything shot,” he said. “Every take, I’m literally saying, ‘Give me your hand, sir, you’re under arrest,’ and [everyone is saying] ‘Donnie! Donnie!'”
"The duck boat tours, which are very famous in Boston, they drive by and have a headset on with a speaker," he added. "And it's literally like, 'Over there you'll see Donnie Wahlberg in the wild. He grew up three doors down from me, I knew his mother, God rest her soul.'"
Boston Blue airs on CBS Fridays at 10 p.m. ET and streams on Paramount+ the next day.
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