Mark Wahlberg is one proud dad!
The actor posted a photo of himself and his son Brendan to Instagram on Monday to celebrate the teenager's 16th birthday.
In the selfie, the father-son duo can be seen sitting next to each other while attending a wrestling match together.
"Happy b day Benny!!!🥳❤️🥳 16 wow🙏❤️🙏," Mark Wahlberg wrote in the caption.
Mark Wahlberg's wife Rhea Wahlberg, meanwhile, posted a series of throwback photos and more recent pictures of Brendan on her Instagram page, in honor of her son's birthday.
One snap shows Brendan posing with his siblings and another features the mother and son lounging next to one another on a couch.
"Happy 16th birthday Benny! 🎈🎈 ," Rhea Wahlberg wrote in the caption. "The most kind hearted and loving boy ❤️ I can’t believe you are 16 😵💫 I love you to the 🌕 and the ⭐️⭐️and back again. Thank you for waking up every day and being you! 🎂🎁♥️🎉."
In addition to Brendan, Mark Wahlberg and his model wife, whose maiden name is Durham, share three other kids -- Ella, Michael and Grace.
On Aug. 12, Mark Wahlberg made the Los Angeles premiere of his new movie, "The Union," a family affair, posing on the red carpet with his wife and their kids Grace, Michael and Brendan.
Earlier this summer, in June, Rhea Wahlberg celebrated her husband on Father's Day, posting a carousel of photos on Instagram featuring Mark Wahlberg and all their kids at different occasions together.
"💪🏻🧢👔 Happy Fathers Day to my Daddy and their daddy 💙 We Looovvveeee you! ✨🌻," Rhea Wahlberg captioned the photos.
In December 2023, the couple revealed their family Christmas card on Instagram, featuring the family of six smiling together.
In 2022, Mark Wahlberg shared that his family had moved to Las Vegas from California for a "better life."
"Every free moment that I have, I'm at home," he said on "The Talk," later adding, " To be able to give my kids a better life and follow and pursue their dreams whether it be my daughter as an equestrian, my son as a basketball player, my younger son as a golfer, this made a lot more sense for us ... We came here to just kind of give ourselves a new look, a fresh start for the kids, and there's lot of opportunity here."
The following year, in 2023, Mark Wahlberg shared more about his kids' different interests.
"My daughter, who's an equestrian, she's got a new barn. My son's taking [mixed martial arts]. My oldest daughter's at college and then my [other] son, he's just waiting to turn into an actor at some point," the actor told "LIVE with Kelly and Mark" co-hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.
Ella Rae Wahlberg was born in 2003 and is the eldest of the Wahlbergs' four kids.
In June 2024, Mark Wahlberg visited Ella Wahlberg at college, sharing a photo from his trip on Instagram.
"So proud of this young lady 🥰😘❤️❤️," he wrote at the time.
In September 2024, Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Wahlberg took a walk down memory lane to celebrate Ella Wahlberg's 21st birthday.
Mark Wahlberg took to Instagram on Sept. 2 to share a series of throwback photos of Ella.
One snap shows a baby Ella sitting on the couch with her parents, while other photos feature a young Ella posing with her grandparents.
"Happy b day Ella🥳❤️ 21 WOW🥳❤️ so proud of you🥰😘," the actor captioned the photos.
Meanwhile, Rhea Wahlberg also shared a celebratory post of her own on Instagram that same day, honoring her eldest daughter.
"Happy 21st birthday my first born baby! 🎈2️⃣1️⃣," Rhea Wahlberg captioned a series of photos. "You put me in labor on Labor Day and made me a mommy 🍼🐣 I am so proud of you and I love you forever and always and even more than that.💕✨🌸🤱🏻 Keep shining like you do twin 🧚🏼."
Michael Wahlberg, or Mikey, as his father also calls him, was born in 2006.
In March, the Wahlbergs celebrated Michael's 18th birthday.
"I look at you today from across a room and wonder how I got so blessed. 🙏🏼 You are kind, thoughtful, mature and beautiful inside and out. I love you bruh," Rhea Wahlberg wrote at the time in an Instagram post.
Mark Wahlberg, meanwhile, shared a throwback photo on Instagram of himself holding a toddler-aged Michael.
"Happy 18th b day buddy🥳❤️ can't believe how fast you've grown up❤️ so proud of the young man you are🙏," he captioned the photo at the time.
Brendan Wahlberg was born in 2008.
Mark Wahlberg has shared videos and photos of Brendan on Instagram, including one in which he describes his son as a "natural" at driving.
MORE: Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan talk 'The Family Plan'In a photo shared in 2023, Mark Wahlberg and Brendan had a dad-son night out.
"Fight night with this guy❤️," Mark Wahlberg captioned the photo at the time.
The Wahlbergs' youngest child, Grace Wahlberg, was born in 2010.
MORE: Mark Wahlberg's daughter Grace tries and fails to get her parents to do quarantine TikTokThe teen equestrian loves to ride horses, an activity both her parents proudly share on Instagram.
In July 2024, Mark Wahlberg shared two photos of Grace, along with the caption, "My girl and her horse🥰😘🥰WOW❤️❤️."
Editor's note: This article was originally published Dec. 29, 2023.
