By Daily Mail Reporter
As teenagers in the 90s Donnie was the famous Wahlberg brother, finding fame with his band New Kids On The Block.
He helped his younger brother Mark follow him into the music industry, and while Marky Mark was soon a hit, he never found the success of his brother's band.
How things have changed. While Donnie has a respectable career as a TV actor, with rare small roles on the big screen, his little brother Mark is Oscar-nominated, with his own star on the Walk Of Fame.
Mark is currently enjoying having a U.S. number one movie with his film The Other Guys a hit at the box office.
New cop on the block: Donnie Wahlberg was busy filming his new police show Blue Bloods in New York yesterday
Meanwhile Donnie was hard at work filming scenes for his new detective TV show Blue Bloods in New York City yesterday.
The 40-year-old sported an array of different outfits for his role as detective Danny Reagan, as he filmed action scenes among riot police.
And while his work may lack the glamour of his brother's, he looked happy and relaxed as he donned a white vest for some scenes and a sombre suit for others.
Action man: Donnie was seen running through riot police for one scene in the city
The show, which airs on U.S. network CBS next month, follows the lives of a New York police family and also stars Tom Selleck as a police commissioner along with Bridget Moynahan as an assistant district attorney.
'Obviously, I know of all of their work, but the humility they all have for such success is amazing,’ Donnie said of the cast at a recent Beverly Hills press junket to promote the show.
Mark, who is younger than Donnie by one-year, first came to prominence as a singer with his group Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch in the early 1990s.
Tough guy: Donnie plays a detective on the U.S. drama show
Dog training: The singer turned actor shows his softer side with a furry friend on the set
The Boston-born actor then made the successful transition to film acting with roles in Planet of The Apes and Boogie Nights.
He was also nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a Boston cop in The Departed.
Donnie, however, has been less successful at acting, with smaller roles in Band of Brothers, and the Saw horror films.
He also starred with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in drama Righteous Kill in 2008.
Later that year, he reunited with The New Kids, releasing an album The Block and embarking on a concert tour.
Brothers united: Mark and Donnie pictured at a Boston Celtics game in 2007
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