Mark Wahlberg is relishing being a dad and is happy to leave partying behind for the sake of his family. The actor, who recently received an Oscar nomination for his role in Martin Scorsese's film The Departed, has two children Ella Rae, three; and one-year-old Michael, with partner Rhea Durham and admits to being a hands-on father.

He says, "As a father I'm about an eight or nine out of ten. I've change some diapers and done some baths, I tuck them in and read to them but Rhea is doing more diaper duty and bathing that's for sure. My friends might think that it's boring, but there's nothing better than being woken up at five thirty than my daughter jumping on the bed with her wild bed head. That smile is enough to keep me in the house. Every once in a while I wonder what the guys are up to, but I've been there and done that. Life is about maturing and changing."

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