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Topless Mark Walhberg soaks up the sun with wife Rhea Durham on family holiday to Barbados

American actor and star of new thriller All The Money In The World shows off buff body during Christmas getaway in Barbados with wife and kids

MARK Wahlberg looks very much the action dad as well as movie star as he hangs out topless on the beach during a family break in Barbados.

The Hollywood hunk, 46, showed off a buff bod as he hopped in the sea for a swim in turquoise pattered swimming trunks - alongside wife Rhea Durham.

 Mark Wahlberg shows off his action star bod on hols in Barbados
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Mark Wahlberg shows off his action star bod on hols in BarbadosCredit: BackGrid

Mark - who's been enjoying some rounds of golf on the island - put the guns on display for the holiday outing with Rhea, 39, and their kids Ella, 14, Michael, 11, Brendan, nine and Grace, seven.

There were some slightly awkward tan lines from where Mark had been catching rays during his exotic vacation.

But the former hip hop star was looking better than most dads-of-four during the Christmas season.

The Wahlbergs - who wed in 2009 - are used to hitting Barbados for holidays and did so in 2016, but after a very busy 12 months Mark will be enjoying the down time.

 Mark looked ripped as ever on his hols
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Mark looked ripped as ever on his holsCredit: Splash News
 The star walks in for a dip in his fetching blue shorts
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The star walks in for a dip in his fetching blue shortsCredit: The Mega Agency
 Mark was earlier seen arranging pink towels
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Mark was earlier seen arranging pink towelsCredit: The Mega Agency

The Bostonian, who was seen arranging pink towels near the beach loungers, is currently starring in Ridley Scott's Oscar-tipped thriller All The Money In The World.

But this year he's also starred in Daddy's Home 2 and Transformers: The Last Knight, both of which have been critically trashed.

Perhaps his most challenging of the three projects was All The Money, because of major reshoots which were ordered after Kevin Spacey was axed from his lead role.

The film - in which Spacey played real-life oil tycoon J. Paul Getty - was due for release days after he was outed for sexual misconduct and dropped from House Of Cards.

 The American actor seemed proud of his inflated torso
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The American actor seemed proud of his inflated torsoCredit: Splash News
 Mark plays in the waves
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Mark plays in the wavesCredit: The Mega Agency
Christopher Plummer replaces Kevin Spacey as oil tycoon J. Paul Getty in new trailer for Ridley Scott’s All The Money In The World

And director Scott took "20 minutes" to decide to cut Spacey's role and reshoot with Christopher Plummer.

Mark had already lost 30 pounds and grown a beard for another film when he was called back to film scenes again with Plummer, who he barely had time to introduce himself to.

The new version of the film was then rushed for release on December 25 but has still seen Plummer, actress Michelle Williams and director Scott land Golden Globe nominations.

 Mark and Rhea go for a stroll into the surf
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Mark and Rhea go for a stroll into the surfCredit: Splash News
 Mark floats on a lilo with wife Rhea
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Mark floats on a lilo with wife RheaCredit: The Mega Agency
 Mark with wife Rhea and their four children
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Mark with wife Rhea and their four childrenCredit: Getty - Contributor

Sadly for Mark he's missed out on a Best Actor nomination for his part in the film - and he's never won a gong from any American film awards.

He did, however, win a TV Bafta in 2007 for Entourage and has been nominated for two Oscars for The Fighter and The Departed.

 Mark with his All The Money In The World co-star Michelle Williams
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Mark with his All The Money In The World co-star Michelle WilliamsCredit: Rex Features
Director Ridley Scott and cast talk changes on All The Money In The World - originally starring Kevin Spacey

Speaking to The Sun about how tough it was to do reshoots with Christopher Plummer, Mark said: "Things [like this] happen all the time.

"We've made movies where we've had to go back a year later, shoot additional stuff, reshoot stuff...

"I've never been involved in this kind of circumstance but this was a decision that we completely understood, it's a very sensitive subject matter and we had to deal with it accordingly."


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