Who wears short shorts?! THIS birthday boy does!!! It's Mark Wahlberg's 54th year around the sun, and while it's hard to believe this hot piece of meat is in his mid-50s, his pecs don't lie ... and neither do his beefy hot shots!

Marky Mark first ripped off his shirt (and dropped trout) back in 1993 on the Calvin Klein runway -- He was an aspiring rapper trying to get his big ole' foot in the door.