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Mark Ruffalo

Acting

Born November 22, 1967 · Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Also known as Mark Alan Ruffalo

Biography

Mark Alan Ruffalo (/ˈrʌfəloʊ/; born November 22, 1967) is an American actor and producer who began his career in the late 1980s and first gained recognition for his work in Kenneth Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth (1996) and drama film You Can Count on Me (2000). He went on to star in the romantic comedies 13 Going on 30 (2004) and Just like Heaven (2005), and the thrillers In the Cut (2003), Zodiac (2007), and Shutter Island (2010). He received a Tony Award nomination for his supporting role in the Broadway revival of Awake and Sing! in 2006. Ruffalo has gained international recognition for playing Bruce Banner/Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with The Avengers (2012). Ruffalo earned a record-tying four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sperm donor in The Kids Are All Right (2010), Dave Schultz in Foxcatcher (2014), Michael Rezendes in Spotlight (2015), and a debauched lawyer in Poor Things (2023). He won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor for playing a gay activist in the television drama film The Normal Heart (2015) and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his dual role as identical twins in the miniseries I Know This Much Is True (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Ruffalo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2020
  • Rose-Walters Prize · 2015
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Made for Television Movie · 2014
  • MTV Movie AwardBest Fight · 2013
  • New York Film Critics Circle AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2010
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  • Lucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Lead Actor · 1999
  • Theatre World Award · 1997
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2024 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2016 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2015 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Made for Television Movie · 2014 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2014 · nominated
  • MTV Movie AwardBest Fight · 2013 · nominated
  • MTV Movie AwardBest Hero · 2013 · nominated
  • MTV Movie AwardBest On-Screen Duo · 2013 · nominated
  • Teen Choice AwardChoice Hissy Fit · 2012 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2011 · nominated
  • BAFTA AwardBest Actor in a Supporting Role · 2011 · nominated
  • Independent Spirit AwardBest Supporting Male · 2011 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role · 2011 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2011 · nominated
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2010 · nominated
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association AwardBest Cast · 2010 · nominated
  • Satellite AwardBest Actor – Motion Picture · 2008 · nominated
  • Satellite AwardBest Actor in a Musical or Comedy · 2008 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 2006 · nominated
  • Independent Spirit AwardBest Male Lead · 2001 · nominated
  • National Society of Film Critics AwardBest Actor · 2000 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Avengers: Endgame

2019as Bruce Banner / Hulk

Avengers: Infinity War

2018as Bruce Banner / Hulk

Shutter Island

2010as Chuck Aule

What If...?

2021as Bruce Banner / Hulk (voice)

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

2020as Self - Actor, "Avengers: Endgame"

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004as Stan

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

2025as Narrator (voice)

The Avengers

2012as Bruce Banner / The Hulk

All That's Left of You

2025Executive Producer

Spotlight

2015as Michael Rezendes

The Normal Heart

2014as Ned Weeks

Poor Things

2023as Duncan Wedderburn

I Know This Much Is True

2020as Dominick Birdsey / Thomas Birdsey

Thor: Ragnarok

2017as Bruce Banner / Hulk

Oyate

2022as Self

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

2021as Bruce Banner / Hulk (uncredited)

Dark Waters

2019as Robert Bilott

Dear President Obama

2016as Narrator

Zodiac

2007as David Toschi

All the Light We Cannot See

2023as Daniel LeBlanc

Marvel Studios: Legends

2021as Bruce Banner / Hulk (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hal & Harper

2025as Dad

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015as Bruce Banner / Hulk

Now You See Me

2013as Dylan Rhodes

Team Thor

2016as Bruce Banner

Begin Again

2013as Dan Mulligan

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Collateral

2004as Det. Ray Fanning

The Last Castle

2001as Yates

Hot Ones

2015as Self

Crime 101

2026as Lou

The Adam Project

2022as Louis Reed

Just Like Heaven

2005as David Abbott

Task

2025as Tom Brandis

The Last Movie Stars

2022as Self

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

2021as Bruce Banner / Hulk (archive footage)

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

2014as Self / Bruce Banner / Hulk

Iron Man 3

2013as Bruce Banner (uncredited)

The Colbert Report

2005

You Can Count on Me

2000as Terry

Mickey 17

2025as Kenneth Marshall

Captain Marvel

2019as Bruce Banner / The Hulk (uncredited)

Now You See Me 2

2016as Dylan Rhodes

13 Going on 30

2004as Matt Flamhaff

A Fish in the Bathtub

1999as Joel

Foxcatcher

2014as David Schultz

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

2022as Self

Infinitely Polar Bear

2014as Cameron

The Kids Are All Right

2010as Paul

The Brothers Bloom

2008as Stephen