Mark Ruffalo

Actor

Mark Ruffalo

Born November 22, 1967 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA74 films

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).

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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).

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Filmography

74 films as actor
  1. TBANewsflashDon Hewitt
  2. TBADon't Forget Me Tomorrow
  3. TBASanto Subito!Father Joseph Murolo
  4. TBASolwataNarrator
  5. 2027Avengers: Secret WarsBruce Banner / Hulk
  6. 2027GattoNero (voice)
  7. 2026Being HeumannJoseph Califano
  8. 2026Vingadores: Ultimato EncoreHulk
  9. 2026Spider-Man: Brand New DayBruce Banner / Hulk
  10. 2026Crime 101Lou
  11. 2025Now You See Me: Now You Don'tDylan Rhodes
  12. 2025Mickey 17Kenneth Marshall
  13. 2023Poor ThingsDuncan Wedderburn
  14. 2022The Adam ProjectLouis Reed
  15. 2021Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsBruce Banner / Hulk (uncredited)
  16. 2021The War of the Worlds 2021
  17. 2019Dark WatersRobert Bilott
  18. 2019Avengers: EndgameBruce Banner / Hulk
  19. 2019Captain MarvelBruce Banner / The Hulk (uncredited)
  20. 2018Avengers: Infinity WarBruce Banner / Hulk
  21. 2017Thor: RagnarokBruce Banner / Hulk
  22. 2016Team ThorBruce Banner
  23. 2016Now You See Me 2Dylan Rhodes
  24. 2015SpotlightMichael Rezendes
  25. 2015Avengers: Age of UltronBruce Banner / Hulk
  26. 2014FoxcatcherDavid Schultz
  27. 2014Begin AgainDan Mulligan
  28. 2014The Normal HeartNed Weeks
  29. 2014Infinitely Polar BearCameron
  30. 2013Thanks for SharingAdam
  31. 2013Now You See MeDylan Rhodes
  32. 2013Iron Man 3Bruce Banner (uncredited)
  33. 2012The AvengersBruce Banner / The Hulk
  34. 2011MargaretMaretti
  35. 2010The Kids Are All RightPaul
  36. 2010Sympathy for DeliciousFather Joe
  37. 2010Date NightBrad Sullivan
  38. 2010Shutter IslandChuck Aule
  39. 2009Where the Wild Things AreThe Boyfriend
  40. 2009The Brothers BloomStephen
  41. 2008What Doesn't Kill YouBrian
  42. 2008BlindnessDoctor
  43. 2007Reservation RoadDwight Arno
  44. 2007ZodiacDavid Toschi
  45. 2006All the King's MenAdam Stanton
  46. 2005Rumor Has It...Jeff Daly
  47. 2005Just Like HeavenDavid Abbott
  48. 2004We Don't Live Here AnymoreJack Linden
  49. 2004CollateralDet. Ray Fanning
  50. 200413 Going on 30Matt Flamhaff
  51. 2004Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindStan
  52. 2003In the CutGiovanni A. Malloy
  53. 2003View from the TopTed
  54. 2003My Life Without MeLee
  55. 2002WindtalkersPappas
  56. 2002XX/XYColes
  57. 2001The Last CastleYates
  58. 2001Apartment 12Alex
  59. 2000CommittedT-Bo
  60. 2000You Can Count on MeTerry
  61. 1999Ride with the DevilAlf Bowden
  62. 1999A Fish in the BathtubJoel
  63. 1998HoudiniTheo
  64. 1998The Last Big ThingBrent Benedict
  65. 199854Ricko
  66. 1998Safe MenFrank
  67. 1997On the 2nd Day of ChristmasBert
  68. 1996The DentistSteve Landers
  69. 1996The Destiny of Marty FineBrett
  70. 1996Blood MoneyAttorney
  71. 1995Mirror, Mirror III: The VoyeurJoey
  72. 1994A Gift from Heaven
  73. 1994There Goes My BabyJ.D.
  74. 1994Mirror Mirror 2: Raven DanceChristian