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Mark Ruffalo

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Mark Ruffalo

Born November 22, 1967 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA73 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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Avengers: Infinity War posterFirst watchAvengers: Infinity War20188.2as Bruce Banner / HulkAs the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos.View film

Essential films

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The Avengers poster8.1The Avengers2012Avengers: Endgame poster8.2Avengers: Endgame2019Shutter Island poster8.2Shutter Island2010Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind poster8.1Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004Thor: Ragnarok poster7.6Thor: Ragnarok2017Avengers: Age of Ultron poster7.3Avengers: Age of Ultron2015Now You See Me poster7.3Now You See Me2013Spotlight poster7.8Spotlight2015

Filmography

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