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Actor
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Male
Date of Birth
1967-11-22
Location
Wisconsin, United States
Edit pageMark Ruffalo
Biography
Mark Alan Ruffalo (born November 22, 1967) is an American actor. He began acting in the early 1990s and first gained recognition for his work in Kenneth Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth (1996) and the drama film You Can Count on Me (2000). He went on to star in the romantic comedies 13 Going on 30 (2004), 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 gained international recognition for playing Bruce Banner / Hulk in 2012 in the superhero franchise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Ruffalo gained nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sperm donor in the comedy-drama The Kids Are All Right (2010), Dave Schultz in the biopic Foxcatcher (2014), Michael Rezendes in the drama Spotlight (2015), and a debauched lawyer in the science fantasy Poor Things (2023).
He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a TV Movie for playing a gay writer and activist in the television drama film The Normal Heart (2015), and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his dual role as identical twins in the miniseries I Know This Much Is True (2020). On 8 February 2024, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Actor
Avengers: Endgame as Hulk
Avengers: Infinity War as Hulk
Thor: Ragnarok as Hulk
Avengers: Age of Ultron as Hulk
The Avengers as Hulk