Mark Ruffalo
Biography
Mark Alan Ruffalo (born November 22, 1967) is an American actor. He began acting 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 film 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).
Known For
Stan
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Yates
The Last Castle
Det. Ray Fanning
Collateral
Matt Flamhaff
13 Going on 30
David Toschi
Zodiac
Ricko
54
Jeff Daly
Rumor Has It...
Giovanni A. Malloy
In the Cut
Self
Bonnie
Stephen
The Brothers Bloom
Chuck Aule
Shutter Island
Doctor
Blindness
Jack Linden
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Dwight Arno
Reservation Road
David Abbott
Just Like Heaven
Bruce Banner / Hulk (archive footage)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Brad Sullivan
Date Night
Jerry Rubin (voice)
Chicago 10
Terry
You Can Count on Me
Coles
XX/XY
Maretti
Margaret
Frank
Safe Men
Brian
What Doesn't Kill You
The Boyfriend
Where the Wild Things Are
Paul
The Kids Are All Right
Alex
Apartment 12
Self
Oyate
Brent Benedict
The Last Big Thing
Self
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
Dylan Rhodes
Now You See Me
David Schultz
Foxcatcher
Adam
Thanks for Sharing
Ned Weeks
The Normal Heart
A Gift from Heaven
Dan Mulligan
Begin Again
Kenneth Marshall
Mickey 17
Cameron
Infinitely Polar Bear
Pappas
Windtalkers
Self / Bruce Banner / Hulk
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Duncan Wedderburn
Poor Things
Dylan Rhodes
Now You See Me 2
Michael Rezendes
Spotlight
Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
T-Bo
Committed
Self
Revealed: How to Poison a Planet
Detective Lou Lubesnick
Crime 101
Steve Landers
The Dentist
Alf Bowden
Ride with the Devil
Adam Stanton
All the King's Men
Self
Kingdom Come
Lee
My Life Without Me
Father Joe
Sympathy for Delicious
Attorney
Blood Money
Theo
Houdini
Bert
On the 2nd Day of Christmas
Ted Stewart
View from the Top
Joel
A Fish in the Bathtub
Christian
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
Narrator
Dear President Obama
Self - Letter Reader
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
J.D.
There Goes My Baby
Joey
Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur
Robert Bilott
Dark Waters
Bruce Banner / The Hulk (uncredited)
Captain Marvel
Don Hewitt
Newsflash
Self (archive footage)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self
Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
Bruce Banner (uncredited)
Iron Man 3
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Avengers: Endgame
Bruce Banner / The Hulk
The Avengers
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Thor: Ragnarok
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Avengers: Infinity War
Self - Actor, "Avengers: Endgame"
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Louis Reed
The Adam Project
Brett
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Groundswell
Bruce Banner
Team Thor
Bruce Banner / Hulk (uncredited)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Narrator (voice)
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Good Sex
Joseph Califano
Being Heumann
Self
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
The War of the Worlds 2021
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Don't Forget Me Tomorrow
Self (archive footage)
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Father Joseph Murolo
Santo Subito!
Dylan Rhodes
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
89
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-11-22
Place of Birth
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
Mark Alan Ruffalo