Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo

Birthday: 1967-11-22

Place of Birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

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).

Movies

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, dec...

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The Last Castle
The Last Castle

A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away...

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Collateral
Collateral

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money...

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13 Going on 30
13 Going on 30

After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's ...

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Zodiac
Zodiac

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders...

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54
54

Shane O'Shea, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding another, more exci...

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Rumor Has It...
Rumor Has It...

Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club li...

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In the Cut
In the Cut

A New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is inves...

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Bonnie
Bonnie

A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann....

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The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios ...

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Shutter Island
Shutter Island

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient f...

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Blindness
Blindness

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to...

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We Don't Live Here Anymore
We Don't Live Here Anymore

Married couple Jack and Terry Linden are experiencing a difficult period in their relationship. When...

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Reservation Road
Reservation Road

Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car a...

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Just Like Heaven
Just Like Heaven

Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his...

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Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Explore the Disney+ series of the MCU—past, present and future!...

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Date Night
Date Night

Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. D...

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Chicago 10
Chicago 10

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who wer...

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You Can Count on Me
You Can Count on Me

A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother retu...

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XX/XY
XX/XY

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire ...

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Margaret
Margaret

17-year-old Lisa feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in causing a traffic accident th...

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Safe Men
Safe Men

Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Is...

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What Doesn't Kill You
What Doesn't Kill You

Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strai...

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Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira,...

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The Kids Are All Right
The Kids Are All Right

Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination....

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Apartment 12
Apartment 12

Alex, a struggling painter, is going through a particularly bad patch. Dumped by his girlfriend and ...

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Oyate
Oyate

In the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, Indigenous People across the nation are using th...

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The Last Big Thing
The Last Big Thing

From a bland tract house on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Simon Geist (with occasional help from his...

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City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'

This documentary chronicles the making of the film Collateral (2004). We get to see Tom Cruise and J...

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Now You See Me
Now You See Me

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during ...

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Foxcatcher
Foxcatcher

The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire s...

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Thanks for Sharing
Thanks for Sharing

A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challen...

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The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinc...

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A Gift from Heaven
A Gift from Heaven

Born from incest, Charlie is a mentally disabled young man living with his family in the rural South...

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Begin Again
Begin Again

Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gai...

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Mickey 17
Mickey 17

Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employ...

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Infinitely Polar Bear
Infinitely Polar Bear

A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibi...

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Windtalkers
Windtalkers

Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians wh...

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Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

A look at the story behind Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring interviews an...

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Poor Things
Poor Things

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind...

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Now You See Me 2
Now You See Me 2

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectac...

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Spotlight
Spotlight

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-...

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

Join the likes of Tatiana Maslany, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Roth, and Benedict Wong as they reveal how Marv...

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Committed
Committed

After her husband, Carl, suddenly leaves, Joline travels from New York to Texas to track him down. A...

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Revealed: How to Poison a Planet
Revealed: How to Poison a Planet

A searing examination of the contamination that sparked an international catastrophe and the decades...

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Crime 101
Crime 101

When an elusive thief whose high-stakes heists unfold along the iconic 101 freeway in Los Angeles ey...

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The Dentist
The Dentist

Dr. Alan Feinstone has everything: a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry. However, w...

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Ride with the Devil
Ride with the Devil

Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of...

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All the King's Men
All the King's Men

The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that ...

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Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come

The documentary, Kingdom Come follows a first-time director (Daniel Gillies) as he tries to raise a ...

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My Life Without Me
My Life Without Me

A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before sh...

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Sympathy for Delicious
Sympathy for Delicious

A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing....

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Blood Money
Blood Money

Hardened criminal Lester is in prison for armed robbery and murder. When his request for parole is r...

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Houdini
Houdini

The life and times of escape artist/magician Harry Houdini....

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On the 2nd Day of Christmas
On the 2nd Day of Christmas

Trish and her six-year-old niece, Patsy, make their living by picking pockets. But when they try to ...

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View from the Top
View from the Top

No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class inter...

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A Fish in the Bathtub
A Fish in the Bathtub

A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to kee...

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Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

A mysterious mirror is found hidden in a church orphanage, yet few realize its legacy of evil. When ...

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Dear President Obama
Dear President Obama

During President Obama's terms extreme energy extraction grew faster than anyone could have predicte...

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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condole...

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There Goes My Baby
There Goes My Baby

It's the summer of 1965, and the members of the graduating class of upscale Westwood High are eager ...

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Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur
Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur

A young man discovers a mysterious mirror and begins to have disturbing visions of forbidden passion...

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Dark Waters
Dark Waters

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to ...

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Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel

The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth...

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Newsflash
Newsflash

On November 22, 1963 CBS newsman Walter Cronkite is given the task of reporting on live television a...

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Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

Examine the rise and fall of Hollywood media mogul Harvey Weinstein following the scandal in 2017. L...

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Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero

This piece examines real-life Rob Bilott’s sacrifices to take down a powerful corporation and how a ...

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Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an od...

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Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts ...

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The Avengers
The Avengers

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of th...

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Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mighti...

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Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get...

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Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any ...

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Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy....

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The Adam Project
The Adam Project

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 1...

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The Destiny of Marty Fine
The Destiny of Marty Fine

Marty Fine is a small-time man with a big-time dream. One night, the ex-middleweight fighter sees so...

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Groundswell
Groundswell

How an Irish border community took on an energy company - and its own government - to force a change...

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Team Thor
Team Thor

Discover what Thor was up to during the events of Captain America: Civil War....

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the myst...

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Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

The 1977 discovery of RNA splicing by Dr. Phillip A. Sharp, Kentucky farm boy turned Nobel-prize win...

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Good Sex
Good Sex

After spending a decade in a failed relationship, successful couples’ therapist Ally is turning 40 a...

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Being Heumann
Being Heumann

In 1977, Judy Heumann leads over a hundred disabled people to take over the San Francisco Federal Bu...

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Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe

Feature-length documentary about the rise of Marvel Studios and their films leading up to, and inclu...

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The War of the Worlds 2021
The War of the Worlds 2021

Some say right-wing media has no bottom. But ALIENS! REALLY??! This can't be real....

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Spider-Man: Brand New Day

The fourth installment in the Spider-Man franchise and part of Phase Six of the Marvel Cinematic Uni...

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Don't Forget Me Tomorrow
Don't Forget Me Tomorrow

Exploring themes of memory and love, where a couple faces an extraordinary medical breakthrough that...

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Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

Filmed in part in front of a live audience at The New Amsterdam Theater in New York City, this Stan ...

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Santo Subito!
Santo Subito!

Draws inspiration from the legacy of Pope John Paul II, particularly the passionate cries of “Santo ...

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Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Now You See Me: Now You Don't

The original Four Horsemen reunite with a new generation of illusionists to take on powerful diamond...

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