Mark Ruffalo
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-11-22 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
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
Acting
Being Heumann
as Joseph Califano
Newsflash
as Don Hewitt
(2026)
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
as Bruce Banner / Hulk
(2026)
Crime 101
as Detective Lou Lubesnick
(2025)
Mickey 17
as Kenneth Marshall
(2025)
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Dylan Rhodes
(2025)
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
as Narrator (voice)
(2024)
(2023)
Poor Things
as Duncan Wedderburn
(2022)
(2022)
The Adam Project
as Louis Reed
(2022)
Bonnie
as Self
(2022)
Oyate
as Self
(2021)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Bruce Banner / Hulk (uncredited)
(2021)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Bruce Banner / Hulk (archive footage)
(2021)
(2021)
(2020)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self - Actor, "Avengers: Endgame"
(2019)
Avengers: Endgame
as Bruce Banner / Hulk
(2019)
Captain Marvel
as Bruce Banner / The Hulk (uncredited)
(2019)
Dark Waters
as Robert Bilott
(2019)
(2019)
(2018)
Avengers: Infinity War
as Bruce Banner / Hulk
(2018)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
Thor: Ragnarok
as Bruce Banner / Hulk
(2016)
Now You See Me 2
as Dylan Rhodes
(2016)
Team Thor
as Bruce Banner
(2016)
Dear President Obama
as Narrator
(2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Bruce Banner / Hulk
(2015)
Spotlight
as Michael Rezendes
(2014)
The Normal Heart
as Ned Weeks
(2014)
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
as Self / Bruce Banner / Hulk
(2014)
Begin Again
as Dan Mulligan
(2014)
Foxcatcher
as David Schultz
(2014)
Infinitely Polar Bear
as Cameron
(2013)
Iron Man 3
as Bruce Banner (uncredited)
(2013)
Now You See Me
as Dylan Rhodes
(2013)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Letter Reader
(2013)
Thanks for Sharing
as Adam
(2012)
The Avengers
as Bruce Banner / The Hulk
(2012)
Kingdom Come
as Self
(2012)
(2011)
Margaret
as Gerald Maretti
(2010)
Shutter Island
as Chuck Aule
(2010)
Date Night
as Brad Sullivan
(2010)
The Kids Are All Right
as Paul
(2010)
Sympathy for Delicious
as Father Joe
(2010)
(2009)
Where the Wild Things Are
as The Boyfriend
(2008)
Blindness
as Doctor
(2008)
Chicago 10
as Jerry Rubin (voice)
(2008)
The Brothers Bloom
as Stephen
(2008)
What Doesn't Kill You
as Brian
(2007)
Zodiac
as David Toschi
(2007)
Reservation Road
as Dwight Arno
(2006)
All the King's Men
as Adam Stanton
(2005)
Rumor Has It...
as Jeff Daly
(2005)
Just Like Heaven
as David Abbott
(2004)
(2004)
13 Going on 30
as Matt Flamhaff
(2004)
Collateral
as Det. Ray Fanning
(2004)
(2004)
We Don't Live Here Anymore
as Jack Linden
(2003)
My Life Without Me
as Lee
(2003)
In the Cut
as Giovanni A. Malloy
(2003)
View from the Top
as Ted Stewart
(2002)
Windtalkers
as Pappas
(2002)
XX/XY
as Coles
(2001)
The Last Castle
as Yates
(2001)
Apartment 12
as Alex
(2000)
Committed
as T-Bo
(2000)
You Can Count on Me
as Terry
(1999)
A Fish in the Bathtub
as Joel
(1999)
Ride with the Devil
as Alf Bowden
(1998)
54
as Ricko
(1998)
Safe Men
as Frank
(1998)
The Last Big Thing
as Brent Benedict
(1998)
Houdini
as Theo
(1997)
On the 2nd Day of Christmas
as Bert
(1996)
The Dentist
as Steve Landers
(1996)
The Destiny of Marty Fine
as Brett
(1996)
Blood Money
as Attorney
(1995)
(1994)
There Goes My Baby
as J.D.
(1994)
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
as Christian
(1994)
Crew
(2025)
(2022)
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Executive Producer
(2019)
Dark Waters
Producer
(2018)
Anything
Executive Producer
(2016)
Dear President Obama
Executive Producer
(2014)
The Normal Heart
Co-Executive Producer
(2014)
Infinitely Polar Bear
Executive Producer
(2010)
Sympathy for Delicious
Director, Producer
(2004)
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Executive Producer
(1996)
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Story, Writer, Co-Producer