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Mark Ruffalo

Mark Alan Ruffalo 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 film The Avengers (2012).

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Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Kenosha in 1967, he began his work period in 1989. He is educated at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, where he was a student of Stella Adler. Ruffalo is a vegetarian and has dyslexia. He speaks and writes in English. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has three children.

His notable works include the film *Spotlight* and the *Now You See Me* series. Ruffalo has received the Theatre World Award, the MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

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Avengers: Secret Wars — Bruce Banner / Hulk2027
Gatto — Nero (voice)2027
Crime 101 — Lou2026
Being Heumann — Joseph Califano2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day — Bruce Banner / Hulk2026
Mickey 17 — Kenneth Marshall2025
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution — Narrator (voice)2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't — Dylan Rhodes2025
Task — Tom Brandis2025
Hal & Harper — Dad2025

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Instance of: human
Given name: Alan
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Kenosha
Occupation: actor
Political party: Democratic Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Notable work: Spotlight
Student of: Stella Adler
Image: Mark Ruffalo (36201774756) (cropped).jpg
Height: 173
Number of children: 3
Residence: San Diego

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Commons category: Mark Ruffalo
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date of birth: 1967-11-22
lifestyle: vegetarianism
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
birth name: Mark Alan Ruffalo
start of work period: 1989-00-00
medical condition: dyslexia
name in native language: Mark Ruffalo

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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 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).

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