
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).
Acting (81 movies)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004

The Last Castle
2001

Collateral
2004

13 Going on 30
2004

Zodiac
2007

54
1998

Rumor Has It...
2005

In the Cut
2003

Bonnie
2022

The Brothers Bloom
2008

Shutter Island
2010

Blindness
2008

We Don't Live Here Anymore
2004

Reservation Road
2007

Just Like Heaven
2005

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021

Date Night
2010

Chicago 10
2008

XX/XY
2002

You Can Count on Me
2000

Margaret
2011

Safe Men
1998

What Doesn't Kill You
2008

Where the Wild Things Are
2009

The Kids Are All Right
2010

Apartment 12
2001

Oyate
2022

The Last Big Thing
1998

City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
2004

Now You See Me
2013

Foxcatcher
2014

Thanks for Sharing
2013

The Normal Heart
2014

Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse
2010

A Gift from Heaven
1994

Begin Again
2014

Mickey 17
2025

Infinitely Polar Bear
2014

Windtalkers
2002

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
2014

Poor Things
2023

Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2025

Now You See Me 2
2016

Spotlight
2015

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
2022

Committed
2000

Revealed: How to Poison a Planet
2024

Crime 101
2026

My Life Without Me
2003

Ride with the Devil
1999

View from the Top
2003

All the King's Men
2006

The Dentist
1996

Sympathy for Delicious
2010

Kingdom Come
2012

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
1994

On the 2nd Day of Christmas
1997

A Fish in the Bathtub
1999

Houdini
1998

Blood Money
1996

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013

There Goes My Baby
1994

Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur
1995

Dark Waters
2019

Captain Marvel
2019

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018

Avengers: Endgame
2019

Iron Man 3
2013

Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015

Thor: Ragnarok
2017

The Avengers
2012

Avengers: Infinity War
2018

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020

The Adam Project
2022

The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996

Team Thor
2016

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
2025

Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
2012

The War of the Worlds 2021
2021

Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Destiny of Marty Fine | 1996 | Writer |
| We Don't Live Here Anymore | 2004 | Executive Producer |
| Sympathy for Delicious | 2010 | Producer |
| Infinitely Polar Bear | 2014 | Executive Producer |
| Dear President Obama | 2016 | Executive Producer |
| Anything | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Dark Waters | 2019 | Producer |
| Lakota Nation vs. United States | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| All That's Left of You | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| GenX: the Saga of Forever Chemicals | 2025 | Producer |