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Ruffalo at the Toronto premiere of The Avengers in 2012

Mark Ruffalo is an American actor who has starred in numerous films and television series. Ruffalo made his acting debut in an episode of CBS Summer Playhouse. He began collaborating with Kenneth Lonergan and appeared in several of his plays, In 1996 he was included in the original cast of Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth (1996) which gained him recognition subsequently he had minor roles in films including The Dentist (1996), Safe Men (1998) and Ang Lee's Civil War Western Ride with the Devil (1999). In 2000, he starred as Laura Linney's character's brother in Lonergan's Academy Award-nominated film You Can Count on Me.

In the mid-2000s, he was featured in the films View From the Top (2002), 13 Going on 30 (2004), Just Like Heaven (2005) and Rumor Has It (2005). In 2006, Ruffalo starred in Awake and Sing! for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. In 2007, he appeared in David Fincher's mystery thriller Zodiac which was based on a true story. He played the role of SFPD inspector Dave Toschi, who ran the investigation to find and apprehend the Zodiac killer.

In 2012, he replaced Edward Norton in the role of Dr. Bruce Banner / Hulk in the Marvel Studios film The Avengers (2012). He later reprised the role in Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), as well as the Disney+ series What If...? (2021) and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022). He also starred in the Now You See Me film series and in the 2014 biographical drama film Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz which earned him best Supporting Actor nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award. The next year in 2015, he appeared as journalist Michael Rezendes in the drama film Spotlight, for which he earned his third Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA Award nomination.

Film

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1992 Rough Trade Hank Short film
1994 Mirror, Mirror II: Raven Dance Christian
There Goes My Baby J.D.
1995 Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur Joey
1996 The Destiny of Marty Fine Brett Also screenwriter [1]
The Dentist Steve Landers
Blood Money Attorney
The Last Big Thing Brent Benedict
1998 Safe Men Frank
54 Ricko
1999 How Does Anyone Get Old? Johnnie Short film
A Fish in the Bathtub Joel
Ride with the Devil Alf Bowden
2000 You Can Count on Me Terry Prescott
Committed T-Bo
2001 The Last Castle Yates
Apartment 12 Alex
2002 XX/XY Coles
Windtalkers Private Pappas
2003 My Life Without Me Lee
View from the Top Ted Stewart
In the Cut Detective Giovanni A. Malloy
2004 We Don't Live Here Anymore Jack Linden Also executive producer [2]
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Stan [3]
13 Going on 30 Matt Flamhaff [4]
Collateral Ray Fanning [5]
2005 Just like Heaven David Abbott [6]
Rumor Has It... Jeff Daly [7]
2006 All the King's Men Adam Stanton [8]
2007 Chicago 10 Jerry Rubin (voice) [9]
Zodiac Inspector Dave Toschi [10]
Reservation Road Dwight Arno [11]
2008 Blindness Doctor [12]
What Doesn't Kill You Brian Reilly [13]
2009 The Brothers Bloom Stephen [14]
Where the Wild Things Are Adrian [15]
Sympathy for Delicious Joe Also director and producer [16]
2010 The Kids Are All Right Paul Hatfield [17]
Shutter Island Chuck Aule / Dr. Lester Sheehan [18]
Date Night Brad Sullivan [19]
2011 Margaret Gerald Maretti [20]
2012 The Avengers Bruce Banner / Hulk [21]
2013 Iron Man 3 Cameo appearance; post-credits scene [22]
Thanks for Sharing Adam [23]
Now You See Me Agent Dylan Rhodes [24]
Begin Again Dan Mulligan [25]
2014 Infinitely Polar Bear Cam Stuart Also executive producer [26]
Foxcatcher Dave Schultz [27]
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Bruce Banner / Hulk [28]
Spotlight Michael Rezendes [29]
2016 Now You See Me 2 Agent Dylan Rhodes [30]
Team Thor Bruce Banner Short film [31]
2017 Anything — Executive producer [32]
Thor: Ragnarok Bruce Banner / Hulk [33]
2018 Avengers: Infinity War [34]
2019 Captain Marvel Cameo; post-credits scene
Avengers: Endgame [35]
Dark Waters Robert Bilott[36] Also producer [37]
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Bruce Banner Cameo; post-credits scene
2022 The Adam Project Louis Reed [38]
2023 Poor Things Duncan Wedderburn [39]
2025 Mickey 17 † Hieronymous Marshall Post-production [40]
Now You See Me 3 † Agent Dylan Rhodes Post-production [41]
Crime 101 † Detective Lou Lubesnick Filming [42]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 CBS Summer Playhouse Michael Dunne Episode: "American Nuclear"
1994 Due South Vinnie Webber Episode: "A Cop, a Mountie, and a Baby"
1997 On the 2nd Day of Christmas Bert Television film
1998 Houdini Theo
2000 The Beat Zane Marinelli 8 episodes
2011 Sesame Street Himself Episode: "Big Bad Wolf Huffs and Puffs Slimey"
2014 The Normal Heart Alexander "Ned" Weeks Television film; also executive producer
2020 I Know This Much Is True Dominick Birdsey / Thomas Birdsey[43] 6 episodes; also executive producer
2021–2023 What If...? Bruce Banner / Hulk (voice) 4 episodes
2022 Little Demon Bark Woofalo (voice) Episode: "The Antichrist's Monster"
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Bruce Banner / Hulk 3 episodes
Marvel Studios: Assembled Himself Episode: "The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law  "
2023 All the Light We Cannot See Daniel LeBlanc 4 episodes
2025 Task † Tom Also executive producer[44]
TBA Hal & Harper † TBA [45]

Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 This Is Our Youth Warren Straub INTAR Theatre; Off-Broadway[46]
1998–1999 McGinn-Cazale Theatre; Off-Broadway
1999 The Moment When Steven Playwrights Horizons; Off-Broadway
2006 Awake and Sing! Moe Axelrod Belasco Theatre; Broadway
2017 The Price Victor Franz American Airlines Theater; Broadway

Music Videos

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Year Title Artist(s) Role Ref.
2020 "Imagine" Gal Gadot & Friends Himself [47]

References

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  1. ^ Leydon, Joe (March 25, 1996). "The Destiny of Marty Fine". Variety. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "We Don't Live Here Anymore". The Guardian. June 17, 2005.
  3. ^ Stern, Marlow (July 19, 2014). "Michel Gondry on 'Mood Indigo,' Kanye West, and the 10th Anniversary of 'Eternal Sunshine'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "Jennifer Garner Reveals Why Mark Ruffalo 'Almost Dropped Out' of '13 Going on 30' | Entertainment Tonight". Entertainment Tonight. March 19, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  5. ^ B., Brian (September 28, 2003). "Val Kilmer exits from Collateral". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  6. ^ Moten, Katie (December 29, 2005). "Just Like Heaven (PG)". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved November 4, 2007.
  7. ^ Lowry, Brian (December 18, 2005). "Rumor Has It…". Variety. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  8. ^ Scott Martelle (October 3, 2006). "A 'King'-sized collapse". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
  9. ^ "Brett Morgen's Chicago 10 to Premiere on Emmy Award-Winning PBS Series Independent Lens as Season Opener". ITVS. Independent Television Service. August 22, 2008.
  10. ^ Harland, Pamela (February 28, 2007). "Profile: Mark Ruffalo Traces the Steps of Zodiac". iFMagazine. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2008.
  11. ^ "Reservation Road". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  12. ^ Fleming, Michael (June 4, 2007). "'Blindness' in Ruffalo's sight". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
  13. ^ "Dead Ends in South Boston: Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo in Crime Drama". The New York Times. December 12, 2008.
  14. ^ Holden, Stephen (May 14, 2009). "My Brother, My Partner in Crime: Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody in Rian Johnson's Film". The New York Times.
  15. ^ "Where the Wild Things Are". Vogue. October 16, 2009.
  16. ^ Marchese, John (April 22, 2011). "Mark Ruffalo and Christopher Thornton in 'Sympathy for Delicious' - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  17. ^ "'The Kids Are All Right' Turns 10: The Untold History of the Queer Family Classic". Variety. July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  18. ^ Cargill, C. Robert. "Review: Shutter Island is Scorsese at His Best". MTV News. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  19. ^ Markovitz, Adam. "Mila Kunis, Mark Ruffalo, and Ray Liotta added to 'Date Night'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  20. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (December 1, 2011). "Margaret – review". the Guardian. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  21. ^ Finke, Nikki (July 23, 2010). "Toldja! Marvel & Ruffalo Ink Hulk Deal". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  22. ^ Rosen, Christopher (May 13, 2013). "Mark Ruffalo's 'Iron Man 3' Cameo Explained By Dr. Bruce Banner". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  23. ^ "Mark Ruffalo on "Thanks for Sharing"". Vanity Fair. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  24. ^ "NOW YOU SEE ME (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  25. ^ "Keira Knightley & Mark Ruffalo In 'Begin Again'". Deadline. March 29, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  26. ^ "Infinitely Polar Bear: Mark Ruffalo's best performance?". BBC. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  27. ^ "What made Mark Ruffalo & Channing Tatum cry when filming "Foxcatcher"?". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  28. ^ Risley, Matt (June 5, 2014). "Mark Ruffalo on his 'bigger, more complex' Hulk in Avengers: Age of Ultron". Total Film. GamesRadar. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  29. ^ "Mark Ruffalo on Spotlight: 'The whole of Boston was complicit. Everybody looked the other way'". the Guardian. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  30. ^ "Now You See Me 2 review – try-hard sequel botches the magic trick". the Guardian. June 9, 2016.
  31. ^ Anderton, Ethan (July 23, 2016). "'Thor: Ragnarok' Footage: Hulk vs Thor, Surtur the Demon & More [Comic-Con 2016]". /Film. Archived from the original on July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  32. ^ "Mark Ruffalo Responds to Matt Bomer Transgender Casting Backlash: 'I Hear You'". Variety. September 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  33. ^ Kroll, Justin (October 15, 2015). "Mark Ruffalo to Appear as Hulk in 'Thor: Ragnarok'". Variety. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  34. ^ Eisenberg, Eric (October 10, 2017). "Apparently Mark Ruffalo And Kevin Feige Have Planned A Special Trilogy for the Hulk". CinemaBlend. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  35. ^ McMillian, Graeme (September 7, 2018). "Mark Ruffalo Suggests 'Avengers 4' Is Still 'In Flux'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  36. ^ "The Real Rob Bilott of 'Dark Waters' is Only Getting Started". Time. November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  37. ^ "How Mark Ruffalo found an outlet for his political passions in 'Dark Waters'". Los Angeles Times. November 29, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  38. ^ "Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Keener Join Ryan Reynolds in 'The Adam Project' for Skydance, Netflix (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  39. ^ Galuppo, Mia (May 22, 2021). "Mark Ruffalo Joins Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos Feature 'Poor Things'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  40. ^ Bankhurst, Adam (May 22, 2022). "Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo to Join Robert Pattinson in Bong Joon Ho's Sci-Fi Movie". IGN. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  41. ^ Ridgely, Charlie (July 2, 2004). "Now You See Me 3 Release Date Confirmed". ComicBook.com. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  42. ^ Warner, Sam. "First look at Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo's new thriller". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  43. ^ "Mark Ruffalo Fights (and Comforts) Himself for 'I Know This Much Is True'". The New York Times. April 30, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  44. ^ Kroll, Justin (June 8, 2023). "Mark Ruffalo To Star In Crime Drama Series For HBO From Brad Ingelsby". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  45. ^ Harp, Justin (January 3, 2024). "Riverdale's Lili Reinhart shares exciting update on new TV series". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  46. ^ Travers, Peter (September 18, 2014). "'This Is Our Youth': Hollywood Is Alive and Well on Broadway". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  47. ^ Smith-Spark, Laura (March 19, 2020). "Gal Gadot enlists celebrity help for coronavirus". CNN. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
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