Mark Ruffalo
Acting • Born 1967-11-22
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).
Filmography
126 credits
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie • 2004
Stan
The Last Castle
Movie • 2001
Yates
Collateral
Movie • 2004
Det. Ray Fanning
13 Going on 30
Movie • 2004
Matt Flamhaff
Zodiac
Movie • 2007
David Toschi
54
Movie • 1998
Ricko
Rumor Has It...
Movie • 2005
Jeff Daly
In the Cut
Movie • 2003
Giovanni A. Malloy
Bonnie
Movie • 2022
Self
The Brothers Bloom
Movie • 2008
Stephen
Shutter Island
Movie • 2010
Chuck Aule
Blindness
Movie • 2008
Doctor
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Movie • 2004
Jack Linden
Reservation Road
Movie • 2007
Dwight Arno
Just Like Heaven
Movie • 2005
David Abbott
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie • 2021
Bruce Banner / Hulk (archive footage)
Date Night
Movie • 2010
Brad Sullivan
Chicago 10
Movie • 2008
Jerry Rubin (voice)
XX/XY
Movie • 2002
Coles
You Can Count on Me
Movie • 2000
Terry
Margaret
Movie • 2011
Maretti
Safe Men
Movie • 1998
Frank
What Doesn't Kill You
Movie • 2008
Brian
Where the Wild Things Are
Movie • 2009
The Boyfriend
The Kids Are All Right
Movie • 2010
Paul
Apartment 12
Movie • 2001
Alex
Oyate
Movie • 2022
Self
The Last Big Thing
Movie • 1998
Brent Benedict
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
Movie • 2004
Self
Now You See Me
Movie • 2013
Dylan Rhodes
Foxcatcher
Movie • 2014
David Schultz
Thanks for Sharing
Movie • 2013
Adam
The Normal Heart
Movie • 2014
Ned Weeks
A Gift from Heaven
Movie • 1994
Begin Again
Movie • 2014
Dan Mulligan
Mickey 17
Movie • 2025
Kenneth Marshall
Infinitely Polar Bear
Movie • 2014
Cameron
Windtalkers
Movie • 2002
Pappas
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Movie • 2014
Self / Bruce Banner / Hulk
Poor Things
Movie • 2023
Duncan Wedderburn
Now You See Me 2
Movie • 2016
Dylan Rhodes
Spotlight
Movie • 2015
Michael Rezendes
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Movie • 2022
Self
Committed
Movie • 2000
T-Bo
Revealed: How to Poison a Planet
Movie • 2024
Self
Crime 101
Movie • 2026
Lou
My Life Without Me
Movie • 2003
Lee
Ride with the Devil
Movie • 1999
Alf Bowden
View from the Top
Movie • 2003
Ted Stewart
All the King's Men
Movie • 2006
Adam Stanton
The Dentist
Movie • 1996
Steve Landers
Sympathy for Delicious
Movie • 2010
Father Joe
Kingdom Come
Movie • 2012
Self
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
Movie • 1994
Christian
On the 2nd Day of Christmas
Movie • 1997
Bert
A Fish in the Bathtub
Movie • 1999
Joel
Dear President Obama
Movie • 2016
Narrator
Houdini
Movie • 1998
Theo
Blood Money
Movie • 1996
Attorney
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Movie • 2013
Self - Letter Reader
There Goes My Baby
Movie • 1994
J.D.
Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur
Movie • 1995
Joey
Dark Waters
Movie • 2019
Robert Bilott
Captain Marvel
Movie • 2019
Bruce Banner / The Hulk (uncredited)
Newsflash
Movie
Don Hewitt
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
Movie • 2019
Self
Avengers: Endgame
Movie • 2019
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Iron Man 3
Movie • 2013
Bruce Banner (uncredited)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie • 2015
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Thor: Ragnarok
Movie • 2017
Bruce Banner / Hulk
The Avengers
Movie • 2012
Bruce Banner / The Hulk
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie • 2018
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Movie • 2020
Self - Actor, "Avengers: Endgame"
The Adam Project
Movie • 2022
Louis Reed
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Movie • 1996
Brett
Groundswell
Movie • 2021
Team Thor
Movie • 2016
Bruce Banner
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Movie • 2021
Bruce Banner / Hulk (uncredited)
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
Movie • 2025
Narrator (voice)
Good Sex
Movie
Being Heumann
Movie
Joseph Califano
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Movie • 2012
Self
The War of the Worlds 2021
Movie • 2021
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Movie • 2026
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Don't Forget Me Tomorrow
Movie
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Santo Subito!
Movie
Father Joseph Murolo
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Movie • 2025
Dylan Rhodes
Avengers: Secret Wars
Movie • 2027
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Imagine
Movie • 2020
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Due South
TV • 1994
The Beat
TV • 2000
Zane Marinelli
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
What If...?
TV • 2021
Bruce Banner / Hulk (voice)
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Marvel Studios Legends
TV • 2021
Bruce Banner / Hulk (archive footage) (uncredited)
Task
TV • 2025
Tom Brandis
All the Light We Cannot See
TV • 2023
Daniel LeBlanc
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self / Presenter
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2023
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
What If...?
TV • 2021
Bruce Banner (voice)
The Last Movie Stars
TV • 2022
Self
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
TV • 2022
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Hal & Harper
TV • 2025
Dad
I Know This Much Is True
TV • 2020
Dominick Birdsey / Thomas Birdsey
Sock or Hat?
TV • 2014
Self
Due South
TV • 1994
Vinnie Webber
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
What If...?
TV • 2021
Bruce Banner / Hulk / Mega-Hulk (voice)
The Naked Truth
TV • 2016
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest