Mark Ruffalo
Biography
Mark Ruffalo is an American actor and producer who started out in the late 1980s and drew attention for Kenneth Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth and the film You Can Count on Me, in which he played Laura Linney's brother. He became a romantic lead in 13 Going on 30 and Just Like Heaven, and took thriller parts in In the Cut, Zodiac, and Shutter Island. His Broadway debut in Awake and Sing! earned him a Tony Award nomination. Ruffalo later played Bruce Banner and the Hulk in the Marvel films, beginning with The Avengers (2012). He received four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor, for The Kids Are All Right, Foxcatcher, Spotlight, and Poor Things, and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for The Normal Heart and an Emmy for I Know This Much Is True. He also directed Sympathy for Delicious and appeared in Begin Again, Dark Waters, The Adam Project, and Mickey 17.
58years old
Turns 59 on November 22in 41 days
- Born Kenosha
- Star sign: SagittariusFirst day of the sign, on the Scorpio cusp
- Mark Alan Ruffalo (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 51
- Career span
- 32 years1994 to 2026
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A first
For four films, Mark Ruffalo has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a record-tying feat. He played a sperm donor in The Kids Are All Right, Dave Schultz in Foxcatcher, Michael Rezendes in Spotlight and a debauched lawyer in Poor Things.
Behind the camera
Ruffalo's first time directing a feature film came with Sympathy for Delicious, a 2010 indie that he also starred in and that took the Special Jury Prize after showing at the Sundance Film Festival.
First role
Ruffalo's first screen appearance came in a 1989 episode of CBS Summer Playhouse. He later took the minor part of Vinnie Webber in a 1994 episode of Due South, first shown in Canada.
Mark Ruffalo movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Avengers: Endgame2019 Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fias Bruce Banner / Hulk
IMDb rating 8.41.5M votes
Most often with
Anthony Russo directed two of these films, Joe Russo two and Joss Whedon two. Chris Hemsworth appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Anthony Russo
All films by Joe Russo
All films by Joss Whedon
Also three films together12 more actors
- Catherine KeenerThe Adam Project (2022), Begin Again (2013) and Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
- Idris ElbaAvengers: Infinity War (2018), Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- John Carroll LynchShutter Island (2010), Sympathy for Delicious (2010) and Zodiac (2007)
- Don CheadleAvengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Benedict CumberbatchAvengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Gwyneth PaltrowThanks for Sharing (2012), The Avengers (2012) and View from the Top (2003)
- James GandolfiniWhere the Wild Things Are (2009), All the King's Men (2006) and The Last Castle (2001)
- Paul BettanyAvengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and The Avengers (2012)
- Jeremy RennerAvengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and The Avengers (2012)
- Tom HollandSpider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Tom HiddlestonAvengers: Infinity War (2018), Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and The Avengers (2012)
- Elizabeth OlsenAvengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Mark Ruffalo's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$13.8 billion
43 of the 51 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 51 films: 43 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 3 figure not found.
- 43Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 86% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$2.8B20.3% of the total
- 2$2.5B18.0% of the total
- 3$2.1B14.9% of the total
- 4$1.5B11.0% of the total
- 5$1.4B10.2% of the total
- 6$855M6.2% of the total
- 7$352M2.6% of the total
- 8$335M2.4% of the total
$2.0 billionfrom the other 35 films with a worldwide figure, 14% of the total
Awards
Eight awards and honors from 1997 to 2020, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2020 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | I Know This Much Is True | Won |
| 2014 | Outstanding Television Movie | The Normal Heart | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2015 | Rose-Walters Prize | Won | |
| 2013 | MTV Movie Award for Best Fight | The Avengers | Won |
| 2010 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| 1999 | Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor | Won | |
| 1997 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
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