Mark Ruffalo on screen and stage

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.

Ruffalo at the Toronto premiere of The Avengers in 2012

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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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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