Mark Ruffalo

Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor and producer, born November 22, 1967, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He launched his career in the late 1980s and gained early recognition through Kenneth Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth in 1996 and the film You Can Count on Me in 2000. His filmography spans romantic comedies such as 13 Going on 30 and Just Like Heaven alongside thrillers such as Zodiac and Shutter Island, and he earned a Tony nomination for his 2006 Broadway debut in Awake and Sing. He is most widely recognized for playing Bruce Banner, also known as the Hulk, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe beginning with The Avengers in 2012. Ruffalo has received four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor, for The Kids Are All Right, Foxcatcher, Spotlight, and Poor Things, and he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his dual role in the miniseries I Know This Much Is True and a Screen Actors Guild Award for The Normal Heart.