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Mark Ruffalo is an American actor. He began acting in the early 1990s and first gained recognition for his work in Kenneth Lonergan’s play This Is Our Youth (1998) and drama film You Can Count On Me (2000).

Ruffalo 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); and received a Tony Award nomination for his supporting role in the Broadway revival of Awake and Sing! in 2006. Ruffalo gained international recognition for playing Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films The Avengers (2012), 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 upcoming Disney+ series She-Hulk (2022). Also in 2019, Ruffalo starred in and co-produced Dark Waters. His work also extends to television with projects like “The Normal Heart” (2014), an HBO drama that focuses on the early days of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City.

Ruffalo has collaborated with an array of celebrated personalities in the entertainment industry. In the realm of directors, he has worked with Michel Gondry in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” David Fincher in “Zodiac,” and Tom McCarthy in “Spotlight.” In the “Now You See Me” films, he worked with Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Radcliffe, and Michael Caine. On-screen, he has shared scenes with talent like Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Hemsworth in the Marvel films, Keira Knightley in “Begin Again,” and Julianne Moore in “The Kids Are All Right.” He has even branched out into the world of theater, sharing the stage with Ethan Hawke in the Off-Broadway play “This Is Our Youth.”

Over the years, Ruffalo has received a number of prestigious honors for his work. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for his roles in “The Kids Are All Right,” “Foxcatcher,” and “Spotlight.” Furthermore, he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for his role in “The Normal Heart.” His portrayal in “Spotlight” also contributed to the film’s win for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.