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My Take
What I admire most about Mark Ruffalo is the gap between the franchise paycheck and the work that actually moves him. He plays the Hulk, but his soul lives in something like Spotlight, a quiet, dogged ensemble drama. That a kid from Kenosha, Wisconsin grinded through stage work to a New York Film Critics Circle Award and an Emmy tells you he respects the craft over the spectacle. His slightly mumbling delivery reads as warmth, not weakness, and his Scorpio stubbornness shows up in his real-world activism. I find that unglamorous sincerity genuinely rare, and it's why I keep watching him.
Overview
Mark Alan Ruffalo (; born November 22, 1967) is an American actor and producer who began his career 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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mark Ruffalo
- Name (Japanese)
- マーク・ラファロ
- Reading
- まーく・らふぁろ
- Born
- November 22, 1967 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Goat
- Origin
- Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / film director / film producer / screenwriter / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- First Colonial High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1997 Theatre World Award
- 2013 MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
- 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie
- 2010 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
- 2013 MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
- 2020 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 1999 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Spotlight | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.