Mark Alan Ruffalo (born November 22, 1967) is a producer and entertainer from the US. He began acting in the mid-1990s and acquired a reputation for his parts in the show films You Can Count on Me and This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan. He also appeared in the films In the Cut (2003), Zodiac (2007), and Shutter Island (2010). Beginning around 2012, Ruffalo has earned far-reaching respect for his job as Bruce Banner/Hulk in a superhuman series for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Ruffalo was selected for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010’s parody show The Kids Are All Right for his role as a sperm contributor. Likewise, Dave Schultz in the narrative Foxcatcher (2014), and Michael Rezendes in the show Spotlight (2015) were among the rundown. He got the honor of the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a Television Film for his depiction of a gay essayist and lobbyist in The Normal Heart (2015). He likewise won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in I Know This Much Is True (2020). Ruffalo is one of the few entertainers to have gotten each of the four EGOT selections.
Mark Ruffalo’s acting career
He made his cinematic debut in an episode of CBS Summer Playhouse (1989), then moved on to minor film roles until joining the cast of This Is Our Youth (1996). Ruffalo portrayed ‘Vinnie Webber,’ a small part in Due South’s Series 1 Episode 9, which aired in Canada in 1994. The Dentist (1996), Safe Men (1998), and Ang Lee’s Civil War Western Ride with the Devil (1999) are among Ruffalo’s filmography credits. Ruffalo began collaborating with writer Kenneth Lonergan after meeting him by chance and appearing in several of his plays. One of these pieces led to Ruffalo’s portrayal as Laura Linney’s character’s sibling in Kenneth Lonergan’s Academy Award-nominated You Can Count on Me in 2000. He co-featured with Annette Bening and Julianne Moore in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right in 2010. Ruffalo acknowledged in an interview that he moved toward Cholodenko following his review of High Art and expressed his desire to team up with her. Years after that, she called Ruffalo and said she had composed content and was thinking about him for the job. He was selected for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work.
Mark Ruffalo’s recognitions and nominations
Ruffalo has a diverse list of stage and movie credits, including multiple performances in a variety of genres—mostly supporting roles. For his roles in Spotlight, the biopic Foxcatcher, and the comedic drama The Kids Are All Right, Ruffalo has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In addition, he has won two Primetime Emmys. One for Outstanding Television Movie for The Normal Heart (2014). The other is for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his work in I Know This Much Is True (2020). His 2016 political audiobook Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album in 2018. Ruffalo has performed on stage, and in 2006, a production of the dramatic play Awake and Sing! earned him a Tony Award nomination. This accolade was for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Ruffalo is one of a limited group of performers who have received nominations for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, collectively known as the EGOT. His EGOT awards include:
- Emmy Awards — 3 nods, 2 wins
- Grammy Awards — 1 nod
- Academy Awards (Oscar) — 3 nods
- Tony Awards — 1 nod
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