Mark Ruffalo at the Toronto premiere of The Avengers (cropped)

Mark Ruffalo is an American actor and film producer who has starred in numerous films and television series. Ruffalo made his acting debut in an episode of ''

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''. 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), ''

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'' (1998) and Ang Lee's Civil War Western '' Ride with the Devil'' (1999). In 2000, he starred as

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's character's brother in Lonergan's Academy Award-nominated film '' You Can Count on Me''. In the mid-2000s, he was featured in the films '' View From the Top'' (2002), ''

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'' (2004), ''

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'' (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

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'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

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film ''

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'' (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,

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and

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. 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.

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