Mark Alan 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 (1996) and drama film You Can Count on Me (2000). He went on to star in the romantic comedies 13 Going on 30 (2004), Just like Heaven (2005) and the thrillers In the Cut (2003), Zodiac (2007), and Shutter Island (2010). He 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 Bruce Banner / Hulk since 2012 in the superhero franchise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Ruffalo at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Ruffalo at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008
Ruffalo at the premiere of The Kids Are All Right in Berlin (2010)
Ruffalo at the Toronto premiere of The Avengers in 2012
This Is Our Youth is a play by American dramatist and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan. It premiered Off-Broadway in 1996 and since been produced all over the world, including the West End, Broadway, Sydney and Toronto.
Michael Cera in a March 2012 production staged at the Sydney Opera House
A portable television and comic books are props on the floor of a set from This Is Our Youth at Sydney Opera House
