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Mark Ruffalo

Birth Place: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

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BIO

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 gained nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sperm-donor in the comedy-drama The Kids Are All Right (2010), Dave Schultz in the biopic Foxcatcher (2014), Michael Rezendes in the drama Spotlight (2015), and a debauched lawyer in the science fantasy Poor Things (2023). He won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor for playing a gay activist in the television drama film The Normal Heart (2015), and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his dual role as identical twins in the miniseries I Know This Much Is True (2020).

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STAGE CREDITS

Our Town Our Town
[Regional (US)]
Benefit Reading Production, 2017
Performer
The Price The Price
[Broadway]
Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway Revival, 2017
Victor Franz
Awake and Sing! Awake and Sing!
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2006
Moe Axelrod
The Moment When
[Off-Broadway]
1999
Steven
This is Our Youth
[Off-Broadway]
1998
Warren Straub
This is Our Youth
[Off-Broadway]
1996
Warren

Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2006 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Mark Ruffalo, Awake and Sing!

Tony Awards - 2006 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Mark Ruffalo, Awake and Sing!


winner
The Lortels - 1999 - Outstanding Lead Actor

Mark Ruffalo, This is Our Youth

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Dig Deep Theatre To Present THIS IS OUR YOUTH By Kenneth Lonergan At The Main Theatre Photo
Dig Deep Theatre To Present THIS IS OUR YOUTH By Kenneth Lonergan At The Main Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 1, 2025

Dig Deep Theatre's production of Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth will run for 9 performances over two weekends at The MAIN in Santa Clarita, April 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27. Dig Deep's production of the play - Lonergan's first playwriting success - will be Santa Clarita's first chance to see his sharp, layered writing brought to the stage.
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Wake Up With BroadwayWorld March 27, 2025
by - Mar 27, 2025

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 27, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and More to Lead NETWORK Reading Photo
Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and More to Lead NETWORK Reading
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 26, 2025

Scarlett Johansson, Julianna Margulies, Mark Ruffalo, Fisher Stevens, and special guests will lead a benefit staged reading of Network, Paddy Chayefsky’s Academy Award winning screenplay at The Center at West Park. Learn how to attend.
Photo: New Artwork and Additional Creative Team Revealed for 13 GOING ON 30 THE MUSIC Photo
Photo: New Artwork and Additional Creative Team Revealed for 13 GOING ON 30 THE MUSICAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 13, 2025

Additional members of the creative team have been revealed for the world premiere production of 13 GOING ON 30 - THE MUSICAL, opening at Manchester Opera House. See new artwork for the production here!
Ramy Youssef Comes To BroadwaySF's Curran Theatre Photo
Ramy Youssef Comes To BroadwaySF's Curran Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Mar 5, 2025

Award-winning Egyptian American creator, actor, producer, and comedian Ramy Youssef announced a run of live stand-up dates. Learn more about the upcoming performance here.
Video: Director Bong Joon Ho Explains Why He Could Never Make a Musical Photo
Video: Director Bong Joon Ho Explains Why He Could Never Make a Musical
by Josh Sharpe - Feb 27, 2025

On a recent visit to The Late Show, award-winning Parasite director Bong Joon Ho shared why, though he respects musicals, he could never make one himself. Watch the conversation here!
cka FLAX Releases 'i can't stop lying to you' in Collaboration with Zack Feinberg of Photo
cka FLAX Releases 'i can't stop lying to you' in Collaboration with Zack Feinberg of The Revivalists
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 7, 2025

Singer-songwriter, cka FLAX releases “i can’t stop lying to you” from the birth of fantasy album produced by lead guitarist, Zack Feinberg of The Revivalists due February 7. Listen to it now!
Video: Brian d'Arcy James Performs With Daughter, Grace Photo
Video: Brian d'Arcy James Performs With Daughter, Grace
by Stephi Wild - Dec 13, 2024

Broadway veteran Brian d'Arcy James was recently joined on stage by his daughter, Grace,  at his concert at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. Check out the video here!
Video: Watch Brian d'Arcy James Sing 'I Miss the Mountains' From NEXT TO NORMAL at MI Photo
Video: Watch Brian d'Arcy James Sing 'I Miss the Mountains' From NEXT TO NORMAL at MISCAST
by Michael Major - Dec 2, 2024

Watch Brian d'Arcy James sing 'I Miss the Mountains' from Next to Normal at MCC Theater's MISCAST24. Brian d'Arcy James created the role of Dan Goodman in the original Off-Broadway production of Next to Normal. Watch the video!
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld November 22, 2024 Photo
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld November 22, 2024
by - Nov 22, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is November 22, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Lucie Jones Will Lead 13 GOING ON 30 Musical Aiming For West End and Broadway Photo
Lucie Jones Will Lead 13 GOING ON 30 Musical Aiming For West End and Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Nov 12, 2024

West End star, Lucie Jones, will star as Jenna Rink in the world premiere production of 13 GOING ON 30 - THE MUSICAL, opening at Manchester Opera House for a limited season from 21 September 2025.
Lottery Announced For THE MERRILY CHAPTERS NYC Presentation Photo
Lottery Announced For THE MERRILY CHAPTERS NYC Presentation
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 7, 2024

The Stage Door Foundation and Pam Pariseau have announced a special lottery for live studio audience tickets to a special industry presentation showing how Stephen Sondheim created MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG through the eyes of original Broadway cast member, David Loud.
13 GOING ON 30 Musical Will Make World Premiere in Manchester, UK Photo
13 GOING ON 30 Musical Will Make World Premiere in Manchester, UK
by Stephi Wild - Oct 29, 2024

The world premiere production of 13 GOING ON 30 - THE MUSICAL will open at Manchester Opera House in the UK for a limited season beginning 21 September 2025. Get the scoop on this new musical.
THE CHRISTENING OF PRINCE IMOGENE Set for Edinburgh Fringe Photo
THE CHRISTENING OF PRINCE IMOGENE Set for Edinburgh Fringe
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 28, 2024

Discover THE CHRISTENING OF PRINCE IMOGENE, a new play by Otis Wolodarsky, making its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe. Directed and produced by Brooklyn Bottling Company.
THE BEAR, ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, & More Receive 2024 Astra TV Awards Nominatio Photo
THE BEAR, ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, & More Receive 2024 Astra TV Awards Nominations; See the Full List
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 9, 2024

With 15 nominations, FX’s The Bear was the most nominated series this year, followed by Max’s Hacks and Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building with 13 each. ABC’s Abbott Elementary and CBS’s Ghosts are tied for third place, with 11 nominations each.
John Leguizamo's OUR HOOD Reading Comes to The Center At West Park Photo
John Leguizamo's OUR HOOD Reading Comes to The Center At West Park
by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2024

The Center at West Park will present a reading of John Leguizamo's new play Our Hood, an innovative adaptation of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, on May 30th and 31st as part of their American Playwrights Series.
Holland Taylor and Ana Villafañe Will Lead Political Play, N/A Photo
Holland Taylor and Ana Villafañe Will Lead Political Play, N/A
by Nicole Rosky - May 10, 2024

Emmy Award-winner & Tony and Drama Desk Award-nominee Holland Taylor and Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Nominee, and Theatre World Award-winner Ana Villafañe will star as “N” and “A”, respectively in the world premiere of the new play N/A by Mario Correa. We have all of the details!
Erich Bergen, Heidi Blickenstaff, and More Will Lead Industry Reading of New Musical Photo
Erich Bergen, Heidi Blickenstaff, and More Will Lead Industry Reading of New Musical SWITCHED
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2024

There will be a private industry presentation of the new musical SWITCHED on Friday, May 3, 2024, led by Erich Bergen, Heidi Blickenstaff, Beth Malone, and more!
Shaina Taub, SUFFS Cast And More Join Effort To Pass the Equal Rights Amendment Photo
Shaina Taub, SUFFS Cast And More Join Effort To Pass the Equal Rights Amendment
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 23, 2024

Join Shaina Taub, Alyssa Milano, and the cast of SUFFS in a creative initiative for the Equal Rights Amendment, shedding light on the importance of sex equality in the entertainment industry.
Mark Ruffalo and Jessica Hecht to Star in IRONWEED at BAM Photo
Mark Ruffalo and Jessica Hecht to Star in IRONWEED at BAM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 15, 2024

On May 17th BAM will present IRONWEED: An Evening of Art & Humanity, based on William Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Mark Ruffalo been in?

Mark Ruffalo has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.

How many West End shows has Mark Ruffalo been in?

Mark Ruffalo has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Mark Ruffalo been nominated for?

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Awake and Sing!, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Awake and Sing! and Outstanding Lead Actor (The Lortels) for This is Our Youth.

What awards has Mark Ruffalo won?

Mark Ruffalo has won the Outstanding Lead Actor Award at The Lortels for his performance in This is Our Youth.

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