"Actors, like it or not, their voices carry deeply into the culture: people look towards them for attitudes, for right or wrong, and today, the mainstream media doesn't really balance the unheard."
Mark Alan Ruffalo (born November 22, 1967) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter.
He appeared in:
- The Dentist
- 54
- You Can Count on Me
- In the Cut
- View from the Top
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Collateral
- 13 Going on 30
- Rumor Has It
- Zodiac
- The Brothers Bloom
- The Kids Are All Right
- Shutter Island
- Date Night
- Margaret
- Thanks for Sharing
- Marvel Cinematic Universe (2012 — present) as Bruce Banner / The Hulk:
- The Avengers (2012)
- Iron Man 3 (2013)note
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Captain Marvel (2019)note
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- What If...? (2021)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) note
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
- Now You See Me
- Begin Again
- The Normal Heart
- Foxcatcher
- Spotlight
- Dark Waters
- I Know This Much Is True
- The Adam Project
Tropes
- Cannot Keep a Secret: Out of all MCU actors, he's easily the second-worst offender after Tom Holland, most notably when he accidentally bootlegged
Thor: Ragnarok. It got to the point where he received multiple, completely different scripts during the filming of Endgame as a precaution by Marvel Studios just in case he accidentally spoiled something. - Carpet of Virility: His chest hair is well-known.
- Deadpan Snarker: His characters are often this and it only adds to how endearing they are.
- Dyeing for Your Art: His dual role as twins in I Know This Much Is True where after filming all the bits as one character, he took a break then put on 13 pounds to play the other.
- Ear Ache: As a result of having his acoustic neuroma (a type of brain tumor) removed, he's currently deaf in his left ear.
- The Knights Who Say "Squee!": His fanboying over Paul Rudd is now well-known.
- Promoted Fanboy: Like his predecessor and friend Edward Norton, he is a fan of The Incredible Hulk before playing said character in The Avengers. By the following year, Ruffalo became the first actor to play Banner in more than one theatrical movie.
- Reality Subtext:
- In The Kids Are All Right, he incorporated many of his younger brother's personality traits into his performance. His brother had been shot to death in an unsolved homicide a few years prior, and he has stated he regarded the character as a way to pay tribute to his brother.
- For The Avengers, he has stated he was extremely hesitant about taking the role of Bruce Banner. He called Robert Downey Jr. for advice, who convinced him to take the part. He ended up kicking ass as Banner/Hulk. This is amusingly similar to their characters' relationship in the movie.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech : His Tumblr dressing-down of the "I Am Not A Feminist" Internet trend.
- So My Kids Can Watch: Supposedly this was one of the reasons he took on the role of Bruce Banner in The Avengers. Unfortunately, it backfired, with his daughters terrified to see their father turn into a giant, green rage-monster and try to kill people.
- Unkempt Beauty: As many a film review has pointed out, nobody pulls off the rumpled-curls-and-bedroom-eyes aesthetic quite like this man.
- V-Sign: Frequently does it in his photos.
- What Could Have Been:
- Was originally the Cool Uncle in Signs but backed out due to surgery. The surgery was successful and he fully recovered since then.
- Also turned down the role of David Koresh.
- He auditioned to play the role of Doctor Doom in the 90s version of The Fantastic Four, but was rejected. Had he gotten the part, he would've joined the ranks of Chris Evans, Laurence Fishburne, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Hyde-White, and Julian McMahonnote as Fantastic Four Alumni who later joined the MCUnote .
