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Mark Alan Ruffalo (born November 22, 1967) is an American actor. He began acting in the late 1980s 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) and 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 has gained international recognition for playing Bruce Banner / Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with the film The Avengers (2012). Ruffalo earned a record-tying four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sperm donor in The Kids Are All Right (2010), Dave Schultz in Foxcatcher (2014), Michael Rezendes in Spotlight (2015), and a debauched lawyer in 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).
As SHIELD’s newly formed hero initiative begins to take shape, a mysterious strategist named Baron Helmut Zemo emerges with a plan to dismantle it before it can succeed. Rather than attacking the world, Zemo targets its protectors, assembling the Masters of Evil—villains drawn directly from the Avengers’ past failures. His first strikes are precise and personal. Iron Man is ambushed by Yellow Jacket and Venom, forcing SHIELD to deploy the Hulk to turn the tide. Captain America is lured into a trap by the Enchantress and the Executioner, only surviving when Spider-Man intervenes. Meanwhile, Ant-Man and the Wasp are overwhelmed by a devastating trio—Arnim Zola, the Red Hulk, and Crimson Dynamo—until Thor and Black Panther arrive to save them. Each attack exposes SHIELD’s vulnerability and proves Zemo’s point: these heroes are strongest apart, and dangerous together. Realizing they are being systematically tested and divided, Nick Fury officially unites the team as the Avengers: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, and the Wasp. Zemo launches his endgame at the Raft, triggering a mass breakout to release the gravitationally powered supervillain Graviton. The Avengers confront the Masters of Evil in an all-out battle across the prison. Enchantress and the Executioner, Crimson Dynamo, and Yellow Jacket all die. Zola, Red Hulk, and Zemo are captured while Venom escapes into the chaos.
