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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).
The events of EMPYRE began when Teddy became the Emperor Supreme of the Kree and the Skrulls in INCOMING! #1. Backed by his Kree/Skrull heritage, Hulkling united the two races against a common threat. Their first order of business as an alliance: to conquer their most ancient enemy, the plant-like race known as the Cotati. The Cotati had carefully laid plans to eliminate all animal life, starting with the inhabitants of Earth. The Alliance’s war fleet caught the attention of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, who then sought a diplomatic solution in space. But a battle erupted between the Wakandans and the Cotati on Earth, as the Cotati sought Wakanda’s Vibranium-rich soil to accomplish their goals. At the same time, Hulkling’s fiancé, Wiccan, had his own reasons to take down the Cotati! What will all this fighting and division mean for the newly married Billy and Teddy? [RELATED: Crash Course to ‘Empyre’]
