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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).
Haunted by the monster inside him, Dr. Bruce Banner lives in hiding, trying to find a cure for the gamma radiation that transforms him into the Hulk whenever his heart rate spikes. While lying low in Brazil, Banner secretly works on a cure with the help of an anonymous scientist known as Mr. Blue, but when the U.S. military—led by General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross—tracks him down, a chaotic chase begins. Banner flees back to the U.S. and reunites with his former love, Betty Ross, the general’s daughter. Meanwhile, obsessed with capturing the Hulk, General Ross recruits Emil Blonsky, a soldier who undergoes experimental treatments to gain enhanced strength. But Blonsky’s hunger for power transforms him into the monstrous Abomination. As destruction rips through Harlem, Banner must embrace his alter ego to stop Abomination. In the end, Hulk emerges victorious but disappears once again, determined to stay hidden while still searching for control over the beast within.
