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'{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Mark Ruffalo | image = Mark Ruffalo in 2017 by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = Ruffalo at the 2017 [[San Diego Comic-Con|SDCC]] | birth_name = Mark Alan Ruffalo | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|11|22}} | birth_place = [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]], U.S. | residence = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | occupation = [[Actor]], [[Film producer|producer]], [[Activism|political activist]] | years_active = 1989–present | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | children = 3 | spouse = {{marriage|Sunrise Coigney|2000}} }} '''Mark Alan Ruffalo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ʌ||f|ə|l|oʊ}}; born November 22, 1967) is an American actor, filmmaker, and social activist. He made his screen debut in an episode of ''[[CBS Summer Playhouse]]'' (1989), followed by minor film roles. He was part of the original cast of ''[[This Is Our Youth]]'' (1996), for which he was nominated for an [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead|Independent Spirit Award]]. Following were his roles in ''[[13 Going on 30]]'' (2004), ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' (2004)'', [[Zodiac (film)|Zodiac]]'' (2007), and ''[[What Doesn't Kill You]]'' (2008). In 2010, he starred in the psychological thriller [[Shutter Island (film)|''Shutter Island'']] and the comedy-drama [[The Kids Are All Right (film)|''The Kids Are All Right'']]. For the latter, he received nominations for the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|SAG Award]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|BAFTA Award]], and an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]. He also co-starred in the mystery films ''[[Now You See Me (film)|Now You See Me]]'' and ''[[Now You See Me 2]]'' as FBI Special Agent Dylan Rhodes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Monitor |newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=November 25, 2011 |issue=1182 |page=30}}</ref> Ruffalo gained international prominence by portraying the [[Marvel Comics]] character [[Hulk (comics)|Hulk]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (replacing [[Edward Norton]], who headlined ''[[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', released in 2008), beginning with ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' (2012) and later reprising the role in ''[[Iron Man 3]]'' (2013), ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'' (2015), ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]'' (2017), ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' (2018) and its [[Untitled Avengers film|untitled sequel]] (2019). He starred in and was the co-executive producer of the 2014 television drama film [[The Normal Heart (film)|''The Normal Heart'']], for which he was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie]] and he won the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a TV Movie]]. The same year, he portrayed [[Dave Schultz (wrestling)|Dave Schultz]] in ''[[Foxcatcher]]'', for which he was nominated for awards, including a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Golden Globe]], and an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]. In 2015, he was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] for ''[[Infinitely Polar Bear]]'' and also received [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|BAFTA]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]] nominations for his role in the drama ''[[Spotlight (film)|Spotlight]]''. ==Early life== Ruffalo was born in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]. His mother, Marie Rose (''[[née]]'' Hébert), is a hairdresser and stylist, and his father, Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, Jr., worked as a construction painter.<ref name="actors">{{cite episode |title=Mark Ruffalo |series=Inside the Actors Studio |serieslink=Inside the Actors Studio |network=[[Bravo (U.S. TV network)|Bravo!]] |airdate=March 19, 2007 |season=13 |number=6}}</ref><ref name="parade">{{cite magazine |last=Radar |first=Dotson |title=I Wouldn't Give Any Of It Back |magazine=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |date=May 9, 2004 |url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_05-09-2004/featured_0 |accessdate=September 20, 2007 |archivedate=September 30, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180147/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_05-09-2004/featured_0}}</ref> He has two sisters, Tania and Nicole, and a brother, Scott (died 2008).<ref name="actors"/> His father is of [[Italian American|Italian]] descent, from [[Girifalco]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.elle.it/Showbiz/mark-ruffalo-intervista |title=Mark Ruffalo: intervista con l'attore di Avengers |last=Grassi |first=Giovanna |magazine=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |date=June 18, 2015 |accessdate=July 24, 2016}}</ref> and his mother is of half-[[French Canadian]] and half-Italian ancestry.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ruffalo ascends to the next level in 'Heaven' |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-09-15-ruffalo_x.htm |accessdate=December 20, 2013 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=September 15, 2005 |first=Susan |last=Wloszczyna |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017053308/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-09-15-ruffalo_x.htm |archivedate=October 17, 2013| deadurl=no |quote=Ruffalo, an Italian-French-Canadian mix...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecufilmfestival.com/en/spotlight-mark-ruffalo/ |title=Spotlight – Mark Ruffalo |date=May 29, 2015 |website=European Independent Film Festival}}</ref> Ruffalo attended both [[Catholic school|Catholic]] and [[Progressive education|progressive]] schools throughout his education. Ruffalo has described himself as having been a "happy kid",<ref>{{cite news |last=Pearlman |first=Cindy |title=Working on a killer movie |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=February 25, 2007 |url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/pearlman/271775,SHO-Sunday-movies25.article |accessdate=September 20, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016065556/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/pearlman/271775%2CSHO-Sunday-movies25.article |archivedate=October 16, 2007 |deadurl=yes |df=}}</ref> although he struggled with undiagnosed [[dyslexia]] and [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder predominantly inattentive|ADD]] as a child and a young adult.<ref name="RollingStone">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/the-hulk-the-last-angry-man-20150504 |title=The Hulk: The Last Angry Man |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=May 4, 2015 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Wenner Media, Ltd. |access-date=May 5, 2015}}</ref> Ruffalo spent his teen years in [[Virginia Beach, Virginia]], where his father worked. He competed in wrestling in junior high and high school in Wisconsin and Virginia. At school, he sometimes went by the moniker "Gavin Gruffallo". Ruffalo graduated from [[First Colonial High School]] in Virginia Beach,<ref name="actors"/> and then moved with his family to [[San Diego|San Diego, California]], and later to [[Los Angeles]], where he took classes at the [[Stella Adler Conservatory]] and co-founded the Orpheus Theatre Company.<ref name="actors"/> With the Orpheus Theatre Company, he wrote, directed, and starred in a number of plays, and spent close to a decade working as a [[bartender]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dumenco |first1=Simon |title=The Kid Stays In the Pictures |url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/n_8518/ |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=March 31, 2003 |publisher=New York Media, LLC |accessdate=December 16, 2015}}</ref> ==Career== ===Acting=== Ruffalo had minor roles in films like ''[[The Dentist]]'' (1996), the low-key crime comedy ''[[Safe Men]]'' (1998) and [[Ang Lee]]'s [[American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] ''[[Ride with the Devil (film)|Ride with the Devil]]'' (1999). Through a chance meeting with writer [[Kenneth Lonergan]], he began collaborating with Lonergan and appeared in several of his plays, including the original cast of ''[[This is Our Youth]]'' (1996), which led to Ruffalo's role as [[Laura Linney]]'s character's brother in Lonergan's [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-nominated 2000 film ''[[You Can Count On Me]]''.<ref name="actors"/> He received favorable reviews for his performance in this film, often earning comparisons to the young [[Marlon Brando]], and won awards from the [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] and [[Montreal World Film Festival]].<ref name="actors"/> This led to other significant roles, including the films ''[[XX/XY]]'' (2002), [[Isabel Coixet]]'s ''[[My Life Without Me]]'' (2003), [[Jane Campion]]'s ''[[In the Cut]]'' (2003), [[Michel Gondry]]'s ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' (2004), and ''[[We Don't Live Here Anymore]]'' (2004), which is based on two short stories written by [[Andre Dubus]].<ref name="actors"/> He appeared opposite [[Tom Cruise]] as a narcotics detective in [[Michael Mann (film director)|Michael Mann]]'s crime thriller ''[[Collateral (film)|Collateral]]'' (2004).<ref name="actors"/> In the mid-2000s, Ruffalo appeared as a romantic lead in ''[[View from the Top|View From the Top]]'' (2002), ''[[13 Going on 30]]'' (2004), ''[[Just Like Heaven (film)|Just Like Heaven]]'' (2005) and ''[[Rumor Has It...|Rumor Has It]]'' (2005).<ref name="actors"/> In 2006, Ruffalo starred in [[Clifford Odets]]' ''[[Awake and Sing!]]'' at the [[Belasco Theatre]] in New York, for which he was nominated for a [[Tony Award]] for Best Featured Actor in a Play.<ref name="actors"/> In March 2007, he appeared in ''[[Zodiac (film)|Zodiac]]'' as SFPD homicide inspector [[Dave Toschi]], who ran the investigation to find and apprehend the [[Zodiac killer]] from 1969 through most of the 1970s.<ref name="actors"/> In 2007, Ruffalo played divorced lawyer Dwight Arno, who accidentally kills a child and speeds away, in [[Terry George|Terry George's]] film ''[[Reservation Road]]'', based on the novel by [[John Burnham Schwartz]].{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} In 2008, Ruffalo starred as a con man in ''[[The Brothers Bloom]]'' with [[Adrien Brody]] and [[Rachel Weisz]] and co-starred with [[Julianne Moore]] in ''[[Blindness (film)|Blindness]]''. 2008 also saw Ruffalo in [[Brian Goodman]]'s ''[[What Doesn't Kill You]]'' with [[Ethan Hawke]] and [[Amanda Peet]], which was shown at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]]. In 2009, he played a brief role in the film ''[[Where The Wild Things Are]]'' as Max's mother's boyfriend. In 2010, he co-starred in the Martin Scorsese thriller ''[[Shutter Island]]'' as U.S. Marshal Chuck Aule, the partner of [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]'s character Teddy Daniels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37036/shutter-island-opens-doors-for-home-video |title=Shutter Island Opens Doors For Home Video |date=April 19, 2010 |website=DreadCentral.com |accessdate=December 31, 2010}}</ref> In 2010, he starred in [[Lisa Cholodenko]]'s ''[[The Kids Are All Right (film)|The Kids Are All Right]]'', with [[Annette Bening]] and [[Julianne Moore]]. Ruffalo stated in an interview that he approached Cholodenko after watching ''[[High Art]]'' and said he would love to work with her. Years later, she called Ruffalo and said she wrote a script and had him in mind for the part. His performance earned him an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mruffalo.com/2010/07/the-kids-are-all-right-interview |title=The Kids Are All Right interview |date=July 11, 2010 |website=Mark Ruffalo Central |accessdate=December 31, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714123138/http://mruffalo.com/2010/07/the-kids-are-all-right-interview/ |archivedate=July 14, 2011 |df=}}</ref> [[File:Mark_Ruffalo_at_the_Toronto_premiere_of_The_Avengers.jpg|thumb|Ruffalo at the Toronto premiere of ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'']] Ruffalo starred in ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' (2012), the sixth installment of the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], replacing [[Edward Norton]] as Dr. [[Hulk (comics)|Bruce Banner / Hulk]].<ref name="toldja">{{cite web |url=http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/toldja-marvel-ruffalo-reach-hulk-deal/ |authorlink=Nikki Finke |first=Nikki|last=Finke |title=TOLDJA! Marvel & Ruffalo Reach Hulk Deal |date=July 23, 2010 |website=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=July 23, 2010}}</ref> Ruffalo received critical acclaim for his performance and is under contract to reprise the role in any future film appearances of the character produced by [[Marvel Studios]].<ref name="toldja"/> Ruffalo also made a [[cameo appearance]] as Banner in ''[[Iron Man 3]]'', making him the first actor to reprise the character in a live-action film. He reprised the role again in ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'' (2015) and ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]'' (2017),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/26203/marvel_studios_confirms_stellar_new_cast_members_of_the_highly_anticipated_thor_ragnarok |title=Marvel Studios Confirms Stellar New Cast Members of the Highly Anticipated 'Thor: Ragnarok' |date=May 20, 2016 |first=Marc |last=Strom |website=Marvel.com}}</ref> and will do so once more in the upcoming films ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' and its [[Untitled Avengers film|untitled sequel]] set for release in 2018 and 2019, respectively. In 2014, Ruffalo starred as Ned Weeks in a television adaptation of Larry Kramer's AIDS-era play, ''[[The Normal Heart (film)|The Normal Heart]]''; his performance earned him an Emmy nomination. He says he has had an outpouring of support for his performance: <blockquote>I've never had so sincere and vulnerable a response from people for anything that I've ever done.... And of everything that I've done since I've been on social media, which hasn't been that long, by the way, I haven't had such an overwhelmingly positive response as I have from The Normal Heart directly to me. And it's a blessing, man. If this is it, if I have a piano dropped on me tomorrow, then I would go down thinking, "You know what, I did okay as far as my career goes, because that's a gift. That's rare."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gerard |first1=Jeremy |title=Mark Ruffalo After 'Normal Heart': 'If A Piano Dropped On Me Tomorrow, I Did OK |url=http://www.deadline.com/2014/08/mark-ruffalo-on-normal-heart-if-a-piano-dropped-on-me-tomorrow-i-did-ok-as-far-as-my-career-goes |date=August 10, 2014 |website=Deadline.com |accessdate=August 11, 2014}}</ref></blockquote> In 2015, Ruffalo received his second [[Academy Award]] nomination for his portrayal of wrestler [[Dave Schultz (wrestling)|Dave Schultz]] in the biographical drama ''[[Foxcatcher]]''. Later in the year, he starred as a bipolar father-of-two in the independent comedy film ''[[Infinitely Polar Bear]]'', for which he earned a [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination, and he also appeared as journalist [[Michael Rezendes]] in the drama film ''[[Spotlight (film)|Spotlight]]'', for which he earned his third [[Academy Award]] nomination and a [[BAFTA Award]] nomination. ===Theatre=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role !class="unsortable" |Notes |- | 1998 | ''[[This is Our Youth]]'' | Warren Straub | |- | 2006 | ''[[Awake and Sing!]]'' | Moe Axelrod | |- | 2017 | ''[[The Price (play)|The Price]]'' | Victor Franz | |} ===Directing=== He directed a number of plays during his time at the Orpheus Theatre Company, and made his feature film directorial debut with ''[[Sympathy for Delicious]]'', which premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] and won the Special Jury Prize. On releasing the film, Ruffalo said, "I'm still looking for distribution. I have a couple offers on the table, but I'm holding out for something a little bigger. I've been screening it for a lot of groups, and people are really responding to it. I think they're scared of that movie."<ref name="ifc.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.ifc.com/news/2010/07/mark-ruffalo-is-doing-all-righ.php?page=2 |title=Mark Ruffalo is Doing "All Right" |first=Aaron |last=Hillis |website=[[IFC (U.S. TV channel)|IFC]] |date=July 6, 2010 |accessdate=August 15, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820043324/http://www.ifc.com/news/2010/07/mark-ruffalo-is-doing-all-righ.php?page=2 |archivedate=August 20, 2010}}</ref> ===Politics=== Ruffalo is [[pro-choice]]. He has explained his stance by saying: "I don't want to turn back the hands of time to when women shuttled across state lines in the thick of night to resolve an unwanted pregnancy, in a cheap hotel room."<ref>{{cite news |title=Mark Ruffalo's pro-choice stance on abortion rights sets a powerful example |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2013/aug/19/mark-ruffalo-pro-choice-abortion-rights |accessdate=20 August 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=August 19, 2013 |first=Kira |last=Cochrane}}</ref> He has stated support for [[LGBTQ]]+ rights,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.queerty.com/mark-ruffalo-reveals-the-message-of-the-normal-heart-and-the-personal-reason-lgbt-equality-is-important-to-him-20140525|title=Mark Ruffalo Reveals The Message Of "The Normal Heart" And The Personal Reason LGBT Equality Is Important To Him |first=Jeremy |last=Kinser |date=May 25, 2014 |website=[[Queerty]]}}</ref> however he has received some criticism from the [[transgender]] community for supporting the casting of a [[cisgender]] man, [[Matt Bomer]], to play a [[transgender woman]] in the film ''Anything'', of which Ruffalo was an executive producer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/transgender-matt-bomer-anything-mark-ruffalo-924976 |title=Mark Ruffalo Defends Matt Bomer Amid Transgender Casting Criticism |date=September 1, 2016 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Ruffalo has suggested that the [[Zika virus]] is the inadvertent creation of a British biotech company that has been releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to combat dengue fever in Brazil.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/world/americas/conspiracy-theories-about-zika-spread-along-with-the-virus.html |title=Conspiracy Theories About Zika Spread Through Brazil With the Virus |first=Andrew |last=Jacobs |date=February 16, 2016 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=November 1, 2017}}</ref> In 2008, Ruffalo expressed concern that gas companies were eyeing his family's land in [[Callicoon (town), New York|Callicoon, New York]]. After doing his own investigation, ''New York'' magazine wrote, he becomes "[[anti-fracking movement|anti-fracking]]'s first famous face."<ref name=nym>{{cite magazine |url=http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/topic/fracking-2012-9/ |title=Fracklash |magazine=New York |date=September 2, 2012}}</ref> On October 4, 2010, Ruffalo appeared on ''[[The Rachel Maddow Show (TV series)|The Rachel Maddow Show]]'' to discuss [[hydraulic fracturing]] and the [[Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act|FRAC Act of 2009]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/10/05-0 |title=Mark Ruffalo Speaks Out Against Fracking Practices on The Rachel Maddow Show |website=commondreams.org |date=October 5, 2010}}</ref> He claimed in the December 2010 issue of ''[[GQ]]'' magazine that after he organized screenings in [[Pennsylvania]] of a documentary about natural-gas-drilling called ''[[Gasland]]'', he was placed on a terror advisory list.<ref name="nymag.com">{{cite news |first=Kyle |last=Buchanan |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/11/mark_ruffalo_is_on_a_homeland.html |title=Mark Ruffalo Is on a Homeland Security Watch |magazine=New York |date=November 24, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502030042/http://www.vulture.com/2010/11/mark_ruffalo_is_on_a_homeland.html |archivedate=May 2, 2014 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The [[Department of Homeland Security]] denied the claim.<ref name="newsfeed.time.com">{{cite magazine |first=Josh |last=Sanburn |url=http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/11/30/does-pennsylvania-consider-actor-mark-ruffalo-a-terrorist/ |title=Does Pennsylvania Consider Actor Mark Ruffalo a Terrorist? |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=November 30, 2010 |archivedate=December 20, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220072926/http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/11/30/does-pennsylvania-consider-actor-mark-ruffalo-a-terrorist/ |deadurl=no}}</ref> [[The Solutions Project]] is an organization founded by engineering professor [[Mark Z. Jacobson]] ([[Stanford University]]), Marco Krapels, [[Documentary film|documentary]] filmmaker/activist [[Josh Fox]] and Mark Ruffalo, with the aim of moving The United States towards [[100% renewable energy]], including the use of [[wind power]] and [[solar power]].<ref name="Saatchi">{{cite web |last=Appelgren |first=Jessica |date=April 11, 2014 |title=Talking Solutions: Q and A with The Solutions Project Chief Operating Officer, Jon Wank |website=Saatchi & Saatchi |url=http://www.saatchis.com/talking-solutions-q-and-a-with-the-solutions-project-chief-operating-officer-jon-wank |accessdate=November 20, 2014}}</ref> The organization says this [[energy transition]] is mainly social and political in nature, not technical.<ref name="Jacobson">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqIu2J3vRJc |author=American Shows |date=October 22, 2013 |title=Mark Jacobson interview on David Letterman October 9, 2013 |website=YouTube |accessdate=November 20, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Ruffalo spoke out against [[Israel]]'s [[Operation Protective Edge]], Israel's 7-week war against Hamas, tweeting:<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ruffalo |first1=Mark |title=Israel destroys el-Wafa hospital as staff evacuates all patients |url=https://twitter.com/markruffalo/status/489910402482831360 |website=Twitter |accessdate=6 December 2016}}</ref> "Israel destroys el-Wafa hospital as staff evacuates all patients". After receiving criticism for defending Palestinians, Ruffalo responded: "Sorry, I thought blowing up Hospitals was something that all human beings could agree was off limits." Finally, in response to accusations of anti-Semitism, Ruffalo responded,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ruffalo |first1=Mark |title="Empathizing w/ Gaza does NOT make me anti-Semitic, nor pro-Hamas or anti-Israel. It makes me human" |url=https://twitter.com/markruffalo/status/492809971319332864 |website=Twitter |accessdate=6 December 2016}}</ref> citing a ''Tikkun Daily'' article: "Empathizing w/ Gaza does NOT make me anti-Semitic, nor pro-Hamas or anti-Israel. It makes me human." In 2016, Ruffalo narrated and produced ''Dear President Obama: The Clean Energy Revolution Is Now'', a documentary by director [[Jon Bowermaster]] which looks at [[President Obama]]'s environmental tenure and legacy concerning the massive expansion of oil and natural gas drilling.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-ruffalo/dear-president-obama-the-clean-energy-revolution-is-now_b_9484460.html |title=Dear President Obama: The Clean Energy Revolution is Now |first1=Mark |last1=Ruffalo |first2=Jon |last2=Bowermaster |date=March 17, 2016 |website=Huffington Post}}</ref> In the 2016 election, Ruffalo endorsed [[Socialism in the United States|democratic socialist]] [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2015/09/11/is-socialism-here-to-stay-or-is-sanders-just-another-dean/#2146946749d4 |title=Is Socialism Here To Stay In 2016, Or Is Bernie Sanders Just Another Howard Dean? |magazine=[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]] |last=Whalen |first=Bill |date=September 11, 2015 |accessdate=July 11, 2017}}</ref> Ruffalo actively supported the [[Standing Rock Indian Reservation]] in their opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/arts-entertainment/mark-ruffalo-in-standing-rock-leo-dicaprio-jesse-jackson-head-to-standing-rock/ |title=Mark Ruffalo in Standing Rock; Leo DiCaprio, Jesse Jackson Head to Standing Rock |website=Indian Country Media Network |access-date=June 28, 2017}}</ref> Ruffalo sparked controversy in June 2017 after posting a petition on Twitter urging [[NBC]] to stop hiring white conservative commentators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2017/06/12/mark-ruffalo-seeks-help-in-stopping-msnbcs-white-conservative-hiring-spree/ |title=Mark Ruffalo seeks help in stopping MSNBC's white conservative hiring spree |date=June 12, 2017 |website=[[Twitchy]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/13/mark-ruffalo-in-hulk-rage-at-nbc-pushes-petition-t/ |title=Mark Ruffalo in hulk rage at NBC, pushes petition to end 'white conservative hiring' |first=Douglas |last=Ernst |newspaper=The Washington Times |date=June 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2017/06/12/mark-ruffalo-seeks-help-in-stopping-msnbcs-white-conservative-hiring-spree/|title=Mark Ruffalo seeks help in stopping MSNBC's white conservative hiring spree}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/13/mark-ruffalo-in-hulk-rage-at-nbc-pushes-petition-t/|title=Mark Ruffalo in hulk rage at NBC, pushes petition to end ‘white conservative hiring’|last=Ernst|first=Douglas|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|date=June 13, 2017|accessdate=January 23, 2018}}</ref> In June 2017, Ruffalo endorsed [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 UK general election]]. He [[Twitter|tweeted]]: "Because @jeremycorbyn offers people an alternative to the Corporate status quo, which never ends well for them, I humbly endorse Corbyn."<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last=Oppenheim |first=Maya |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/home-news/election-2017-celebrities-vote-party-ballots-comedians-actors-footballers-steve-coogan-danny-devito-a7779151.html |title=Election 2017: The surprising and not-so surprising ways celebrities will be casting their ballots today |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=June 8, 2017 |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref><ref name="mirror">{{cite news |last=Milne |first=Oliver |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/who-celebrities-voting-general-election-10546843 |title=Who are celebrities voting for in 2017 General Election? The A-Z of famous names supporting Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems and Greens |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=June 8, 2017 |accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref> ===9/11 Truth movement=== Ruffalo has given interviews to We Are Change, a 9/11 'truth' group, in both 2007 and 2011.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/05/celebrities-who-believe-in-conspiracy-theories.html |title=Kylie Jenner Isn't the Only Celebrity Who Believes in Chemtrails |first=Jessica |last=Roy |date=May 26, 2015 |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |accessdate=November 1, 2017}}</ref> Ruffalo stated: "I'm baffled by the way all three buildings came down. My first reaction was that buildings don't fall down like that.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewrap.com/9-stars-who-have-been-911-conspiracy-truthers-september-11-photos/7/ |title=9 Stars Who Have Been 9/11 Conspiracy Truthers (Photos) |date=September 11, 2017 |website=[[TheWrap]] |accessdate=November 1, 2017}}</ref> I've done quite a bit of my own research ...The fact that the 9/11 investigation went from the moment the planes hit to the moment the buildings fell, and nothing before or after, I think, makes that investigation completely illegitimate. If you're going to do a criminal investigation, you have to find a motive. We didn't follow that. It was quickly pushed away, obviously. There was no evidence at the biggest crime scene. None of us know what happened but I'm totally and completely behind reopening that investigation. Where is the money? Follow the money, guys!"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoQPR_lHL9k |title=Mark Ruffalo questions 9-11 |author=WeAreChange Los Angeles |date=November 3, 2007 |website=YouTube}}</ref> In 2011, he added: "The [[9/11 Commission|Commission]] didn't really do anything about before the buildings were struck or afterward. There just seems to be more questions left unanswered than anything else. I don't want to jump to any conclusions but I don't think it's ever been given its due diligence, considering that it's the largest crime ever committed on US soil. [[7 World Trade Center|Building Seven]]&nbsp;– a lot of people don't even know about that&nbsp;... The world has changed because of it and not in a good way. We've been militarized and lost many of our civil liberties. More people die from smoking cigarettes each year and we give this a lot more play than that."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwAnDj9fIo |title=Mark Ruffalo: There are more questions than answers about 9/11 |author=WeAreChange |date=January 20, 2011 |website=YouTube}}</ref> ==Personal life== [[File:MarkRuffalo07TIFF.jpg|thumb|Ruffalo at the [[2007 Toronto International Film Festival]]]] Since June 2000, Ruffalo has been married to Sunrise Coigney and they have three children: son Keen (b. 2001), and daughters Bella Noche (b. 2005) and Odette (b. 2007). They live in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ellis |first=Josh |url=http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/mark-ruffalos-good-life-formula-3-kids-1-rabbit-47-acres-2-764-miles-from-hollywood-20130509 |title=Mark Ruffalo's Good Life Formula: 3 Kids, 1 Rabbit, 47 Acres, 2,764 Miles From Hollywood |magazine=[[Men's Journal]] |date=June 2013}}</ref> After completing work on the film ''[[The Last Castle]]'', Ruffalo was diagnosed with an [[acoustic neuroma]], a type of [[brain tumor]], and had surgery; the tumor was benign but resulted in a period of partial [[facial paralysis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://moviepilot.com/posts/3813699 |title=A Dream That Led Mark Ruffalo To Discover He Had A Brain Tumor |date=March 14, 2016 |website=[[Moviepilot]]}}</ref> He recovered from the paralysis; however, he became deaf in his left ear as a result of the tumor.<ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Zoe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/jun/11/features.weekend |title=Out of the Traps |date=June 10, 2005 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] }}</ref> On December 1, 2008, Ruffalo's brother, Scott, was shot in the head<ref>{{cite news |last=Li |first=David |url=https://nypost.com/2008/12/03/actors-brother-clinging-to-life/ |title=Actor's Brother Clinging to Life |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |date=December 3, 2008}}</ref> at his [[Beverly Hills]] condominium,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Oliver |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20244026,00.html |title=Mark Ruffalo's Brother Shot in the Head |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=December 3, 2008}}</ref> and died a week later.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Silverman |first=Stephen |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20245091,00.html |title=Scott Ruffalo Dies from Gunshot Wound |magazine=People |date=December 9, 2008}}</ref> The case remains unsolved.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Chen |first=Joyce |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/mark-ruffalo-opens-up-about-the-murder-of-his-younger-brother-scott-2013105 |title=Mark Ruffalo Opens Up About the Murder of His Younger Brother Scott |magazine=[[Us Weekly (magazine)|Us Weekly]] |date=May 10, 2013}}</ref> Ruffalo has a house in [[Sullivan County, New York]] and in 2016 described the [[Catskill Mountains]] as his home.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ruffalo|first1=Mark|title=My View: The Catskills are my home|url=http://www.recordonline.com/opinion/20160228/my-view-catskills-are-my-home|accessdate=30 January 2018|work=[[Times Herald-Record]]|date=February 28, 2016|language=en}}</ref> ==Filmography== {{Main article|Mark Ruffalo filmography}} == Audiobooks == * 2016: ''Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In'' (together with [[Bernie Sanders]], the author), Macmillan Audio, {{ISBN|978-1427285331}} ==Awards and nominations== {{Main article|List of awards and nominations received by Mark Ruffalo}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|749263}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100527100821/http://focusfeatures.com/peopleinfilm/mark_ruffalo Mark Ruffalo] – People in Film at Focus Features * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014175646/http://video.bravotv.com/player/?id=81692 Mark Ruffalo] interview clips on Inside the Actors Studio * [http://the1secondfilm.com/producer/3030 Mark Ruffalo] producer profile for The 1 Second Film {{Navboxes |title = Awards for Mark Ruffalo |list = {{BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards}} {{Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast}} {{MTV Movie Award for Best Fight}} {{New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor}} {{Satellite Award Best Actor Television Miniseries or Film}} {{Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture}} {{ScreenActorsGuildAward CastMotionPicture 2011–2020}} {{ScreenActorsGuildAward MaleTVMiniseriesMovie}} }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruffalo, Mark}} [[Category:1967 births]] 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