Birthday: November 22, 1967
After 12 years as a struggling actor, Mark Ruffalo became the next big thing with his exceptional performance in the Oscar-nominated independent film You Can Count on Me (2000). Wisconsin-born Ruffalo wanted to be an actor as a child, but he ignored his early aspirations until the end of high school. Not sure what else to do, Ruffalo headed to Los Angeles at 18 "out of desperation" ...more- 2008
- Vancouver Film Critics
- Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film
- Blindness
- nom
- 2000
- Montréal World Film Festival
- Best Actor
- You Can Count On Me
- win
- 2000
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association
- New Generation Award
- You Can Count On Me
- win
- 2000
- Toronto Film Critics Association
- Best Actor - Runner-up
- You Can Count On Me
- win
- 2000
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Best Actor
- You Can Count On Me
- nom
- 2010
- Shutter Island
- Chuck Aule
- 2008
- Blindness
- Doctor
- 2008
- The Brothers Bloom
- Stephen
- 2008
- What Doesn't Kill You
- Brian
- 2007
- Zodiac
- Inspector David Toschi
- 2010
- Sympathy for Delicious
- Director
- 2004
- We Don't Live Here Anymore
- Executive Producer
- 2004
- We Don't Live Here Anymore
- Producer
- 1996
- The Destiny of Marty Fine
- Screenwriter













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