Who is Mark Ruffalo?
A: Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor.
When did he begin acting?
A: In the early 1990s.
He first gained recognition for his work in what
Kenneth Lonergan's play?
A: This Is Our Youth (1998) and drama film You Can Count on Me (2000).
He went on to star in what two romantic comedies?
A: 13 Going on 30 (2004) and Just like Heaven (2005).
He also starred in what thrillers?
A: In the Cut (2003), Zodiac (2007) and Shutter Island (2010).
He received a Tony Award nomination for his supporting
role in what?
A: The Broadway revival of Awake and Sing! in 2006.
Ruffalo gained international recognition for playing
whom?
A: Bruce Banner and the Hulk in superhero films set in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe.
He was in what avenger’s movies?
A: The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame
(2019).
Ruffalo gained nominations for the Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actor for playing a what in the comedy-drama The Kids Are
All Right (2010)?
A: sperm-donor.
He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in
a TV Movie for playing what?
A: A gay writer and activist in the television drama film The Normal Heart
(2015).
He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead
Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for what role?
A: His dual role as identical twins in the miniseries I Know This Much Is
True (2020).
Ruffalo is one of the few performers to receive what?
A: All four EGOT nominations.
When was Ruffalo born?
A: On November 22, 1967.
Where was he born?
A: In Kenosha, Wisconsin.
His mother, Marie Rose, is a what?
A: A hairdresser and stylist.
His father, Frank Lawrence Ruffalo Jr., worked as a
what?
A: A construction painter.
He has what two sisters?
A: Tania and Nicole, and a brother, Scott (died 2008).
His father is of what descent?
A: Italian, from Girifalco.
His mother is half French Canadian and half what?
A: Italian ancestry.
Ruffalo attended what kind of schools?
A: Both Catholic and progressive schools throughout his education.
Ruffalo has described himself as having been what?
A: A "happy kid".
He struggled with undiagnosed what?
A: Dyslexia and ADHD as a child and a young adult.
Where did Ruffalo spend his teen years?
A: In Virginia Beach, Virginia, where his father worked.
He competed in what in junior high and high school in
Wisconsin and Virginia?
A: Wrestling.
Ruffalo graduated from First Colonial High School in
Virginia Beach, where he acted for what?
A: The Patriot Playhouse.
He moved with his family to San Diego,
California and
later to where?
A: Los Angeles, where he took classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory and
co-founded the Orpheus Theatre Company.
With the theater company, he wrote, directed, and
starred in what?
A: A number of plays.
He spent close to a decade working as a what?
A: A bartender.
He made his screen debut in an episode of what?
A: CBS Summer Playhouse (1989).