Mark Ruffalo Turns 59 on November 22, From Eternal Sunshine to the Hulk in The Avengers

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Mark Ruffalo turns 59 on November 22. He was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1967, and he trained in theatre in New York before moving into film and television.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) showed a gentler side of his work, opposite Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. Zodiac (2007), directed by David Fincher, cast him as a San Francisco police inspector hunting a serial killer.

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Spotlight (2015) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He played a reporter on the team that uncovered abuse in the Catholic Church, and the film won the Oscar for Best Picture.

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He played Bruce Banner, the Hulk, in The Avengers (2012) and in several later Marvel films, including Avengers: Endgame (2019).

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Which of his performances is your favourite, the reporter in Spotlight, the Hulk or the detective in Zodiac?