Mark Ruffalo
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Born	Mark Alan Ruffalo November 22, 1967 (1967-11-22) (age 40) Kenosha, Wisconsin

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==Biography==

Early life

Ruffalo, of Italian and French Canadian descent,^[1] was born in the industrial town of Kenosha, Wisconsin, the son of Marie Rose, a hairdresser and stylist, and Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, Jr., a construction painter.^[2][3][4] He has two sisters, Tania and Nicole, and a brother, Scott.^[4] Ruffalo has described himself as a "happy kid"^[5] and his upbringing as taking place in a "very big Italian family with lots of love".^[6] He attended a progressive school and was raised around the local Bahá'í community, of which his father was a member.^[4] Ruffalo spent his teen years in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where his father worked, graduating from First Colonial High School.^[4] He then moved with his family to San Diego, California and later to Los Angeles, California, where he took classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory and co-founded the Orpheus Theatre Company.^[4] With the OTC, he wrote, directed, and starred in a number of plays and spent the next nine years earning his living as a bartender. Languages Italian, Sicilian, Neapolitan, Corsican, Sardinian, Emiliano-Romagnolo, Ligurian, Lombard, Piedmontese, Venetian, Ladin, Friulian Religions predominantly Roman Catholic      The Italians are a Southern European ethnic group found primarily in Italy and in a wide-ranging diaspora throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia. ... French Canadian is a term that has several different connotations. ... Location of Kenosha within Wisconsin Coordinates: , Country State County Kenosha Settled 1836 Government  - Mayor John M. Antaramian Area  - City 24. ... Progressive can refer to: Progressive music, including Progressive rock, Progressive metal and Progressive electronica Political Progressivism Several Progressive Parties Progressive Era in the United States (1890-1913) Progressive, a company providing auto insurance The Progressive, a left-wing monthly magazine The progressive tense in grammar Progressive lenses, used to correct... This article is about the generally recognized global religious community. ... Part of the Virginia Beach oceanfront resort strip. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... First Colonial High School is a high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. ... San Diego redirects here. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 – December 21, 1992) was an American actress, and for decades was regarded as Americas foremost acting teacher. ... For the song by Dave Matthews Band, see Bartender (song). ...

Career

Ruffalo had minor roles in films like The Dentist (1996), the low-key crime comedy Safe Men (1998) and Ang Lee's acclaimed Civil War Western Ride With the Devil (1999). Through a chance meeting with writer Kenneth Lonergan, Ruffalo began collaborating with Lonergan and appeared in several of his plays, including the original cast of This is Our Youth (1998), which led to Ruffalo's role as Laura Linney's troubled, aimless drifter brother Terry in Longeran's acclaimed, Academy Award-nominated 2000 film You Can Count on Me.^[4] 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.^[4] The Dentist is an American horror film released in 1996. ... Ang Lee (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (born October 23, 1954) is an Academy-Award winning film director from the Republic of China (Taiwan). ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ride with the Devil can mean the following: The American film Ride with the Devil by director Ang Lee The New Zealand television series Ride with the Devil that premiered on September 4, 2007 Category: ... Kenneth Lonergan is a playwright, screenwriter, and director born in 1963 in New York City, New York. ... This Is Our Youth is a play by Kenneth Lonergan. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Laura Leggett Linney[1][2] (born February 5, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American actress, active in movies, television, and theatre. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Bold text You Can Count on Me is a 2000 movie, starring Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin and Matthew Broderick, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) was founded in 1975. ... The Montreal World Film Festival (Festival des Films du Monde - Montréal) is Montreals oldest current film festival. ...

This led to other significant roles, including the films XX/XY (2002), Isabel Coixet's My Life Without Me alongside Sarah Polley (2003), Jane Campion's In the Cut alongside Meg Ryan (2003), Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004), which is based upon two short stories written by Andre Dubus.^[4] He appeared opposite Tom Cruise as a homicide detective in Michael Mann's acclaimed crime-thriller Collateral (2004).^[4] More recently, Ruffalo has appeared as a romantic lead in "chick flicks" such as View From the Top (2002), 13 Going on 30 (2004), Just Like Heaven (2005) and Rumor Has It (2005).^[4] In 2006, Ruffalo starred in Clifford Odets's Awake and Sing! at the Belasco Theater in New York, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.^[4] In March, 2007, he appeared in 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.^[4] October 2007 saw Ruffalo play divorced lawyer Dwight Arno, who accidentally kills a child and speeds away, in Terry George's film Reservation Road based on the same titled novel by John Burnham Schwartz. XX/XY is a film released in 2002 starring Mark Ruffalo and Maya Stange. ... Image:Isabel Coixet. ... My Life Without Me (Mi vida sin mí) is a 2003 film that tells a story of the dying process of a 23 year old woman who has a husband and two daughters. ... Sarah Polley Sarah Polley (born January 8, 1979, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, singer and film director. ... Jane Campion (born April 30, 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an Academy Award-winning film maker. ... In the Cut is a 2003 American/British/Australian crime/erotic thriller film written and directed by New Zealand director Jane Campion. ... Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress who specializes in romantic comedies but has also worked in other film genres. ... Michel Gondry, 2005 Michel Gondry, born May 8, 1963 (1964 according to some sources), is a French Academy Award winning screenwriter, film, commercial, and music video director noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. ... Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is an Academy Award-winning 2004 American romance film by director Michel Gondry. ... We Dont Live Here Anymore film poster We Dont Live Here Anymore is a 2004 film directed by John Curran. ... Andre Dubus (August 11, 1936 - February 24, 1999) was an American short story writer, essayist, and autobiographer. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. ... Collateral is a 2004 Academy Award-nominated Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures American drama/thriller/crime film directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie, with un-credited rewrites by Mann and Frank Darabont. ... The term chick flick is slang for a movie that appeals mainly to women or young girls, either by design or popular consensus. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. ... 13 Going On 30 (also known as Suddenly 30 in Australia and 13 Love 30 In Japan) is a 2004 comedy movie starring Jennifer Garner. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Just Like Heaven is a romantic comedy film released on September 16, 2005, in the U.S. and Canada. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... Rumor Has It is a 2005 comedy film starring Jennifer Aniston and directed by Rob Reiner. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... Clifford Odets photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 - August 18, 1963) was an American socialist playwright, screenwriter, and social protester. ... Awake and Sing! is a 1935 play by Clifford Odets. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... For the 2006 film starring Justin Chambers and Robin Tunney, see The Zodiac (film). ... Dave Toschi (b. ... For the New York City Zodiac copycat, see Heriberto Seda. ... Terry George (born 1952) is a Belfast-born screenwriter and director. ... Reservation Road is a film directed by Terry George and based on the book of the same title by John Burnham Schwartz, who, along with George, adapted the novel for the screenplay. ... John Burnham Schwartz is an American novelist. ...

Personal life

In 2002, Ruffalo was diagnosed with a brain tumor and had surgery, which resulted in a period of partial facial paralysis, even though the tumor was found to be benign.^[2] He fully recovered from the paralysis and returned to good health as well as an active life and movie career. He has been married to French-American actress Sunrise Coigney (born Christina Sunrise Coigney on September 17, 1972 in San Francisco) since June of 2000, and they have three children: a son Keen born in 2001, a daughter Bella born in 2005 and their third child, daughter Odette, was born on October 20, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.^[7] Also see: 2002 (number). ... A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the brain itself (neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells), lymphatic tissue, blood vessels), in the cranial nerves (myelin-producing Schwann cells), in the brain envelopes (meninges), skull, pituitary and pineal gland, or... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...

Political views

On October 4, 2006, he appeared on daily news program Democracy Now! to speak against the war on Iraq, the Military Commissions Act, torture, and the Bush administration in general. He also announced his speaking engagement at the The World Can't Wait protest in New York City on October 5, 2006. is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Democracy Now! logo. ... The United States Military Commissions Act of 2006, Pub. ... The World Cant Wait (WCW) is a non-profit organization of political activists in the United States. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see 5th October (Serbia). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ruffalo contributed to Mike Gravel in his 2008 Presidential Bid.^[8] Maurice Robert Mike Gravel (IPA: ) (born May 13, 1930), is a former Democratic United States Senator from Alaska, having served for two terms, from 1969 to 1981. ...

In October 2007, Ruffalo criticized the 9/11 Commission Report as "completely illegitimate" and called for re-opening the investigation. He said: "I saw the way they all came down, and I, and I, and I am baffled. My first reaction is that buildings don't fall down like that." He also criticized the 9/11 truth movement, saying "There's so much information that's been put out there by truth for 9/11 and it's, so much of it has been kind of stretched that a lot of people are grabbing a hold of the more kind of sensational parts of what doesn't jibe with the story to discredit the movement."^[9] The cover of the final 9/11 report 9/11 Commission Report, formally titled Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... Members of the 9/11 Truth Movement at a Los Angeles demonstration, October 2007 The 9/11 Truth Movement is the name adopted by organizations and individuals that question the mainstream account of the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States. ...

Filmography

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References

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External links

• Mark Ruffalo at the Internet Movie Database
• Clips from Ruffalo interview on Inside the Actors Studio
• Mark Ruffalo Producer Profile for The 1 Second Film