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Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor and producer who began his career in the late 1980s and first gained recognition for his work in Kenneth Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth (1996) and drama film You Can Count on Me (2000). He went on to star in the romantic comedies 13 Going on 30 (2004) and Just like Heaven (2005), and the thrillers In the Cut (2003), Zodiac (2007), and Shutter Island (2010)…
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For all my fellow SAG-AFTRA members on strike who need financial support during this time, please check out this article. # UnionStrong https://www. latimes.com/entertainment-arts /business/story/2023-07-18/what-financial-assistance-is-available-for-actors-sag-aftra-strike
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“I spent a lot of time with the real journalist, I had meals with him. I talked with him for hours. I sat next to him at work, I watched him work the phones. I watched him write his stories. I talked to him about his life and his family. I had him give me tours of Boston. As much as I could soak him up seemed to be the most important part.”
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E! Online: How Mark Ruffalo Reacted to Son Keen Ruffalo Following in His Acting Footsteps
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Snopes rated the claim “In March 2026, actor Mark Ruffalo invested $369,000 in a television special titled "Where Truth Leads, Justice Follows."” False.
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The Guardian: Arco review – Natalie Portman and Mark Ruffalo lead rainbow-hued eco animation
The Guardian: Mark Ruffalo’s howl of frustration was the Golden Globes’ finest hour
Ruffalo wore a "Be Good" pin on the red carpet in protest of the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis
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Ruffalo acted opposite Marvel co-star Chris Hemsworth in the crime thriller film Crime 101
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The Guardian: Task review – Mark Ruffalo’s druggy kidnap drama is so bleak it’s downright manipulative
The Guardian: TV tonight: Mark Ruffalo stars in new drama by Mare of Easttown creator
Ruffalo portrayed Kenneth Marshall in the Bong Joon-ho directed science fiction film Mickey 17
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Starred in the HBO crime drama television series Task
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Accompanied by his wife Sunrise Coigney and the two elder of his three children, Ruffalo received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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“For all my fellow SAG-AFTRA members on strike who need financial support during this time, please check out this article. # UnionStrong https://www. latimes.com/entertainment-arts /business/story/2023-07-18/what-financial-assistance-is-available-for-actors-sag-aftra-strike”
“Dear POTUS, The Justice Department, and the FCC. By eliminating the Paramount Decrees, you have made way for the strikes and shutdown of our industry. That was an antiquated antitrust law that held back studios and streamers from forming monopolies. They are now crushing labor because there is no competition—there is no recourse to their demands. Please reinstate or better your antitrust laws for the entertainment industry. https://www. culawreview.org/current-events -2/terminations-of-the-param”
““Corporations are people, my friend.” -Mitt Romney”
“When your home burns, floods, or is destroyed in an extreme climate weather event, when someone in your family dies from heat waves, or when crops fail and people starve—come for these three people: Wael Sawan (Shell CEO), Darren Woods (Exxon CEO), and Patrick Pouyanne (TotalEnergies CEO). They knew what was coming and did it to you anyway. Sue them, shame them, heckle them, despise them. These are choices. They are to blame, not society. https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j ul/16/big-oil”
““‘Congress cannot mandate that federal regulators throw caution to the wind—environmental laws are more than just mere suggestions, and must be adhered to,’ said Ben Jealous, executive director of the Sierra Club, one of the plaintiffs.” https://www. wsj.com/articles/court-halts-m ountain-valley-pipeline-championed-by-sen-joe-manchin-c5cc2d7”
““‘There is no excuse for it. Thomas could invite them to his Christmas party and he could attend Christmas parties, as long as they are not discussing any cases. His Christmas party should not be paid for by lawyers,’ Painter said. ‘A federal government employee collecting money from lawyers for any reason … I don’t see how that works.’” # Corruption # ClarenceThomasProblem https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j ul/12/clarence-thomas-aide-venmo-payments-lawyers-supreme-court”
““We are committed to the negotiating process and will explore and exhaust every possible opportunity to make a deal, however we are not confident that the employers have any intention of bargaining toward an agreement.” https:// apnews.com/article/actors-stri ke-hollywood-writers-ab1cce432e5ce393d0c5b3416a9bc91a”
““…the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Burns Paiute Tribe, and Summit Lake Paiute Tribe—are also suing in a bid to block construction of the mine, claiming that BLM withheld key information from the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office and misrepresented how much the agency consulted with tribes prior to approving the project.” https://www. commondreams.org/news/thacker- pass-lithium-mine-2659487512”
““...It’s not about property. It’s not about a barbed wire fence, something that’s ‘this is mine, this is yours.’ It’s fundamentally looking at land as something that you are a part of and hold a responsibility to look after.” -Jesse ShortBull https://www. theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/ 10/lakota-nation-fight-land-mark-ruffalo”
“Kudos to Sarah Silverman! This will most likely become a landmark case. https://www. huffpost.com/entry/sarah-silve rman-copyright-suit-chatgpt_n_64ab2ce5e4b02fb0e6f94a1b”
Ruffalo sought to block the sale of the West Park Presbyterian Church, a city landmark built in the 1880s, to prevent its demolition and construction of housing in its place
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Starred in the Yorgos Lanthimos directed black comedy fantasy film Poor Things starring Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe
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And Nicole, and a brother, Scott, who died in 2008
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Ruffalo acted in the Netflix science fiction action comedy The Adam Project opposite Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, and Zoe Saldaña
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for I Know This Much Is True (2020).
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Ruffalo portrayed dual roles of Dominick Birdsey/Thomas Birdsey in the HBO limited series I Know This Much Is True where he also served as an executive producer
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Ruffalo praised the closure of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, and called for the closure of additional nuclear power plants
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Starred as Robert Bilott in the Todd Haynes directed legal thriller Dark Waters which he also produced
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Ruffalo starred in and co-produced Dark Waters, which spotlighted another one of his environmental concerns with its true-life depiction of a corporate lawyer's relentless pursuit of justice to expose poisonous pollution
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He tweeted: "Because @jeremycorbyn offers people an alternative to the Corporate status quo, which never ends well for them, I humbly endorse Corbyn." Ruffalo signed a letter supporting Corbyn, whom he described as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia and racism in much of the democratic world", and endorsed him in the 2019 UK general election.
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Awarded Rose-Walters Prize (2015).
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Ruffalo supported the "Education Is Not a Crime" campaign alongside other artists and intellectuals, including Nazanin Boniadi, Abbas Milani, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Azar Nafisi, Omid Djalili, Eva LaRue, Mohammad Maleki (form
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Portrayed journalist Michael Rezendes in the drama film Spotlight, for which he earned his third Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA Award nomination
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Ruffalo starred as a father of two with bipolar disorder in the independent comedy film Infinitely Polar Bear, for which he earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for The Normal Heart (2014).
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Ruffalo received his second Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of wrestler Dave Schultz in the biographical drama Foxcatcher directed by Bennett Miller
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Fight for The Avengers (2013).
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Ruffalo starred in the romantic comedy Begin Again acting alongside Keira Knightley
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Ruffalo appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show to discuss hydraulic fracturing and the FRAC Act of 2009
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Awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Kids Are All Right (2010).
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Ruffalo co-starred in the Martin Scorsese thriller Shutter Island as U
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Starred in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right, with Annette Bening and Julianne Moore
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Played a brief role in the film Where the Wild Things Are as Max's mother's boyfriend
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Ruffalo's younger brother, Scott, was found outside his home on North Palm Drive in Beverly Hills with an execution-style bullet wound to the head
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Ruffalo starred as a con man in The Brothers Bloom with Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz and co-starred with Julianne Moore in Blindness
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Ruffalo expressed concern that gas companies were eyeing his family's land in Callicoon, New York, and New York wrote that Ruffalo, after doing his own investigation, became "anti-fracking's first famous face"
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Made his Broadway debut starring as Moe Axelrod in Clifford Odets's Awake and Sing
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Ruffalo starred in the political drama remake All the King's Men acting opposite Sean Penn, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Anthony Hopkins
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In Rod Lurie's The Last Castle playing a bookie in a military prison alongside Robert Redford
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Awarded Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor (1999).
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Awarded Theatre World Award (1997).
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Where he acted for the Patriot Playhouse
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Born 1967-11-22.
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Dear POTUS, The Justice Department, and the FCC. By eliminating the Paramount Decrees, you have made way for the strikes and shutdown of our industry. That was an antiquated antitrust law that held back studios and streamers from forming monopolies. They are now crushing labor because there is no competition—there is no recourse to their demands. Please reinstate or better your antitrust laws for the entertainment industry. https://www. culawreview.org/current-events -2/terminations-of-the-param
When your home burns, floods, or is destroyed in an extreme climate weather event, when someone in your family dies from heat waves, or when crops fail and people starve—come for these three people: Wael Sawan (Shell CEO), Darren Woods (Exxon CEO), and Patrick Pouyanne (TotalEnergies CEO). They knew what was coming and did it to you anyway. Sue them, shame them, heckle them, despise them. These are choices. They are to blame, not society. https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j ul/16/big-oil
“‘Congress cannot mandate that federal regulators throw caution to the wind—environmental laws are more than just mere suggestions, and must be adhered to,’ said Ben Jealous, executive director of the Sierra Club, one of the plaintiffs.” https://www. wsj.com/articles/court-halts-m ountain-valley-pipeline-championed-by-sen-joe-manchin-c5cc2d7
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