Who is Mark Ruffalo?

Mark Ruffalo is an American actor, humanitarian, social activist, and film producer.

He is best known for his roles in such films as Spotlight, You Can Count on Me, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Zodiac, Foxcatcher, and Shutter Island.

He is also known for playing the character Bruce Banner/The Hulk in Marvel’s Avengers franchise.

Mark Ruffalo: Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood

Mark Ruffalo was born as Mark Alan Ruffalo on 22 November 1967, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA. Mark is an American by nationality and he is of Italian and French-Canadian ethnicity.

His mother, Marie Rose is a hairdresser and stylist, and his father, Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, Jr. worked as a construction painter.

His father is of Italian descent and his mother is of half French Canadian and half Italian ancestry. He has two sisters named Tania and Nicole, and a brother named Scott, who died in 2008.

He struggled with undiagnosed dyslexia and ADD as a child and a young adult.