Mark Ruffalo
Actor Mark Ruffalo is an American actor and the co-founder of the Orpheus Theatre Company in Los Angeles, California. Ruffalo has appeared in several television shows and films including romantic comedies Rumor Has It and 13 Going On 30, and the 2001 Oscar nominated film You Can Count on Me, starring Laura Linney. In 2002, Ruffalo suffered from temporary partial facial paralysis when he had a benign brain tumor removed.
Ruffalo is set to begin filming The Kids Are All Right on June 29, 2009, in Los Angeles alongside Annette Benning and Julianne Moore.http://www.filmjerk.com/news/article.php?id_new=587 He will also appear in Martin Scorcese's latest film Shutter Island, set for an October 2, 2009, release.http://www.examiner.com/x-10097-Las-Vegas-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Shutter-Island-trailer-brings-chills
Selected Filmography
- 1994: A Gift from Heaven
- 1996: Blood Money
- 2000: The Beat
- 2001: The Last Castle
- 2003: My Life Without Me
- 2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- 2004: 13 Going on 30
- 2005: Just Like Heaven
- 2005: Rumor Has It
- 2006: All the King's Men
- 2007: Reservation Road
- 2008: Blindness
- 2008:What Doesn't Kill You
- 2009: Shutter Island
Brother Shot
On December 1, 2008, at around 1:40 a.m., Mark Ruffalo's younger brother, Scott, was shot in the head in his Beverly Hills apartment. Scott was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital in very serious condition.People: Ruffalo's Brother Shot in the Head (December 3, 2008) TMZ.com reported that Scott died on December 8, 2008. He was 39 years old. Two persons of interest, Brian Scofield and Shaha Adham, turned themselves in to the Beverly Hills police department on December 8, 2008. TMZ: Ruffalo Dies (December 9, 2008) People: Police Seek Two People in Shooting of Mark Ruffalo's Brother (December 5, 2008)
TMZ.com reported on December 10, 2008, that Adham was released from police custody after evidence was provided that cleared her in the death of Scott Ruffalo. Brian Scofield was released as well.TMZ.com: Ruffalo Suspect Cleared and Released (December 10, 2008)CTV.ca: Ruffalo suspect released, cleared: attorney (December 10, 2008)
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Fast Facts
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Full name
Mark Alan Ruffalo
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Born
November 22, 1967
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Birthplace
Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Wife
Sunrise Coigney
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Has three children
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Breakthrough role
You Can Count on Me
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2002
Had benign brain tumor removed
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Italian and French Canadian descent
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December 2008
Ruffalo's brother, Scott, was shot in the head in his Beverly Hills apartmentPeople: Ruffalo's Brother Shot in the Head (December 3, 2008)
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Believed to have dropped out of a role in Greenburg because of his brother's deathPeople: Mark Ruffalo Drops Out of Movie Role (December 12, 2008)
