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Gender: Male
Birthplace: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Birthday: 11-22-1967
Birth Name: Mark Alan Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo was born on the 22nd of November 1967 in Wisconsin to parents Maria and Frank Ruffalo. Mark grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, until the age of thirteen when his family moved to Virginia Beach. He spent most of his teenage years there. After high school, Mark and his family moved to San Diego. However, they moved again to Los Angeles where Mark took classes at the Stella Adler...

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Inside the Actors Studio
Mark Ruffalo
Monday 19 March 2007 on Bravo

Host Robert Linton talks to Mark Ruffalo about his various roles.

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Mark was co-producer for the movie The Destiny of Marty Fine in 1995 and was the executive producer for the film We Don't Live Here Anymore in 2004. (edit)
Mark's theatrical credits include Avenue A (1990), Festival of One Acts (1993), The Moment When (1999-2000), Waiting for Godot (2002), Still Life with Vacuum Salesman and Tent Show. (edit)
Mark wrote the screenplay for The Destiny of Marty Fine in 1995. (edit)
In high school, Mark excelled in wrestling and was an avid athlete. In his senior year, he quit wrestling to pursue acting. (edit)
Mark and wife Sunrise Coigney (married June 2000) welcomed a daughter, Odette, in Los Angeles on the 20th October, 2007. This is the third child for the couple, who also have a son Keen, (born June 2001) and daughter Bella (born May 2005). (edit)

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Mark Ruffalo: It's a difficult undertaking. I've been married for four years and I see this movie as a cautionary tale about people who've gone deeply out of communication. (edit)
Mark Ruffalo : think we've all been kind of... everyone's been hurt, everyone's felt loss, everyone has exultation, everyone has a need to be loved, or to have lost love, so when you play a character, you're pulling out those little threads and turning them up a bit. (edit)
Mark Ruffalo: I remember riding my bike down the boardwalk with nowhere to go and looking at the girls. It was really innocent. (edit)
Mark Ruffalo: I have a kid and I don't like parties and I did all my drinking and drug use very early on when I was in Virginia Beach. (edit)
Mark Ruffalo: I enjoyed growing up part of my life in Virginia Beach. We had the ocean and the beach and a beautiful landscape. We were outdoors all the time and we played outside. (edit)

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The Grind
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