Mark Ruffalo
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11/21/1967
Kenosha, WI |
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| Breakout performance was in You Can Count on Me (2000) as Laura Linney's drifter brother. |
| His mother and siblings (two sisters and a brother) have all worked as hairstylists. |
| Slated to play Mel Gibson's brother in Signs (2002), but the part went to Joaquin Phoenix after his tumor was diagnosed. |
| Had a benign brain tumor removed in 2001; took him almost a year to recover after the surgery. |
| Was a state-champion wrestler in high school, where he was named Most Fun to Be Around. |
| Attended the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting in Los Angeles, where he worked as a bartender to support his training. |
