MARK RUFFALO (Matt Flamhaff) won the Best Actor Award at the 2000 Montreal Film Festival and the New Generation Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for his standout performance in You Can Count on Me opposite Laura Linney. The film won both the coveted Grand Jury Prize for best dramatic film and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival and garnered Ruffalo an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
One of the most respected actors of his generation, Ruffalo was most recently seen in the thriller In the Cut opposite Meg Ryan and My Life Without Me starring Sarah Polley.
Ruffalo can next be seen in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind directed by Michael Gondry, written by Charlie Kaufman, and starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet and Kirsten Dunst. This summer he stars with Naomi Watts in the moving drama We Don’t Live Here Anymore — a favorite at this year’s Sundance Film Festival — and Collateral opposite Tom Cruise.
Among Ruffalo's other feature film credits are the comedy A View from the Top with Gwyneth Paltrow, Windtalkers opposite Nicolas Cage, The Last Castle starring Robert Redford, the independent feature XX/XY, Committed with Heather Graham, Ride with the Devil and 54. His independent films include A Fish in the Bathtub, Life/Drawing and Safe Men. Additionally, he wrote and co-starred in The Destiny of Marty Fine, which was the first runner up at the 1995 Slamdance Film Festival. On television, Ruffalo starred in The Beat, created by Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana.
Ruffalo first gained attention starring in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway production of This is Our Youth written by Kenneth Lonergan, for which he garnered a Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actor. He has won numerous awards for his theatrical performances, including a Dramalogue Award and a Theater World Award. He recently made a return to the stage in the off-Broadway production The Moment When, a new play by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner James Lapine. In addition to acting, Ruffalo has directed several plays, including Margaret at the Hudson Backstage Theater in Los Angeles.
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