Mark Ruffalo on screen and stage
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Mark Ruffalo is an American actor who has starred in numerous productions on screen and stage. Ruffalo made his acting debut in an episode of CBS Summer Playhouse. He began collaborating with Kenneth Lonergan and appeared in several of his plays, In 1996, he was included in the original cast of Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth (1996) which gained him recognition subsequently he had minor roles in films including The Dentist (1996), Safe Men (1998) and Ang Lee's Civil War Western Ride with the Devil (1999). In 2000, he starred as Laura Linney's character's brother in Lonergan's Academy Award-nominated film You Can Count on Me.
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