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Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo

21 films · 1,849 frames · top-billed in 15 · 20012025

Born 22 November 1967 · Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor and producer who began his career in the late 1980s and first gained recognition for his work in Kenneth Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth (1996) and drama film You Can Count on Me (2000). He went on to star in the romantic comedies 13 Going on 30 (2004) and Just like Heaven (2005), and the thrillers In the Cut (2003), Zodiac (2007), and Shutter Island (2010). He received a Tony Award nomination for his supporting role in the Broadway revival of Awake and Sing! in 2006.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 21 films · 1,849 frames · top-billed in 15 · 20012025

  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2020
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie2014
  • Rose-Walters Prize2015
  • MTV Movie Award for Best Fight2013
  • New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor2010
  • Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor1999
  • Theatre World Award1997
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,849 frames from the 21 films we hold. This is the look of the work Mark takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 21 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Mark takes.

Time of day

Night47%
Day39%
Interior10%

Lighting

Low key45%
Natural39%
High key12%

Shot size

Medium49%
Closeup21%
Wide20%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level82%
Low angle8%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral55%
Tense22%
Lonely10%
Ominous6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,849 frames from Mark Ruffalo's 21 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.