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10 Best Mark Ruffalo Performances, From ‘Poor Things’ to ‘Foxcatcher’


Variety ranks Walk of Fame honoree Mark Ruffalo's best movies and performances, including "Poor Things," "The Avengers" and "Spotlight."

Image Credit: Scott Garfield Ruffalo earned his second Oscar nomination (after “The Kids Are All Right”) for playing wrestler Dave Schultz, an Olympic Gold medalist who was murdered by millionaire John du Pont. Image Credit: Atsushi Nishijima Ruffalo has been open about how scared he was to take on the role of attorney Duncan Wedderburn, the epitome of toxic masculinity in this Frankenstein fable about Bella Baxter, a woman brought back to life with a child’s brain. Image Credit: ©Paramount Classics/Courtesy Everett Collection Lonergan wrote Ruffalo’s stage breakout role with “This Is Our Youth” and then did the same for the actor with film, casting him as Terry Prescott, a somewhat aimless young man who drifts back into the life of his sister Sammy (Laura Linney) and nephew Rudy (Rory Culkin).

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