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Mark Ruffalo is an American actor, filmmaker, and social activist and his current net worth is $30 million.

Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he is the son of Marie Rose, a hairdresser and stylist, and Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, Jr., a construction painter.

Growing up, he went to both Catholic and progressive schools and had a happy childhood alongside his two sisters and a brother.

He did struggle with undiagnosed dyslexia and ADD as a child and as the young adult, but managed. He spent his teen years where his father worked in Virginia Beach.

At school, he competed in wrestling in both junior high and high school becoming a state-champion wrestler.

Upon graduation from First Colonia High School, he and his family moved to San Diego, California, and later to Los Angeles.

While in LA he took classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory and even co-founded the Orpheus Theatre Company.

As a member of the theatre he wrote, directed and starred in several plays, while still working as a bartender.

How did Mark Ruffalo start his career?

During this time, he had small roles in films like The Dentist and Safe Men.

After he met with writer Kenneth Lonergan, they started working together. Ruffalo even appeared on some of his plays, including as the original cast of This is Our Youth.

How did Mark Ruffalo get famous?

Because of his role, he earned the opportunity to star alongside Laura Linney in Lonergan’s Academy Award-nominated 2000 film You Can Count on Me.

For the part, he earned favorable reviews with people often comparing him to the young Marlon Brando. He also won awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and Montreal World Film Festival.

The positive feedback he received led to other major roles in films like XX/XY, My Life Without Me, In the Cut, among others.

He starred alongside Tom Cruise as a narcotics detective in Michael Mann’s crime thriller Collateral.

From there he only had significant roles in films like Just Like Heaven, Zodiac, Rumor Has It, Shutter Island, among others.

How does Mark Ruffalo make money?

In the late 2000s, he starred in The Avengers, the sixth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, replacing Edward Norton as Dr. Bruce Banner/ the Hulk.

He reprised his role in Iron Man 3, making him the first actor to reprise the character in a live-action film.

His contract has a claim for his performance and is obligated to reprise the role in any future film appearances of the character produced by Marvel Studios.

In addition, he reprised the role again in Avengers: Age of Ultron. He will do so once again in the upcoming films Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, and its untitled sequel.

For his role in Now You See Me 2, he took home around $2.5 million.

This wraps up our Mark Ruffalo Net Worth profile!