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Celebrity Vitals
Movie Entertainment
January 2010
VITALS
Birth date: November 22, 1967
Birth place: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Family: Mother Maria, a hairdresser; father Frank Ruffalo, a construction painter
Significant others: Actor Sunrise Coigney (2000–present)
Early years: Studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory in Los Angeles and co-founded the Orpheus Theatre Company, where he wrote, directed, and starred in a number of plays.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1998: Cast in writer Kenneth Lonergan’s debut play This is Our Youth.
2000: Breakout role co-starring in Oscar-nominated film You Can Count on Me.
2003: Works with Meg Ryan in Jane Campion’s film In the Cut.
2004: Appears in Michel Gondry’s indie hit Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
2004: Co-stars with Tom Cruise in Michael Mann’s thriller Collateral.
2006: Receives a Tony nomination for starring role in Clifford Odets’ play Awake and Sing!
2007: Plays lawyer Dwight Arno in Terry George’s film Reservation Road.
2008: Co-stars with Adrien Brody in the stylish con-man flick The Brothers Bloom.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME – 2000
XX/XY – 2002
MY LIFE WITHOUT ME – 2003
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND – 2004
COLLATERAL – 2004
ZODIAC – 2007
RESERVATION ROAD – 2007
THE BROTHERS BLOOM – 2008
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE – 2009
TRIVIA
Has three children, son Keen (8) and daughters Bella Noche (4) and Odette (2) with wife and fellow actor Sunrise Coigney.
Told Interview magazine that he attended over 800 auditions before his career as an actor started to take off.
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