I was bartending for a long time and going on auditions and was constantly being rebuffed.

Ruffalo received critical acclaim for his performance and will reprise the role in any future film adaptations of the character produced by Marvel Studios. The Department of Homeland Security denied that they had him on a list.

Mark Alan Ruffalo (born November 22 1967) is an American actor director producer and screenwriter. Apart from portraying Marvel Comics character Bruce Banner / The Hulk in Marvel's The Avengers (2012) he has starred in films such as You Can Count on Me (2000) Collateral (2004) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Just Like Heaven (2005) Zodiac (2007) and Shutter Island (2010).