# List of awards and nominations received by Mark Ruffalo

American actor Mark Ruffalo has received several awards throughout his career. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as the free spirited sperm donor in the comedy-drama The Kids Are All Right (2010), a wrestler Dave Schultz in the psychological thriller Foxcatcher (2014), the investigative journalist Michael Rezendes in the drama Spotlight (2015), and a debauched lawyer in the absurdist black comedy Poor Things (2023).
On television, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his dual performances as twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in the HBO drama miniseries I Know This Much Is True (2020). The role also earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. He was Emmy-nominated for his portrayal of Ned Weeks, an alter ego for Larry Kramer in the HBO television film The Normal Heart (2014).
On stage, Ruffalo was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for playing Moe Axelrod in the Broadway revival of the Clifford Odets play Awake and Sing! (2006). He was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording for narrating the Bernie Sanders political book Our Revolution: A Future to Believe (2018).

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Spotlight | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Supporting Actor | Poor Things | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 2011 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Spotlight | Nominated |
| Britannia Awards |||||
| 2014 | Britannia Humanitarian Award | Britannia Humanitarian Award | Honored |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2014 | Outstanding Television Movie | The Normal Heart | Won |
| 2014 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Series or Movie | The Normal Heart | Nominated |
| 2020 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Series or Movie | I Know This Much Is True | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2014 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Miniseries or Television Film | The Normal Heart | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | The Normal Heart | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Infinitely Polar Bear | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | I Know This Much Is True | Won |
| 2023 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Poor Things | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Best Spoken Word Album | Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In | Nominated | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2010 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | The Normal Heart | Won |
| 2015 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Spotlight | Won |
| 2020 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | I Know This Much Is True | Won |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Awake and Sing! | Nominated | |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| AACTA Awards | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2004 | Best Cast Ensemble | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2010 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2014 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2015 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Spotlight | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2015 | Best Cast Ensemble | Spotlight | Won |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2021 | Best Actor | I Know This Much Is True | Won |
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2023 | Best Supporting Actor | Poor Things | Won |
| CinEuphoria Awards | 2015 | Best Ensemble | The Normal Heart | Won |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2005 | Ensemble Cast | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2011 | Supporting Actor | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2011 | Ensemble Cast | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2014 | TV Movie/Miniseries Lead Actor | The Normal Heart | Won |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2015 | Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2016 | Ensemble Cast | Spotlight | Won |
| Gold Derby Awards | 2020 | Movie/Limited Series Actor | I Know This Much Is True | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Actor of the Year | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Gotham Awards | 2010 | Best Ensemble Performance | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Gotham Awards | 2014 | Best Ensemble Performance | Foxcatcher | Won |
| Gotham Awards | 2015 | Best Ensemble Performance | Spotlight | Won |
| Hollywood Film Awards | 2014 | Best Ensemble of the Year | Foxcatcher | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2001 | Best Male Lead | You Can Count on Me | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2011 | Best Supporting Male | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2015 | Special Distinction Award | Foxcatcher | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2016 | Robert Altman Award | Spotlight | Won |
| International Online Cinema Awards | 2005 | Best Ensemble Cast | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Nominated |
| International Online Cinema Awards | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| International Online Cinema Awards | 2020 | Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie | I Know This Much Is True | Nominated |
| Italian Online Movie Awards | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Italian Online Movie Awards | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| MTV Movie + TV Awards | 2005 | Best Musical Performance (with Jennifer Garner) | 13 Going on 30 | Nominated |
| MTV Movie + TV Awards | 2013 | Best Fight (with The Avengers cast) | The Avengers | Won |
| MTV Movie + TV Awards | 2013 | Best Hero | The Avengers | Nominated |
| MTV Movie + TV Awards | 2013 | Best On-Screen Duo (with Robert Downey Jr.) | The Avengers | Nominated |
| MTV Movie + TV Awards | 2016 | Best Fight (with Robert Downey Jr.) | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nominated |
| MTV Movie + TV Awards | 2018 | Best Fight (with Chris Hemsworth) | Thor: Ragnarok | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2008 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical | The Brothers Bloom | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2008 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | What Doesn't Kill You | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2015 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2015 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film | The Normal Heart | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2016 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Spotlight | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2019 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Dark Waters | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2021 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film | I Know This Much Is True | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2023 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Poor Things | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Shutter Island | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2004 | Choice Movie: Chemistry | 13 Going on 30 | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2004 | Choice Movie: Liplock | 13 Going on 30 | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2004 | Choice Movie: Actor - Comedy | 13 Going on 30 | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2012 | Choice Movie: Hissy Fit | The Avengers | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2015 | Choice Movie: Fight | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2018 | Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi | Thor: Ragnarok | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2018 | Choice Movie: Hissy Fit | Avengers: Infinity War | Nominated |

## Critics associations

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Awards Circuit Community | 2004 | Best Acting Ensemble | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Nominated |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 2000 | Best Actor | You Can Count on Me | Nominated |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 2010 | Best Ensemble Cast | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2000 | Best Actor | You Can Count on Me | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Spotlight | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2024 | Best Supporting Actor | Poor Things | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2014 | Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | The Normal Heart | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2021 | Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | I Know This Much Is True | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2000 | Best Supporting Actor | You Can Count on Me | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2010 | Best Actor | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Spotlight | Nominated |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Spotlight | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Spotlight | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Spotlight | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2000 | New Generation Award | You Can Count on Me | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2000 | Best Actor | You Can Count on Me | Nominated |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Spotlight | Nominated |
| Nevada Film Critics Society | 2015 | Best Ensemble Cast | Spotlight | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Spotlight | Nominated |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Ensemble Acting | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2014 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Spotlight | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2000 | Best Actor | You Can Count on Me | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Seattle Film Critics | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 2000 | Best Actor | You Can Count on Me | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Spotlight | Nominated |
| Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | 2000 | Best Performance, Male | You Can Count on Me | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2000 | Best Actor | You Can Count on Me | Won |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2009 | Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film | Blindness | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association | 2004 | Best Acting Ensemble | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Nominated |
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | Foxcatcher | Nominated |