Here are the actors who have played the hulk, excluding the ones in cartoons. But right before his next outing in joss whedons ensemble film, marvel studios announced ruffalo to take over the part. Lou ferrigno bill bixby eric bana edward norton mark ruffalo those were all the actors that i recall played the hulk. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into whenever he loses his temper. Bill bixby, eric bana who preceded norton in 2003s ang leedirected hulk is a great actor. Photos of the the incredible hulk movie voice actors. Mark ruffalo was born in kenosha, wisconsin, to marie rose hebert, a stylist and hairdresser, and frank lawrence ruffalo, a construction painter. World war hulk fan art imagines mark ruffalos first solo. The last actor who was seen in the role was edward norton, who played bruce banner and his alterego in the 2008 mcu movie the incredible hulk. The marvel comics character called the hulk has appeared in many types of media other than comics, such as animated and live action tv series, films. Actors that have portrayed hulkbruce bannerdavid banner. Before that, there was ang lees hulk in 2003, which featured eric bana as the superhero. Hulk cocreatorexecutive producer stan lee and former hulk actor lou ferrigno made cameo appearances as security guards. He appeared on the big screen as a bruce banner or hulk for the first time in the 2012 multi su.
Since this is the only movie that has a different main actor to play the part, i made it right. With eric bana, jennifer connelly, sam elliott, josh lucas. It isnt considered an essential watch, a lot of people just forget about it, or simply have never seen it. His mother, lydia robinson robin rouse, was a foundation executive and teacher of english, and a daughter of famed real estate developer james rouse, who developed columbia, md. His fathers ancestry is italian, and his mother is of half frenchcanadian and half italian descent. In 2008, ruffalo starred as a con man in the brothers bloom with adrien brody and rachel weisz and costarred with julianne moore in blindness. As ruffalo has become so synonymous with hulk at this point, its strange to look back and remember that it was another actor who played bruce banner in. Why mark ruffalo replaced edward norton as hulk in the mcu. Or at least mark ruffalo, the actor who plays him in the movies, wants to. With edward norton, liv tyler, tim roth, william hurt. Bruce banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry. Mark ruffalo says he may appear in the shehulk series and. Created by writer stan lee and artist jack kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of the incredible hulk may 1962.
After the film was released and generated modest box office results, universal studios failed to start production on another hulk film, thereby relinquishing production rights back to di. In his comic book appearances, the character is both the hulk, a greenskinned, hulking and muscular humanoid possessing a vast degree of physical strength, and. Mark moved with his family to virginia beach, virginia, where he lived out most of his teenage. This marks the third time ferrigno portrayed the hulk, having also voiced the character in the 1996 animated series. During the 2008 new york comic con leterrier publicly offered ferrigno the chance to voice the hulk for the film. The incredible hulk 2008 cast and crew cast photos and. I always like to think of films individually, but with the marvel cinematic universe getting so big, that can be rather difficult to do. Stearn art director avi arad executive producer, producer.
The film explores the origins of bruce banner, who after a lab. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the incredible hulk 2008 near you. American actor, filmmaker and activist edward harrison norton was born on august 18, 1969, in boston, massachusetts, and was raised in columbia, maryland. Ruffalo will join floridians against fracking in a conference call friday night to. Bruce banner, thanks to a gamma ray experiment gone wrong, transforms into a. Edward norton is a good actor, but he is just not convincing in the least as bruce banner. A standalone on the character has not been attempted since 2008s the incredible hulk, which featured edward norton as the green superhero but mark ruffalo believes a separate film exploring his life can be made. Personally i like the 2003 hulk movie when compared to this one but this one also has comparatively better graphics and locations. The incredible hulk 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He began acting in the early 1990s and first gained recognition for his work in kenneth lonergans play this is our youth 1998 and drama film you can count on me 2000.
The incredible hulk 2008 trailer but its mark ruffalo. Ragnarok in which thor finds hulk living a new life as a gladiator on the planet sakaar was the start of a new. Original hulk lou ferrigno has a bone to pick with mark ruffalos smart hulk. The hulk is a fictional superhero appearing in publications by the american publisher marvel comics. Mark ruffalo pitches idea for hulk standalone movie.
Show nonenglish actors hide nonenglish actors guardians of the galaxy 2015. His mother, lydia robinson robin rouse, was a foundation executive and teacher of english, and a daughter of famed real estate developer. Lou ferrigno made a name for himself in hollywood by starring as the hulk in cbss comic book television series the incredible hulk, which ran for five seasons from 1978 to 1982. In my opinion only really good people have done it. The incredible hulk 2008 movie behind the voice actors.
The incredible hulk 2008 official trailer edward norton, liv tyler movie hd dr. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. So far, this approach has worked surprisingly well, allowing marvel to give hulk a threemovie arc without actually giving him a hulk movie. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into, whenever he loses his temper. The second headlining actor to be cast in the franchise, nortons the incredible hulk, where he played bruce banner and his alterego, followed jon favreau and robert downey jr. Ang lee directs the liveaction feature film the hulk, based on the marvel comic book created by stan lee and illustrated by jack kirby. If i missed any, please feel free to add any other. Having seen mark ruffalo first as banner in the avengers, norton just didnt quite pull it off. Thaddeus thunderbolt ross tim blake nelson samuel sterns ty burrell leonard christina cabot major kathleen sparr lou ferrigno the incredible hulk security guard crew louis leterrier director andrew m. The hulk is a comic book superhero in the marvel comics universe. All stories are published exclusively by marvel comics under their standard imprint, unless otherwise noted.
The official marvel movie page for the incredible hulk. Lou ferrigno provides vocal performance as the hulk. Hugh jackman rumored for wolverine vs hulk in mcu cosmic. Though the actor mark ruffalo wasnt is in the origin and solo movie the incredible hulk, he has appeared as the hulk in the mcu movies multiple times. Eric bana stars as bruce banner hulk, alongside jennifer connelly, sam elliott, josh lucas, and nick nolte. Marvel previously released a hulk standalone movie, the incredible hulk, starring edward norton, in 2008. Cast edward norton bruce bannerthe hulk liv tyler betty ross tim roth emil blonsky william hurt gen. Marvel avengers academy 2016 marvels super hero adventures. With the release of the iron man deleted scene as part of the infinity saga box set, it is known that as far back as 2008 that kevin feige wanted to use the mutants, as the deleted scene features nick fury telling tony stark about the avengers, hulk, spiderman and mutants. Hulk is a 2003 american superhero film based on the fictional marvel comics character of the same name.
Endgame ends hulks threemovie arc in 2017, mark ruffalo revealed that thor. Since 1962, he has starred in several ongoing series, as well as a large number of limited series, annuals, oneshots and specials. Hulk evolution on animated,games,tvfilm,movies 60s to. The incredible hulks edward norton reveals pick for best. When the incredible hulk came out in 2008, the second movie of the socalled phase 1 after iron man, such a success was merely a hope, if it was envisaged at all. I put mark ruffalo into the incredible hulk movie so that the whole mcu will have a solid outcome. Hugh jackman would return as wolverine with hulk, avengers. In the films, banner is a renowned physicist who subjected himself to a gamma radiation experiment designed to replicate a world war iiera.
He went on to star in the romantic comedies going on 30 2004 and just like heaven 2005, and the thrillers zodiac 2007. Norton, however, did not reprise the role in the 2012 movie the avengers. It was directed by ang lee and written by james schamus, michael france, and john turman, from a story by schamus. Johnny kastl and daniel dae kim have small roles as soldiers. Of course, attempts to make a new hulk movie are usually stymied by the fact that universal which distributed 2008s the incredible hulk.
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