Overview
- Keen Ruffalo told Today on Friday that he left college and turned to acting after experiencing what he called “COVID depression” and feeling lost during the pandemic.
- He originally studied fashion design and dropped out after being sent home in 2020 before pursuing acting as a new direction.
- Ruffalo worked as an extra in Thor: Ragnarok in 2017 and says he went through roughly 100 auditions before landing more substantial roles.
- He is the lead as Connor in Prime Video’s Sterling Point and will appear in the Green Day–produced film Nimrods, which is set to open in theaters on August 14.
- His story illustrates how the pandemic prompted career reassessments for young adults and how family proximity to the industry can help raise a new actor’s public profile while he builds credits through auditions and on-set learning.