The movie centers around the coach-wrestler relationship between American multimillionaire and convicted murderer John Eleuthère du Pont (Steve Carell) and Olympic gold-medalist Mark Schulz (Channing Tatum), but the latter’s older brother plays an instrumental role in the film’s plot.
Constantly the voice of reason trying to get his younger brother to listen and distance himself from the eccentric du Pont, Ruffalo’s character is constantly fighting with this brother’s coach and pays the ultimate price.
One year before he was nominated for his portrayal of an accomplished journalist, Mark Ruffalo was recognized with an Oscar nominated performance as Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Dave Schulz in the 2014 sports drama Foxcatcher.