Mark Ruffalo Wins SAG Award For His Performance In The Normal Heart

Mark Ruffalo (L) with Matt Bomer (R)

Although he missed out on Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for his work on The Normal Heart, tonight Mark Ruffalo was awarded Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for passionate performance in the HBO film adaptation of Larry Kramer's play of the same name.

From Gay Star News:

Ruffalo played writer and AIDS activist Ned Weeks in the film based on the play by Larry Kramer. The character of Weeks is a fictionalized version of Kramer.

The award was accepted on Ruffalo's behalf by presenters Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong'o since the actor did not attend the ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Julia Roberts, Ruffalo's co-star and fellow producer on the film, later took the stage to present another award and dispensed with her prepared remarks to praise Ruffalo's acting abilities and to say 'I am so absolutely tickled to my toes that he won tonight.'

Ha ha ha! Sunny and my kids just woke me up to tell me I won a SAG award. Have to be at work in 4 hours. Thank you! @SAGawards

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 26, 2015

Thank you @ryanmurphy24 for giving me the incredible part! Thank you Larry Kramer teaching is all a little more about love.

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 26, 2015

Thanks @MattBomer my dear friend and partner in #TheNormalHeart you were an inspiration and friend every day.

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 26, 2015

To all the people who lived through the AIDS crisis and lost the ones you loved. This award is yours. @SAGawards You are heros.

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 26, 2015

Upon waking and hearing from my wife and kids that I won a @sagawards for #TheNormalHeart Love wins tonight!

A photo posted by Mark Ruffalo (@markruffalo) on Jan 25, 2015 at 6:45pm PST