During the event, the actor openly criticized Donald Trump, referring to him as a “convicted felon,” and used the high-profile moment to speak out about the current state of American politics.
Ruffalo attended the ceremony with his wife, Sunrise Coigney, after earning a nomination for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Television Series for his role in the crime series Task. He competed against Sterling K. Brown for Paradise, Diego Luna for Andor, Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, Adam Scott for Severance, and Noah Wyle for The Pitt, with Wyle ultimately taking home the award.
Although he did not win, Ruffalo seized the spotlight to voice his opposition to the country’s right-wing leadership, referencing the killing of Renee Nicole Good as part of his remarks.
Ruffalo’s Longstanding Political Views
The Avengers actor has been outspoken against Republican politics for years. In 2020, as Trump’s first term in the White House came to an end, Ruffalo posted an incendiary message online, stating that “the world should consider” Trump “public enemy number one.”
That same period saw Ruffalo frequently addressing the climate crisis. He warned followers on X: “What we do in the next 10 years will be crucial to the future of the planet, and this is only going to become more and more evident to us.”
He added: “We can’t rely on the politicians. We can’t rely on the regulatory system. We can’t rely on the companies.
“They’re not going to self-regulate.”
In 2023, Ruffalo echoed those views while responding to New York Times contributing editor Alex Kingsbury’s comments about Trump urging supporters to “go after” New York’s attorney general.
“F**king finally. Media starts to wake up…” Ruffalo wrote at the time. “Presidential contender is calling for Americans to kill and harm Americans. Let that sink in. Enemy of America from within.”
Later that year, after a court ruled that Trump had committed fraud while running the Trump Organisation, Ruffalo posted: “Another reminder that this man, in totality, is a fraud.”
Following Trump’s second inauguration two years later, Ruffalo criticized the influence of extreme wealth, writing for the New York Immigration Coalition: “It’s time to take our country back from this extreme wealth that has its hand all over the power of the nation.”