--- title: Jared Leto and Mark Ruffalo Went to Comic Con In Disguise description: The Joker and Hulk actors both walked the floor of the New York event this weekend wearing masks. canonical: https://time.com/4069985/jared-leto-mark-ruffalo-new-york-comic-con-disguises/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-12T16:42:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:54.606Z og:title: Jared Leto and Mark Ruffalo Went To Comic Con In Disguise og:description: They hid in plain sight og:url: https://time.com/4069985/jared-leto-mark-ruffalo-new-york-comic-con-disguises/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jared Leto and Mark Ruffalo Went To Comic Con In Disguise twitter:description: They hid in plain sight twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See How Jared Leto and Mark Ruffalo Disguised Themselves for New York Comic Con  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 12, 2015 4:42 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 12, 2015 4:42 PM UTC When you’re an actor who plays an iconic comic book character, going to Comic Con without being swarmed by fans is out of the question. Unless, of course, you wear an elaborate mask to conceal your true identity. Jared Leto, who appears as the Joker in the upcoming [_Suicide Squad_ film](http://time.com/3816875/jared-leto-the-joker/), walked the floor of the New York event this weekend dressed in disguise. Leto chose to go as a mandrill, a type of baboon similar to Rafiki from _The Lion King_. He took pictures with cosplayers dressed as DC Comics’ Joker and Harley Quinn that he posted on [social media](https://instagram.com/jaredleto/). “\[T\]hey had no idea,” Leto wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/JaredLeto/status/653326938749161473) Meanwhile, Mark Ruffalo showed up to NYCC for a day of incognito fun with his son, according to [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jared-leto-mark-ruffalo%5F561bbc3de4b0dbb8000f1cc9). The Marvel hero wore an unnerving Luigi mask to be able to enjoy the event in peace. Turns out heroes and villains really do walk among us. ### Here’s Your First Look at Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne  Ben Affleck films a scene from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in the streets of downtown Detroit. Mark Bialek—ZUMA Press/Corbis  A closer look at Affleck's rendition of Bruce Wayne. Mark Bialek—ZUMA Press/Corbis  Detroit serves as the backdrop for Superman's fictional city of Metropolis. Mark Bialek—ZUMA Press/Corbis  Ben Affleck walks on the set of Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice on August 9, 2014 in Detroit, Michigan. Paul Warner—GC Images/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4069985/jared-leto-mark-ruffalo-new-york-comic-con-disguises/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4069985/jared-leto-mark-ruffalo-new-york-comic-con-disguises/"},"headline":"See How Jared Leto and Mark Ruffalo Disguised Themselves for New York Comic Con","datePublished":"2015-10-12T16:42:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:54.606Z","description":"They hid in plain sight","url":"https://time.com/4069985/jared-leto-mark-ruffalo-new-york-comic-con-disguises/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","New York","Actors","jared leto","Actor","The Avengers","Comic Con","Mark Ruffalo","Hulk","Suicide Squad"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4069985/jared-leto-mark-ruffalo-new-york-comic-con-disguises/","name":"See How Jared Leto and Mark Ruffalo Disguised Themselves for New York Comic Con"}}]}] ```