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Eric Bana
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-08-09,Melbourne, Australia
Gender
Male
Biography
Eric Bana is an Australian film and television actor. He began his career as a comedian in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining critical recognition in the biopic Chopper (2000). After a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Bana gained Hollywood's attention by playing the role of American Delta Force Sergeant Norm "Hoot" Hooten in Black Hawk Down (2001), the lead role as Bruce Banner in the Ang Lee directed film Hulk (2003), Prince Hector in the movie Troy (2004), the lead in Steven Spielberg's Munich (2005), and the villain Nero in the science-fiction film Star Trek (2009). An accomplished dramatic actor and comedian, he received Australia's highest film and television awards for his performances in Chopper, Full Frontal and Romulus, My Father. Bana performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of low-budget and major studio films, ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers. Eric Bana was the younger of two children; he has a brother, Anthony. He is of Croatian ancestry on his father's side. Bana's paternal grandfather, Mate Banadinović, fled to Argentina after the Second World War, and Bana's paternal grandmother emigrated to Germany and then to Australia in the 1950s with her son, Ivan (Bana's father). His father was a logistics manager for Caterpillar, Inc., and his German-born mother, Eleanor, was a hairdresser. Bana grew up in Melbourne's Tullamarine, a suburban area on the western edge of the city, near the main airport. In a cover story for The Mail on Sunday, he told author Antonella Gambotto-Burke that his family had suffered from racist taunts, and that it had distressed him. "Wog is such a terrible word," he said. He has stated: "I have always been proud of my origin, which had a big influence on my upbringing. I have always been in the company of people of European origin". Showing acting skill early in life, Bana began doing impressions of family members at the age of six or seven, first mimicking his grandfather's walk, voice and mannerisms. In school, he mimicked his teachers as a means to get out of trouble. As a teen, he watched the Mel Gibson film Mad Max (1979), and decided he wanted to become an actor. However, he did not seriously consider a career in the performing arts until 1991 when he was persuaded to try stand-up comedy while working as a barman at Melbourne's Castle Hotel. His stand-up gigs in inner-city pubs did not provide him with enough income to support himself, so he continued his work as a barman and bussing tables.

Filmography

7.819

Finding Nemo
2003-05-30

Black Hawk Down

7.385

Black Hawk Down
2001-12-28

7.2

Munich
2005-12-23

7.2

Troy
2004-05-13

5.555

Hulk
2003-06-19

5.6

Lucky You
2007-05-01

5.887

Funny People
2009-07-30

6.5

Love the Beast
2009-03-12

7.852

Mary and Max
2009-04-09

5.8

The Nugget
2002-10-17

The Time Traveler's Wife

6.924

The Time Traveler's Wife
2009-08-14

The Other Boleyn Girl

6.7

The Other Boleyn Girl
2008-02-28

6.734

Chopper
2000-06-21

7.43

Star Trek
2009-05-06

7.1

The Castle
1997-04-10

Romulus, My Father

5.8

Romulus, My Father
2007-05-31

Being James Bond

7.8

Being James Bond
2021-08-29

6.592

Hanna
2011-04-07

5.4

A Sacrifice
2024-06-28

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

7.005

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022-05-20

5.96

Deadfall
2012-11-08

5.9

Closed Circuit
2013-08-28

Deliver Us from Evil

6.2

Deliver Us from Evil
2014-07-01

7.443

Lone Survivor
2013-12-24

Translating History to Screen

3.3

Translating History to Screen
2008-06-10

Memoir of a Snail

8.6

Memoir of a Snail
2024-10-17

The Finest Hours

6.591

The Finest Hours
2016-01-27

The Secret Scripture

7.3

The Secret Scripture
2017-03-23

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

6.5

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017-05-10

Special Correspondents

5.764

Special Correspondents
2016-04-22

Tempest at the Drop-In

0

Tempest at the Drop-In
2013-10-08

6.2

The Forgiven
2018-03-09

7.6

Spielberg
2017-10-05

Great Barrier Reef 3D

8

Great Barrier Reef 3D
2018-06-29

6.832

The Dry
2021-01-01

Finke: There & Back

8

Finke: There & Back
2018-06-30

Back to the Outback

7.714

Back to the Outback
2021-12-03

6.7

Blueback
2022-12-29

Envoy: Shark Cull

7.3

Envoy: Shark Cull
2021-07-21

Force of Nature: The Dry 2

6.6

Force of Nature: The Dry 2
2024-02-08

Making Mary and Max

0

Making Mary and Max
2009-10-21

5.8

Today
1952-01-14

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.373

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

7

Kath & Kim
2002-05-16

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.095

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

5

Full Frontal
1993-05-13

Something in the Air

2

Something in the Air
2000-01-17

8

Rove
1999-09-22

Stop Laughing... this is serious

6.5

Stop Laughing... this is serious
2015-03-25

7.457

Top Gear
2002-10-20

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

6

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018-02-18

6.801

Dirty John
2018-11-25

0

UNTAMED

The Graham Norton Show

7.2

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

6.2

All Saints
1998-02-24