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person_profile-Eric Bana

Eric Bana Age: 56

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Eric Bana

Date of Birth:

Aug 09, 1968

Country of birth:

Australia

Biography of

Eric Bana

    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.

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Filmography of

Eric Bana

Found 41 Movies in total

... 2024

A Sacrifice

Ben Monroe ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2024

Force of Nature: The Dry 2

Aaron Falk ( Actor )

Producer

... 2024

Blueback

Mad Macka ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 2022

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Monterey Jack (voice) ( Actor )

... 2022

Back to the Outback

Chaz (voice) ( Actor )

... 2021

Being James Bond

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Envoy: Shark Cull

(narrator) ( Actor )

... 2021

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 2021

The Dry

Aaron Falk ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2021

Finke: There & Back

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2018

Great Barrier Reef 3D

Narrator ( Actor )

... 2018

The Forgiven

Piet Blomfeld ( Actor )

... 2018

Spielberg

Self ( Actor )

... 2017

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Uther Pendragon ( Actor )

... 2017

The Secret Scripture

Dr. William Grene ( Actor )

... 2017

Special Correspondents

Frank Bonneville ( Actor )

... 2016

The Finest Hours

Daniel Cluff ( Actor )

... 2016

Deliver Us from Evil

Ralph Sarchie ( Actor )

... 2014

Lone Survivor

Lieutenant Commander Erik Kristensen ( Actor )

... 2013

Closed Circuit

Martin Rose ( Actor )

... 2013

Deadfall

Addison ( Actor )

... 2012

Hanna

Erik Heller ( Actor )

... 2011

The Time Traveler's Wife

Henry DeTamble ( Actor )

... 2009

Funny People

Clarke ( Actor )

... 2009

Star Trek

Nero ( Actor )

... 2009

Mary and Max

Damien (voice) ( Actor )

... 2009

Love the Beast

Himself ( Actor )

Director

... 2009

The Other Boleyn Girl

Henry Tudor ( Actor )

... 2008

Romulus, My Father

Romulus ( Actor )

Associate Producer

... 2007

Lucky You

Huck Cheever ( Actor )

... 2007

Munich

Avner ( Actor )

... 2005

Troy

Hector ( Actor )

... 2004

Hulk

Bruce Banner / Hulk ( Actor )

... 2003

Finding Nemo

Anchor (voice) ( Actor )

... 2003

The Nugget

Lotto ( Actor )

... 2002

Black Hawk Down

Sfc. Norm 'Hoot' Hooten ( Actor )

... 2001

Chopper

Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read ( Actor )

... 2000

The Castle

Con Petropoulous ( Actor )

... 1997