Eric Bana

Name: Eric Bana
Date of Birth: August 09, 1968
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mini-bio: Eric Bana was born Eric Banadinovich on August 9, 1968, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is the younger of two brothers. His father, named Ivan Banadinovic, came from Zagreb, Croatia, and worked ...( read more

)as a manager for Caterpiller Inc. His mother, named Eleanor Banadinovich, came from a German family and was a hairdresser.

Young Bana grew up in suburban Melbourne. He was popular among his schoolmates for his talent of making comic impressions of his teachers. At that time he was fond of Mel Gibson in Mad Max (1979) and also decided to become an actor. He moved to Sydney; there he studied acting at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), and worked odd jobs to support himself. In 1991 he began a career as a stand-up comedian, while working as a barman at Melbourne's Castle Hotel. In 1993 Bana made his television debut on Steve Vizard's Tonight Live talk show, then joined the 'Full Frontal' TV-series. He gained popularity for making impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruse, and Colombo. In 1996 he started his own show titled 'Eric', then launched a comedy series titled 'The Eric Bana Show'. The show was canceled for the lack of substantial audience, however, in 1997, Bana received the Logie Award for "Most Popular Comedian" for his work on 'The Eric Bana Show' (1997).

He made his film debut in 'The Castle' (1997), in a supporting comic role. That same year he was cast to portray Read, the notorious Australian underworld figure. For the role, Bana gained 30 pounds, by eating junk food; he also spent a few days with Read in prison, in order to perfect his mimicry. Bana completely transformed himself into a bald, fat, disturbed criminal. He would arrive on the film set at four in the morning, spending several hours in makeup, being tattooed exactly like Read. Chopper (2000) became an international success and won three Australian Film Institute Awards. Bana won the Best Actor at the 2000 Stockholm Film Festival and also the AFI 2000 Best Actor Award. Then he co-starred in Black Hawk Down (2001), then starred in Hulk (2003). In 2002 he was cast as a Trojan Prince Hector in the historical epic Troy (2004), after being recommended by Brad Pitt, who admired Bana for his work in Chopper (2000). In 2005, Bana co-starred with Daniel Craig and Geoffrey Rush in the political drama Munich (2005) directed by Steven Spielberg.

In 1995 he began dating Rebecca Gleeson, a publicist and daughter of Australian High Court Chief Justice, Murray Gleeson. The following year he was named "Bachelor of the Year" by Cleo Magazine, and won a trip for two to the United States. He invited Gleeson, and proposed to her during that romantic trip. In 1997 the two were married; their son, Klaus, was born in 1999, their daughter, Sophia, was born in 2002. He currently resides in Melbourne with his wife and their two children. Bana is a passionate supporter of Australian football.

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Comments

darknessroom34

You are one good actor...i love you...:)

posted 6 days ago
Rar287

♥HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC 1968♥

posted 11 days ago
chocoholly2

bloody oath you make me proud to be an aussie, yeww!

posted 35 days ago
skymusicleader

I thought Eric Bana was an actor without any talent in the first Hulk movie but when I saw it,I changed my mind. I THINK I SAW THE HULK! Eric Bana is not a Dr. Bruce Banner,a weak man,like Edward Norton in the new Hulk. He does not have anything to prove because Eric Bana has a good percentage of "The Incredible Hunk" written over him. He is too good and strong for that kind of a movie.
Eric Bana won a deeper appreciation from me when I saw him performing the character of "Hector" in the movie Troy. He deserved an Oscar for his performance. I think he was excellent from the beginning to the end. He had the word "perfect supporting role" written all over him. Eric Bana had also a "leading role" leading and supporting the viewers to understand that the main character of the movie was the "Troyan War".
I think the Academy needs to get into the university again as well as the Troy Director Wolfgang Petersen. In the heart of the good public Eric Bana is an Oscar winner.

posted 50 days ago
girlsrock848

me too! i was soooo sad when he died in troy! even though i knew hector would die eventually! huhu.... i just loved him in the other boleyn girl.. He's like the most perfect king henry ever!

posted 70 days ago
haldir4ever

i hated it when he died in troy
he is such a good actor

posted 144 days ago
usarocks

he's brilliantly awesum in "The Other Boleyn Girl"!!! He's irresistable!!! Someday I needa meet'em!!!

posted 146 days ago
MrsUsherRaymond

hes nearly 40

n stil frikin gorgeous!!

love him <33 xxxxxx

posted 151 days ago
mrynsa

eric bana is now one of my favorites. i love him especially with the beard looks very sexy

posted 171 days ago
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2007-2007

posted 256 days ago