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Eric Bana
Actor
Male
Born
Aug 9, 1968
Age
44
Hometown
Melbourne
Other Names
Banadinovich, Eric
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.
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Rebecca GleesonMarried 1997
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Eric Bana
Age 44
parents
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Ivan BanadinovichFather
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Eleanor BanadinovichMother
children
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Klaus BanadinovichSon, Age 13
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Sophia BanadinovichDaughter, Age 11
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Michael Giltz: Dv Ds: Horrible Hobbit, Great Day Lewis, Treacly Life Of Pi And More Oscar Faves Hit StoresHuffington Post - Mar 27, 2013
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'Star Trek Into Darkness' Preview Screening Reveals SpoilersMTV News - Mar 08, 2013
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Annette Bourdeau: Why 'On The Road' And Other Book To Movie Adaptations Fall FlatHuffington Post - Jan 17, 2013
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Robbers Dig 100 Foot Tunnel In Epic Bank HeistHuffington Post - Jan 14, 2013
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CHILDHOOD
1968
Birth
Born on August 9, 1968.
1972
3 Years Old
The following year, Bana co-starred with Daniel Craig and Geoffrey Rush in Steven Spielberg's controversial film Munich. Bana played Avner, a Mossad agent, who is ordered to track down and kill the Black September terrorists thought to be responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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1974
5 Years Old
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Bana purchased his first car, a 1974 XB Ford Falcon coupé, at the age of fifteen for A$1100 and driving it, made his motor sport racing debut in 1996's Targa Tasmania, a week-long race around the island state of Tasmania. (Bana has had this car for more than a quarter century.
TWENTIES
1991
22 Years Old
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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.
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1993
24 Years Old
In 1993, Bana made his television debut on Steve Vizard's late night talk show, Tonight Live.
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1994
25 Years Old
This success led him to record the comedy album Out of Bounds in 1994 and to host his own television special, titled Eric, in 1996.
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1995
26 Years Old
In 1995, while working on the television series Full Frontal, Bana began dating Rebecca Gleeson, a publicist with the Seven Network and daughter of then Chief Justice of New South Wales, and later Chief Justice of Australia, Murray Gleeson.
Even so, in 1997, he received a Logie Award for "Most Popular Comedy Personality" for his work on the show.
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THIRTIES
2000
31 Years Old
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Bana read the script after filming Chopper in 2000 and was drawn to it because it reminded him of his childhood and because he found its characters amusing and likable.
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In 2004, Bana co-starred with Brad Pitt in the big-budget film Troy.
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2005
36 Years Old
In 2005, Bana narrated the documentary Terrors of Tasmania about the endangered Tasmanian Devil.
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2006
37 Years Old
In 2006, Bana was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Lucky You, a romantic comedy on which Bana worked before filming Munich, was released in early 2007.
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FORTIES
In August 2009, he appeared as Henry DeTamble in the film adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife.
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2010
41 Years Old
In 2010, Bana was named the "Saints Number One Ticket Holder".
2011
42 Years Old
In 2011, Bana appeared as Erik Heller in the action thriller film Hanna, starring alongside Saoirse Ronan & Cate Blanchett.
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