Eric Bana was born on August 9, 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia. Eric Banadinovich is Eric Bana's birth name.
In 2003 Eric Bana brought to life the animated fish Anchor
in FINDING NEMO, other stars that brought this animated film
to life were Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, and Alexander
Gould.
On the STEVE VIZARD'S TONIGHT LIVE talk show is were Eric
Bana made his debut in 1993, shortly after his debut he joined
the cast of FULL FRONTAL.
As the Trojan Prince Hector, Eric Bana was in the historical
epic TROY in 2004. For this role Bana had to learn how to
ride a horse, to keep up with stars like Brad Pitt, Orlando
Bloom, Julian Glover and Brian Cox.
In 1997 Eric Bana made his film debut in THE CASTLE this
is a Rob Sitch comedy which starred 'Michael caton, Anne Tenney,and
Stephen Curry.
Rebecca Gleeson and Eric Bana were married in 1997, she appeared
on his TV series a few times. her big screen debut would be
in BLACK
HAWK DOWN in 2001. In the scene where helicopter pilot
Mike Durant is captured by Somalis.
TROY was not the first time Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom worked
together they were both in BLACK HAWK DOWN.
In the political drama MUNICH which was directed by Steven
Spielberg, Eric Bana played Avner co-starring with Daniel
Craig.
For the role, of Mark Brandon Chopper , Eric Bana gained
30 pounds, by eating junk food; he also spent a few days with
Read in prison,to perfect his role for the hit movie CHOPPER.
For the transformation of Eric Bana's role as Read in the movie
CHOPPER Bana would be spending several hours in makeup, being
tattooed before each day of filming.
Not only is Eric Bana a great actor he also is a writer and
producer, he wrote and produced his own series ERIC and THE
ERIC BANA SHOW LIVE. Bana also wrote FULL FRONTAL the TV series,
this is were Eric Bana played various characters.
Eric Bana's other notable credits include...