Eric Bana

Eric Bana is an Australian film actor who became famous for the sketch show "The View from the Front" and the thriller "Inside Look" and then gained fame with the films "The Time Traveler's Wife", "Star Trek", "Troy", "Black Hawk".

Eric was born in Melbourne, but grew up not in the metropolis, and in the cozy suburb of Tullamarine. Erik's father, Ivan Banadinovich, was an immigrant from Croatia and served as a leading logistics manager for an agricultural machinery company. Eleanor's mother has German roots, and her profession has made hairdressing. The family also raised an eldest son, Anthony.

As Bana later recalled, he was often insulted at school because of his Eastern European background, and the boy grew up disgusted with racism and Nazism. By the way, at school Eric studied quite well, but paid more attention not to lessons, and jokes and antics. The teenager was perfectly able to copy teachers and classmates than the kid and entertained friends.

After receiving the certificate of maturity, Eric Banadinovich did not go to college, and got a job. The young man had a chance to change many professions - he washed cars, was a handyman in the port, collected carts in the supermarket, poured beer in the pub. While working as a bartender, the young man took to the stage for the first time. The institution hosted a competition of comedians, and Bana for fun performed in the genre of stand-up. After that, the young man joked from the stage for two years, performing mainly in cheap bars and small hotels.

In one pub Eric a banu noticed the famous Australian showman Steve Withard and offered to perform on the evening talk show. The young man gladly accepted the invitation and in 1993 made his debut on television.

Later, the promising comedian was noticed by the heads of the sketch show "The View from the Front." Eric Bana began to appear regularly in this program, and often wrote jokes and scripts of episodes. In the three years he spent on the project, Bana became known in the country, opened the author's show with the uncomplicated title "Eric" and even received the first Logie Award in the category "Best Comedian of the Year".

Eric Bana's career began to develop as if by accident. The young man did not think that his biography would be so bright on the events. At first, Eric suddenly became a comedian; i didn't want to get on TV, but I was invited there; about the same story happened with the cinema. In 2000, began shooting the biographical thriller "Inside View" about the famous Australian criminal Mark Brendon Reed, nicknamed Butcher. Since it was impossible to create such a picture without the participation of the maniac himself, the management turned to him for advice.

And the man said that he will cooperate only on one condition: in the film his role will be played by comedian Eric Bana, whose show he loved. For the sake of similarity, the actor had not only to shave his head, but also to gain 13 kg of excess weight. The picture was successful, and Eric began to receive new offers, including from Hollywood.

The actor soon starred alongside Josh Hartnett in the war drama Black Hawk. In the early 2000s, director Ang Lee invited Eric to lead the action movie "Hulk", which was based on the plot of Marvel Comics comics. The main character - scientist Bruce Banner - in a stressful state turns into a green monster. A year later, the adventure peplum "Troy" was shown, in which Eric Ban got the role of Hector, the older brother of Paris (Orlando Bloom). Honest and courageous warrior Troy was destined to die in battle with Achilles (Brad Pitt).

The battle scene was awarded the MTV Movie Awards. According to budget spending ($170 million), the film at the time of creation was considered the most expensive in the history of cinema. Revenue from box office fees was $500 million.

In 2005, Steven Spielberg released the drama "Munich" about the struggle of special services against terrorist organizations. Once again, Eric Bana appeared in the title role. This time the actor played the officer "Mossad" Evner. A year later, Bana used dramatic talent to recreate the character of the hero Romulus in the Australian film "Forgotten Desires".

Together with Drew Barrymore and Robert Duval, Eric Bana starred in the melodrama "Lucky" and with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson in the historical drama "Another of the Boleyn family". Fans also liked the artist's work with Sirsa Ronan and Cate Blanchett in the action movie "Hannah." Perfect weapon."

In the late 2000s, the actor's filmography was followed by a series of episodic roles in the tragicomedy "The Comedians", the sci-fi film "Star Trek". In Brad Pitt's fantasy film The Time Traveler's Wife, the actor plays the title role of librarian Henry Detemble, who suffers from a rare genetic disease. His wife Claire was played by Rachel McAdams.

While working on television, Eric Bana met journalist Rebecca Gleesson, daughter of Australian Supreme Court Justice Murray Glisson. The young men dated for two years, and then Eric won the Bachelor of the Year award for the women's magazine Cleo, and toured u.S. cities. And Bana invited the girl to keep him company.

On this trip, young people became even closer. In the end, Eric proposed to Rebecca's hand and heart. They married in 1997 and still live happily in their own home in Melbourne. Eric Bana is happy with his personal life and is not going to change anything in it. The family has a son Klaus and a daughter Sophia. Eric Bana's friend is considered no less popular actor Hugh Jackman, with whom they have known for many years.

The actor is a sports fan. Bana has been passionate about Australian football since childhood and has been rooting for the local St. Kilda team. It's funny that now Erica in the stadium is called "fan number one" and even print the name of the actor on the tickets.

Bana is also a fan of motorsport, and as a young man he participated in the rally. The actor's first "Targa Tasmania" car has been parked for almost thirty years since Eric made his first race around the island of Tasmania, which lasted a week.

Despite the fact that Eric Bana uses only "Twitter", his photos appear on Instagram on the pages of fans.

Eric Bana pays great attention to the quality of the projects he plays in. The actor chooses only those scenarios that he likes himself. In the disaster film "And Thunder" based on real events and created in 3D format, the artist played the commander of the coast guard station Daniel Kluff. In 2016, the Irish drama "Screams of Fate" and the comedy "Special Correspondents" were released with Eric Bana and Rooney Mara, in which Bana appeared in a creative duet with Ricky Gervais.

2017 brought to the piggy bank the Australian artist's work in the film "The Sword of King Arthur" and a role in the thriller "Forgiven". In 2018, it became known that Eric Bana will again star in a military thriller, where he will play a Mossad employee. The film will be titled "Operation," with Diane Kruger, with whom Eric has already crossed paths while working on troy.

2000 - "Inside Look"

2001 - Black Hawk

2003 - "Hulk"

2004 - Troy

2007 - "Forgotten Desires"

2008 - "Another of the Boleyn Family"

2009 - Star Trek

2009 - "The Time Traveler's Wife"

2016 - "And thunder came"

2016 - "Tablets of Destiny"

2017 - "The Sword of King Arthur"

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Eric Bana Net Worth 2021

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