Eric Banadinovic

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  • Name: ERIC BANADINOVIC
  • English name: ERIC BANADINOVIC
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  • Alias: ['ERIC BANA']
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Description: Eric bana was born eric banadinovic 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 as a manager for caterpillar inc. his mother, named eleanor banadinovic, 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 ofmel gibsoninmad max(1979) and also decided to become an actor. he moved to sydney 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 onsteve vizard'stonight live with steve vizard(1990) talk show, then joined thefull frontal(1993) tv-series. he gained popularity for making impressions ofarnold schwarzenegger,sylvester stallone,tom cruseand "columbo". in 1996, he started his own show titlederic(1997), then launched a comedy series titledthe eric bana show live(1997). 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 onthe eric bana show live(1997).he made his film debut inthe castle(1997), in a supporting comic role. that same year, he was cast to portray mark "chopper" 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, plump, 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 inblack hawk down(2001), then starred inhulk(2003). in 2002, he was cast as the trojan prince hector in the historical epictroy(2004), after being recommended bybrad pitt, who admired bana for his work inchopper(2000). in 2005, bana co-starred withdaniel craigandgeoffrey rushin the political dramamunich(2005) directed bysteven spielberg.in 1995, he began datingrebecca 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. he was appointed member of the order of australia at the 2019 queen's birthday honours for his services to the performing arts and to charitable organisations.

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  • Birth date: Aug. 9, 1968, midnight
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  • Height: 188

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