Eric Bana

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Eric Bana at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival

Eric Bana (* 9. August 1968 in Melbourne , Victoria as Eric Banadinović ) is an Australian actor , screenwriter and film producer . He became known for his leading roles in the films Hulk , Troja and Munich .

biography

Early life

Eric Bana was born to Ivan Banadinović, a Croatian employee or manager at Caterpillar , and his wife Eleanor, a German hairdresser. He actually wanted to be a car mechanic and racing driver. At first he tried odd jobs such as car washer or as a bartender in a hotel bar, where he also appeared as a stand-up comedian.

Bana then studied acting in Sydney and appeared in several Shakespeare performances. He was later accepted at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.

Career

After completing his studies, Bana began a career as a comedian and was best known for the Australian comedy sketch series Full Frontal . He also hosted the TV show Eric , for which he also wrote the scripts and worked as a co-producer. He also performed live in the variety show The Eric Bana Show . The most established character of his early career was Poida , an Australian "bogan" (a term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe a white, working-class young man).

After a small role in the Australian low-budget hit The Castle (1997), Bana retired from the entertainment industry for a few years. He returned to the big screen in 2000 for the film Chopper . Chopper received mostly positive reviews and won three Australian Film Institute Awards , including that for Best Actor.

Bana, who had put on 15 kilos for the film, won three other film awards. The American film critic Roger Ebert praised Bana's screen presence and prophesied that he would become a star.

He then took on the role of Norm "Hoot" Gibson in Ridley Scott's film Black Hawk Down . Russell Crowe recommended Scott Bana, who not only lost weight for the role of soldier, he also trained with Delta Force soldiers at Fort Bragg .

He also starred in the Australian comedy The Nugget and starred in Ang Lee's comic book adaptation of the Hulk . On the recommendation of Brad Pitt , he played the role of Hector in Troy . In Steven Spielberg's film Munich about the 1972 Olympic attack , he played the role of the Israeli Mossad agent Avner.

2007 Bana also starred in Curtis Hanson's Poker - Drama luck in the game and in Romulus, My Father . In the historical love drama The Queen's Sister , he starred as Henry VIII at the side of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson . In 2009 he starred in the bestseller film Die Zeitreisende's wife, directed by Robert Schwentke, and in the eleventh Star Trek film as the villain Nero . In the same year he made his debut as a director with the documentary Love the Beast . At the beginning of 2013, he played the leading role as an advertising medium in the short film Duels by Matteo Garrone for the campaign for the men's fragrance Man Extreme by Bulgari .

Bana is mostly dubbed by Benjamin Völz .

Personal

Bana is married to Rebecca Gleeson, a former publicist for the Australian broadcasting company Seven Network (including producer of the television series Full Frontal ). You have two children and live in Melbourne.

Bana is a huge motorsport fan and often races in his home country. He is also a fan of Australian football and supports the St. Kilda Football Club .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

Series

  • 1993–1996: Full Frontal (screenplay)
  • 1996–1997: Eric (writer, producer)
  • 1997: The Eric Bana Show Live (Writer, Co-Producer)
  • 1999–2000: All Saints (3 episodes)
  • 2000-2001: Something in the Air
  • 2007: Kath & Kim (episode 4x02)
  • 2018-2019: Dirty John (8 episodes)

Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
  • 2003 Nominated for Best Actor Hulk
Australian Film Institute
  • 2008 Nominated for Best Actor The Other Boleyn Girl
  • 2007 Best Actor Romulus, My Father
News Limited Readers' Choice Award
  • 2007 Nominated Best Actor Lucky You
  • 2006 Nominated Best Actor Munich
  • 2000 Best Actor Chopper
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
  • 2009 Best Ensemble Star Trek
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
  • 2002 Nominated Best Newcomer
Denver Film Critics Society
  • 2009 Best Ensemble Star Trek
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
  • 2008 nominated for best actor Romulus, My Father
  • 2001 best actor Chopper
Golden Schmoes Awards

2005 nominated for best actor Munich

IF Awards
  • 2000 best actor Chopper
Logie Awards

1997 best actor (comedy)

MTV Movie Awards
  • 2005 Nominated Best Fight (with Brad Pitt)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
  • 2002 Nominated Best Ensemble Black Hawk Down
Scream Awards
  • 2009 Nominated Best Villain Star Trek
Stockholm Film Festival
  • 2000 Nominated for Best Actor Chopper
Teen Choice Awards
  • 2009 Nominated Best Villain Star Trek
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award
  • 2009 Nominated Best Ensemble Star Trek

Web links

Commons : Eric Bana  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/eric-bana/biography/30
  2. ^ "Chopping & Changing". Who Weekly . October 22, 2001.
  3. ↑ Ebert, Roger. Review of Chopper . RogerEbert.com. June 1, 2001. Retrieved June 14, 2006.
  4. ↑ ParfumNEWS: Bulgari Man Extreme. (No longer available online.) February 14, 2013, archived from the original on March 16, 2014 ; Retrieved February 16, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / parfumnews.de
personal data
SURNAME Bana, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Banadinović, Eric (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian actor, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Victoria, Australia