Eric Banadinović was born in Melbourne, Australia, on August 9, 1968. The youngest son in the family of his mother, Eleanor, a German who works as a hairdresser, and his father, Croat Ivan Banadinović, a manager by profession who serves as a manager in a large company Caterpillar. After graduating from high school, Bana earned as much as he could, trying a number of different professions, from washing cars to collecting trolleys in the supermarket. But in 1991, when he worked as a bartender at the
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Eric Banadinović was born in Melbourne, Australia, on August 9, 1968. The youngest son in the family of his mother, Eleanor, a German who works as a hairdresser, and his father, Croat Ivan Banadinović, a manager by profession who serves as a manager in a large company Caterpillar.
After graduating from high school, Bana earned as much as he could, trying a number of different professions, from washing cars to collecting trolleys in the supermarket. But in 1991, when he worked as a bartender at the Castle Hotel in Melbourne, he was lucky enough to perform in the stand-up comedy genre, and this began his acting career. In the next two years, Bana worked as a comedian in pubs, and already in 1993, after a successful debut in the talk show Steve Vizard Tonight Live, a talented comedian was noticed by the producers of the series “A View from the Front”, and the new actor received not only a role in the project, but also the opportunity to work on the script.
After working on the series for 3 years, Eric became quite popular and was even awarded the Logie Award as the best comedian. 1997 became a key year for the actor, as he took part in the filming of his first film, getting a small role in the comedy “Castle”. Also this year, Bana became a happy family man, signing with Rebecca Gleeson. The couple is inseparable to this day, they raise two children – son Klaus (1999) and daughter Sofia (2002).
The next film with the participation of Eric Bun was the crime drama “A Look From Within”. In order to fully embody the role of a criminal and achieve resemblance to the prototype, the actor gained 13 kg, and also spent 2 days adopting manners from the criminal himself.
In 2001, Eric Bana starred in a military drama.
"Black Hawk Down" . In 2003, the actor starred in the film.
Hulk Based on the comic books of the same name. In the same year, Bana voiced the shark Anchor from the cartoon “Finding Nemo”.
In 2004, Eric starred with the
Troy . The picture became very popular and collected about $ 500 million. It was followed in 2005 by Steven Spielberg's drama.
Munich Based on the events of the terrorist act at the Olympics in 1972.
Eric Bana continues to act and please his fans and connoisseurs of art with new paintings.