Eric Bana

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Eric Bana: Biography

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Birth Name: Eric Banadinovich
Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/09/1968, Leo
Profession: Actor

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Although his chiseled face and sculpted physique have been put to use in action flicks, this Australian actor started out in stand-up. He both wrote and performed on the down-under sketch-comedy series Full Fro... read more

Eric Bana: TV Guide News

Eric Bana Shows Apatow the Funny | Movie News | 6/12/2008
You can add Eric Bana to the cast of Judd Apatow's upcoming film Funny People. The pic, set in the world of standup comedy, follows a comedian who has a near-death experience.Apatow is coproducing the film with Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions. Sandler has also signed to star in the pic along with Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann and Jason Schwartzman.Production on Funny People starts in September and is scheduled for release next summer. — J.R. Whalen read more
New Star Trek "Pines" for Kirk as it Casts Scotty, Sulu and Baddie | Today's News: Our Take | 10/12/2007
Gloucester, England-born Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz) and Harold & Kumar's John Cho are boarding J.J. Abrams' Star Trek feature in the roles of engineering wizard/Romulan-ale enthusiast Montgomery Scott and Lt. Hikaru Sulu, says the Reporter. They join other future Enterprisers Zachary Quinto (as Spock), Zoe Saldana (Uhura) and Anton Yelchin (Chekov), while Eric Bana has been tapped to play the villain. I know what you're wondering: But who... has... the com? According to the trades, Chris Pine is in talks to play young Kirk. Just My Luck, indeed. For more discussion of the Star Trek castings, listen to the Oct. 12 TV Guide Talk podcast. read more
Survivor: China: Fireworks and Fishing Gear | Survivor: China | 10/12/2007
Episode Recap: "Ride the Workhorse 'Til the Tail Falls Off"Have I mentioned what an interesting group of people we have playing Survivor: China? There is such a wide variety of folks on this show that each week I feel like I'm watching an entirely new program. That's a good thing, because it is keeping the show fresh. Last week Jean-Robert was the guy you just wanted gone. This week, while you may still want him to disappear, he turns out to be an asset to the tribe. Who knew he could speak Mandarin? Fei Long won the reward challenge – a giant chopstick, flaming ball and fireworks affair – and earned fishing gear and a lesson from a local family on how to catch fish using trained diving birds. Jean-Robert stepped up as the translator, and the tribe got a lot of useful information because of him. Talk about pulling a trick out of the hat at the right time.This week's kidnapping victim was Dave, who was swiped from the arms of his had-it-up-to-here-with-him tribe. Dave... read more
Hulk Crashes But Thankfully Doesn't Burn | Today's News: Our Take | 4/23/2007
In his native Australia Saturday, Eric Bana slammed his beloved 1974 Ford XB Coupe into some trees during the Targa Tasmania rally. While he and his copilot emerged unscathed, the car was totaled. And what I suspect hurt the most was that, of 115 cars in the Outright Classic race, he'd only placed 53rd. That's gonna leave a mark. Monday's news was written by Ben Katner. read more
At the Movies: Chris Columbus Takes a Thief? | Today's News: Our Take | 4/18/2007
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Chris Columbus is in talks to helm The Lightning Thief, a family fantasy based on the first novel in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and concerning a boy who discovers he descends from a Greek god.... Eric Bana is a librarian who involuntarily juts to and fro in time and Rachel McAdams is the woman he falls in love with in The Time Traveler's Wife.... Writer-director Gideon Raff (The Killing Floor) is remaking 1980's Terror Train.... The soundtrack for Shrek the Third finds Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas dueting on Sly & the Family Stone's "Thank You" and Fergie covering Heart's "Barracuda." Also on the May 15 CD: Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" and Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die." read more

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sean bean, Eric Bana, Diane Kruger, Rose Byrne courtesy Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com

nick nolte, Ang Lee, Eric Bana courtesy Lester Cohen/WireImage.com

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Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom courtesy Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com

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Eric Bana: TV Listings

Eric Bana: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Star Trek (Actor - Nero)	2009	Movie
The Other Boleyn Girl (Actor - Henry Tudor)	2008	Movie
Lucky You (Actor - Huck Cheever)	2007	Movie
Munich (Actor - Avner)	2005	Movie
Troy (Actor - Hector)	2004	Movie