Eric Bana

Highest Rated: 99% Finding Nemo (2003)

Lowest Rated: 17% Special Correspondents (2016)

Birthday: Aug 9, 1968

Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

A popular and easygoing Australian comedian whose keen adaptability lent itself well to aggressive-oriented early film roles, Eric Bana's hatred of firearms may seem ironic in contrast to the Aussie funnyman's fledgling film portrayals of real-life mass murderer (and popular cult celebrity figure in the land Down Under) Mark "Chopper" Read (Chopper [2000]) and a military man caught in heated battle on a rescue mission (Black Hawk Down [2001]). Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, Bana's career as a comedian began while working as a bartender at his native city's Castle Hotel in 1991. Television offers began flowing in a few short years later, and in 1993, Bana took his sharp wit to the small screen as he assumed the roles of both writer and performer on one of Australia's top comedy programs, Full Frontal. His star on the rise, the increasingly popular comedian made audiences laugh even harder when he co-produced and starred in his own 1996 comedy special Eric (later to become a series) and kicked off The Eric Bana Show Live the following year. 1997 proved to be a busy year for Bana as he also made his feature debut in The Castle, though all of his hard work would pay off when he took a feature role in Australian television's Something in the Air in 2000 and was voted Australia's Most Popular Comedy Performer at the Logies. Bana next took on the role of notorious Aussie author/murderer Mark "Chopper" Read in Chopper (2000). Hollywood was soon calling for Bana, and he answered by accepting a role in the tense true story of the Battle of Mogadishu, Black Hawk Down, followed by the title role in Ang Lee's The Hulk. While Lee's adaptation of the comic would be universally panned, Bana continued his upward trajectory, playing a major role in the acclaimed film Munich, playing the head of the squadron assigned to avenge the murder of Israeli athletes at the 172 Olympics. He then showcased his range by playing opposite Drew Barrymore in the Curtis Hanson film Lucky You, followed by a turn as infamous Henry VIII in The Other Boleyn Girl. Bana would round out the next few years with roles that cemented his position in Hollywood, like Star Trek, Funny People, The Time Traveler's Wife, Hanna, and Deadfall.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
52%	The Forgiven	Piet Blomfeld	—	2018
36%	The Secret Scripture	Dr. William Grene	—	2017
31%	King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword	Uther Pendragon	$39.1M	2017
83%	David Stratton: A Cinematic Life	Actor	—	2017
63%	The Finest Hours	Daniel Cluff	$20.3M	2016
17%	Special Correspondents	Frank Bonneville	—	2016
85%	Paper Planes	Executive Producer	$5.8M	2015
29%	Deliver Us from Evil	Sarchie	$18.9M	2014
75%	Lone Survivor	Erik Kristensen	$97.7M	2014
43%	Closed Circuit	Martin Rose	$9.7M	2013
34%	Deadfall	Addison	$39.2K	2012
71%	Hanna	Erik	$40.3M	2011
No Score Yet	The Emperor's Children	Actor	—	2011
No Score Yet	Star Trek: A New Vision	Actor	—	2009
39%	The Time Traveler's Wife	Henry	$63.4M	2009
69%	Funny People	Clarke	$51.9M	2009
94%	Star Trek	Nero	$257.8M	2009
61%	Love the Beast	Director Himself Producer	—	2009
95%	Mary and Max	Damien	—	2009
43%	The Other Boleyn Girl	Henry Tudor	$26.9M	2008
55%	Romulus, My Father	Romulus	—	2008
29%	Lucky You	Huck Cheever	$5.8M	2007
No Score Yet	Nugget	Actor	—	2006
78%	Munich	Avner	$47.4M	2005
54%	Troy	Hektor Hector	$132.6M	2004
62%	Hulk	Bruce Banner	$132.2M	2003
99%	Finding Nemo	Anchor	$380.6M	2003
No Score Yet	The Nugget	Lotto	—	2002
76%	Black Hawk Down	Hoot	$108.6M	2001
72%	Chopper	Mark `Chopper' Read	—	2001
87%	The Castle	Con Petropoulous	—	1999

TV

		Credit
79%	Dirty John 2018	John Meehan Executive Producer	2020 2019 2018
No Score Yet	Last Call With Carson Daly 2007-2019	Guest	2018
83%	The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale 2018	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015-2019	Guest	2018 2016
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2018 2016 2015 2014
No Score Yet	Sunday Morning 2011-2018	Appearing	2016
No Score Yet	The Graham Norton Show 2007	Guest	2016
No Score Yet	Chelsea Lately 2007-2014	Guest	2014 2013
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2014 2012
No Score Yet	Conan 2010	Guest	2013
No Score Yet	Top Gear 2002	Guest	2010
No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014	Guest	2009
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2003
No Score Yet	Tavis Smiley 2013-2018	Guest

QUOTES FROM Eric Bana CHARACTERS

Dr. David Banner says: Sleep now, Bruce, and forget forever. Struggle no more and give me all of your power.

Bruce Banner says: You think you can live with it ? Take it ! Take it all !

Bruce Banner says: You think you can live with it? Take it! Take it all!

Dr. David Banner says: Oh, yes ! Yes ! Take it back ! It`s not stopping ! Take it back !

Dr. David Banner says: Oh, yes! Yes! Take it back! It`s not stopping! Take it back!