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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MOVIES

		CREDIT
55%	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
64%	The Finest Hours	Daniel Cluff	$20.3M	2016
17%	Special Correspondents	Frank Bonneville	—	2016
85%	Paper Planes	Executive Producer	$5.8M	2015
28%	Deliver Us from Evil	Sarchie	$18.9M	2014
76%	Lone Survivor	Erik Kristensen	$97.7M	2014
43%	Closed Circuit	Martin Rose	$9.7M	2013
35%	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
68%	Funny People	Clarke	$51.9M	2009
94%	Star Trek	Nero	$257.8M	2009
61%	Love the Beast	Producer Director Himself	—	2009
95%	Mary and Max	Damien	—	2009
42%	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	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
86%	The Castle	Con Petropoulous	—	1999

TV

		CREDIT
71%	Dirty John 2018	Executive Producer John Meehan	2019 2018
No Score Yet	Last Call With Carson Daly 2007	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	Guest	2018 2016
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2018 2016 2015
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	Sleep now, Bruce, and forget forever. Struggle no more and give me all of your power.
Dr. David Banner	Sleep now, Bruce, and forget forever. Struggle no more and give me all of your power.
Bruce Banner	You think you can live with it ? Take it ! Take it all !
Bruce Banner	You think you can live with it? Take it! Take it all!
Dr. David Banner	Oh, yes ! Yes ! Take it back ! It`s not stopping ! Take it back !
Dr. David Banner	Oh, yes! Yes! Take it back! It`s not stopping! Take it back!

Dr. David Banner	Sleep now, Bruce, and forget forever. Struggle no more and give me all of your power.
Dr. David Banner	Sleep now, Bruce, and forget forever. Struggle no more and give me all of your power.
Bruce Banner	You think you can live with it ? Take it ! Take it all !
Bruce Banner	You think you can live with it? Take it! Take it all!
Dr. David Banner	Oh, yes ! Yes ! Take it back ! It`s not stopping ! Take it back !
Dr. David Banner	Oh, yes! Yes! Take it back! It`s not stopping! Take it back!

Dr. David Banner	Sleep now, Bruce, and forget forever. Struggle no more and give me all of your power.
Dr. David Banner	Sleep now, Bruce, and forget forever. Struggle no more and give me all of your power.
Bruce Banner	You think you can live with it ? Take it ! Take it all !
Bruce Banner	You think you can live with it? Take it! Take it all!
Dr. David Banner	Oh, yes ! Yes ! Take it back ! It`s not stopping ! Take it back !
Dr. David Banner	Oh, yes! Yes! Take it back! It`s not stopping! Take it back!

Bruce Banner	I`d rather die.
Dr. David Banner	Oh, that`s your answer ?

Henry

I never wanted anything in my life that I couldn't stand losing. But it's too late for that.

Bruce Banner	Go !
Bruce Banner	Go!
Dr. David Banner	Stop your bawling, you weak little speck of human trash.

Bruce Banner	Stop it.
Bruce Banner	Stop it.
Dr. David Banner	Stop ? Stop what ? Stop what ?
Dr. David Banner	Stop? Stop what? Stop what?

Bruce Banner	Don`t touch me ! Maybe once you were my father, but you`re not now and you never will be.
Bruce Banner	Don`t touch me! Maybe once you were my father, but you`re not now and you never will be.
Dr. David Banner	Oh, is that so ?
Dr. David Banner	Oh, is that so?

Bruce Banner	I should have killed you.
Dr. David Banner	And I should have killed you.
Bruce Banner	I wish you had.

Bruce Banner	You know what scares me the most ? When it happens, when it comes over me... and I totally lose control, I like it.
Bruce Banner	You know what scares me the most? When it happens, when it comes over me... and I totally lose control, I like it.

Bruce Banner

I`ve never felt better.

Bruce Banner	Talbot.
Glenn Talbot	Yeah ?
Glenn Talbot	Yeah?
Bruce Banner	You`re making me angry.
Bruce Banner	You`re making me angry.
Glenn Talbot	Oh, am I ?
Glenn Talbot	Oh, am I?

Major Glenn Talbot	Get your hands off of me.
Dr. Bruce Banner	Talbot, what's this...
Major Glenn Talbot	Inside, asshole. I wanna talk to you.

Dr. Bruce Banner

You know what scares me the most ? When it happens, when it comes over me...and I totally lose control, I liked it.

Major Glenn Talbot	You know, Dr. Krenzler, you and I have never had the chance to get to know each other properly.
Dr. Bruce Banner	Well, that's because I don't want to get to know you, properly or improperly. So leave.
Major Glenn Talbot	Hey, no worries.

Major Glenn Talbot	Get your hands off of me.
Dr. Bruce Banner	Talbot, what's this ?
Major Glenn Talbot	Inside, asshole. I wanna talk to you.

Dr. Bruce Banner	Talbot, what's this...
Major Glenn Talbot	Inside, asshole. I wanna talk to you.

Major Glenn Talbot	Get your hands off of me.
Dr. Bruce Banner	Talbot, what's this ?

Major Glenn Talbot	Get your hands off of me.
Dr. Bruce Banner	Talbot, what's this...

Dr. Bruce Banner	I'd rather die.
Dr. David Banner	Oh, that's your answer ?

Avner

There is no peace at the end of this, no matter what you believe.

Dr. Bruce Banner	Maybe once you were my father, but you're not now and you never will be..
Dr. David Banner	Oh, is that so ?

Dr. Bruce Banner	"You found me."
Dr. Betty Ross	"You weren't that hard to find."
Dr. Bruce Banner	"Yes, I was."

Dr. Bruce Banner	"You found me."
Dr. Betty Ross	"You weren't that hard to find."

Dr. Bruce Banner	"You found me."
Dr. Betty Ross	"You weren't that hard to find."
Dr. Bruce Banner	"Yes, I was."

Avner	She's frightening ugly.
Avner	She's frighteningly ugly.
Daphna	She takes after you.

Avner's Mother	I'm proud of what are you doing.
Avner's Mother	I'm proud of what you are doing.
Avner	You don't know what I am doing.
Avner	You don't know what I'm doing.

Avner

Do you want my parents to help raise her? Look what they did to me.

Capt. Nero

James T. Kirk was considered to be a great man. He went on to captain the U.S.S. Enterprise... but that was another life. A life I will deprive you of just like I did your father!

Mark "Chopper" Read

Look at what you've done! You're mum's upset.

Dr. Bruce Banner	Talbot!
Major Glenn Talbot	Yeah?
Dr. Bruce Banner	You're making me angry!
Major Glenn Talbot	Oh, am I?

Erik Kristensen

We know Shah killed fourteen Marines last Tuesday in Kandahar. We just pulled this video off three different Tali web sights. It will in fact be a glorious day when Ahmad Shah and his good friend Taraq are no longer members of our human community.

Erik Kristensen

I know everything Murphy.

Erik Kristensen

She does not need a Arabic horse.

Dr. Betty Ross	"What were those animals ?"
Dr. Betty Ross	What were those animals?
Dr. Bruce Banner	"My father sent them."
Dr. Bruce Banner	My father sent them.

Cheryl	You do this, you bear the consequences. (She turns around and goes into the house.)
Cheryl	You do this, you bear the consequences.
Lotto	Does that mean I can do it?
Wookie	Absolutely!

Lotto	And to think the girls think we just come here to drink beers.
Sue	We do!
Lotto	That's beside the point, ain't it?

Lotto	Well Darlin', Darlene and Wooks, just like us, have a relationship that respects and honors a free flow of information.
Cheryl	In other words, she doesn't have a bloody clue, right?

Dr. Bruce Banner	"I should have killed you."
Dr. Bruce Banner	I should have killed you.
Dr. David Banner	"And i should have killed you."
Dr. David Banner	And i should have killed you.

Mark "Chopper" Read

Keithy seems to have done himself a mischief.

Mark "Chopper" Read

Neville never should have stepped into the criminal world unless he was prepared to stick his whole bloody leg into it.

Daphna	I couldn't sleep because I was worried for you.
Daphna	I tried not to think about you but I couldn't.
Avner	I have the most boring job in the world, what are you worry about?
Avner	I have the world's most boring job, what's going to happen to me?

Ephraim	If I cut my nails off the grow up again.
Avner	Did we accomplish anything at all? Every man we killed has been replaced by worse.
Ephraim	Why cut my fingernails? They'll grow back.

Capt. Nero

The wait is over.

Avner

Listen Schultz, you clown, there were eleven Israeli athletes murdered at Munich. That's two hands plus one finger.

Prince Hector of Troy	I've seen this moment in my dreams. I'll make a pact with you. With the gods as our witnesses, let us pledge that the winner will allow the loser all the proper funeral rituals.
Achilles	There are no pacts between lions and men. [takes off helmet] Now you know who you're fighting.
Achilles	There are no pacts between lions and men. Now you know who you're fighting.
Prince Hector of Troy	I thought it was you I was fighting yesterday. And I wish it had been, but I gave the dead boy the honor he deserved.
Prince Hector of Troy	I thought it was you I was fighting yesterday. And I wish it had been, but I gave the dead boy the honor he deserved.
Achilles	You gave him the honor of your sword. You won't have eyes tonight; you won't have ears or a tongue. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know: this is Hector, the fool who thought he killed Achilles.
Achilles	You gave him the honor of your sword. You won't have eyes tonight, you won't have ears or a tongue. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know - this is Hector, the fool who thought he killed Achilles.

Dr. Bruce Banner	Stop it!
Dr. David Banner	Stop what!? Stop what!?

Addison

It's a good sign when you feel a little bad.

Agamemnon	I have two wishes. If you grant them, no more of your people need die. First, you must give Helen back to my brother. Second, Troy must submit to my command, to fight for me whenever I call.
Prince Hector of Troy	You want me to look upon your army and tremble? Well I see them. I see 50,000 men brought here to fight for one man's greed.
Agamemnon	Careful boy, my mercy has limits.
Prince Hector of Troy	And I've seen the limits of your mercy and I tell you now, no son of Troy will ever submit to a foreign ruler.
Agamemnon	Then every son of Troy shall die.

Avner	It Will Be Beautiful.
Avner	It will be beautiful.

Avner	There Is No Peace At The End Of This.
Avner	There is no peace at the end of this.

Mark "Chopper" Read

No, I did not drive him to the hospital! Do I look like Mother Teresa to you?

Mark "Chopper" Read	ah winge winge fucking winge.
Mark "Chopper" Read	Ah winge winge fucking winge.

Chum	Humans -- they think they own everything.
Anchor	Probably American.

Capt. Nero

James T. Kirk was a great man. But that was another life.

Anchor	Except stinking dolphins!
Chum	Dolphins! Oh, they think they're so cute! Oh look at me, let me flip for you! I know something!

Capt. Nero

Hi, Christopher, I'm Nero.

Clarke	underneath anger is hurt but underneath hurt is love.
Clarke	Underneath anger is hurt,. but underneath hurt is love.

Clare	What, you think that I wanted this life... this husband that disappears without any kind of warning? Do you think anyone would want that? Who would want that?
Henry	You have a choice.
Clare	I never had a choice.

Henry	I can't stay
Henry	I can't stay.
Clare	I know
Clare	I know.

Tank Commander	Driver stop, driver stop!
Dr. Bruce Banner	Turn right, turn right!

Erik	Music. A combination of sounds, with a view to beauty of form and expression of emotion.

Erik	Music. A combination of sounds, with a view to beauty of form and expression of emotion.

Capt. Nero

FIRE EVERYTHING!

Capt. Nero

I have waited for this day my whole life... this day of reckoning.

Capt. Nero	James t. kirk was a great man... but that was an another life.
Capt. Nero	James T. Kirk was a great man... but that was an another life.

Dr. David Banner	Sleep dear Bruce and forget forever struggle no more and give me all of your power.
Dr. Bruce Banner	You think you can live with it then take it.
Dr. Bruce Banner	TAKE IT ALL!!!
Dr. Bruce Banner	TAKE IT ALL!

Avner	Are you Wael Zwaiter?
Wael Zwaiter	Yes, and who are you? (Robert and Avner draw their guns out and point them at Zwaiter)
Wael Zwaiter	Yes, and who are you? [Robert and Avner draw their guns out and point them at Zwaiter]
Avner	Do you know why we are here? (Zwaiter tries to lower Avner's guns with his hand and speaks to him in arabic) Are you Wael Zwaiter?
Avner	Do you know why we are here? [Zwaiter tries to lower Avner's guns with his hand and speaks to him in arabic] Are you Wael Zwaiter?
Robert	He said yes already, he already said yes. What do I do?
Avner	Do you know why we are here? (Avner and Robert fire into Zwaiter's chest six times, to which he collapses and dies.)
Avner	Do you know why we are here? [Avner and Robert fire into Zwaiter's chest six times, to which he collapses and dies]

Carl	Avner. Girl or boy?
Carl	Avner... Girl or boy?
Avner	Girl.
Avner	A girl.
Carl	Maseltov. Oh! I received the news that Dr. Hamshari died this morning because of his injuries. And again ... maseltov.
Carl	Maseltov. Oh! I received the news that Dr. Hamshari died this morning because of his injuries. And again... maseltov.
Carl	Mazel tov.... Oh, news from Paris, Dr Hamshari succumbed to his wounds... so, again, mazel tov, Avner.

Erik	Think on your feet.

Papa	You can call me Papa
Papa	You can call me Papa.
Avner	I already got a Papa.

Bruce the Great White Shark	[reciting] I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food.
Anchor	Except stinking dolphins!
Chum	Dolphins! Yeah, they think they're so cute! "Oh, look at me, I'm a flippy little dolphin, let me flip for you!"
Chum	Dolphins! Yeah, they think they're so cute! 'Oh, look at me, I'm a flippy little dolphin, let me flip for you!'

Delta Sgt. First Class "Hoot" Gibson

Y'know what I think? Don't really matter what I think. Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that shit just goes right out the window.

Prince Paris of Troy	You would have Troy burned for this women!?
Prince Hector of Troy	You would have Troy burned for this women!?

Erik	I love you Hanna. I want you to know that.
Erik	I love you, Hanna. You have to know that.
Hanna	Because i'm a freak.
Hanna	Because I'm a freak?

Erik	you were half asleep!
Erik	You were half asleep!
Hanna	Did you really want me to break your neck?

Clare	Is your wife a time traveler?
Henry	No. No, thank God.

Erik	She won't rest 'till your dead...or she is.

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