Eric Bana

Bana in 2009, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Eric Banadinović

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date of Birth: 9 August, 1968

Ethnicity:
*Croatian (father)
*German (mother)

Eric Bana is an Australian actor and comedian. He has starred in the films Chopper, Hulk, Troy, Munich, Lucky You, The Other Boleyn Girl, Star Trek, Hanna, The Dry, and The Time Traveler’s Wife, and the show Dirty John, among other works.

Eric’s father, Ivan Banadinović, is Croatian-born, from Zagreb, and immigrated to Australia in the 1950s, when there was a large movement of emigrants from Eastern Europe.

Eric’s mother, Eleanor, is German-born (born in Viernheim, near Mannheim).

Eric is married to publicist Rebecca Gleeson, with whom he has two children. Rebecca is the daughter of Murray Gleeson, who was Chief Justice of New South Wales and Chief Justice of Australia.

Eric’s paternal grandfather’s name was Mate Banadinović.

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