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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