Biography
Eric Martin Andrew Banadinović AM (born 9 August 1968), known professionally as Eric Bana (/ˈbænə/), is an Australian actor, comedian, producer, and director. He began his career in the sketch-comedy series Full Frontal before gaining notice in the comedy-drama The Castle (1997). He achieved critical recognition for starring in the biographical crime film Chopper(2000) and as the titular character in Hulk (2003). After a decade of roles in Australian television shows and films, Bana gained Holl...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Memoir of a Snail
2024
as James the Magistrate (voice)
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of...

A Sacrifice
2024
as Ben Monroe
American social psychologist Ben Monroe investigates a local cult connected to a disturbing event. While he immerses himself into his work, his rebell...

A Sacrifice
2024
Executive Producer
American social psychologist Ben Monroe investigates a local cult connected to a disturbing event. While he immerses himself into his work, his rebell...

Force of Nature: The Dry 2
2024
as Aaron Falk
When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head dee...

Force of Nature: The Dry 2
2024
Producer
When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head dee...

Blueback
2022
as Mad Macka
Based on the best-selling novel by Tim Winton, Blueback is a timely tale about the ocean, a beautiful marine creature, and a young girl’s power to cha...

Blueback
2022
Executive Producer
Based on the best-selling novel by Tim Winton, Blueback is a timely tale about the ocean, a beautiful marine creature, and a young girl’s power to cha...

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
as Monterey Jack (voice)
Decades since their successful television series was canceled, Chip has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale, me...

Back to the Outback
2021
as Chaz (voice)
Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they are monsters, a ragtag group of Australia’s deadliest creatures plot an e...

Being James Bond
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming...

Envoy: Shark Cull
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Envoy: Shark Cull is a fascinating, deeply moving documentary narrated by Eric Bana, which sheds light on the real story behind the coastal ‘shark saf...

The Dry
2021
as Aaron Falk
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a tee...

The Dry
2021
Executive Producer
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a tee...

Finke: There & Back
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The iconic Finke Desert Race, the largest off-road motorsport event in the southern hemisphere and Australia's fastest, deadliest, toughest and certai...

Great Barrier Reef 3D
2018
as Narrator (voice)
What comes to mind when you think of the largest structure built by living creatures? China's sprawling Great Wall? Or maybe the skyscrapers of New Yo...

The Forgiven
2018
as Piet Blomfeld
After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.

Spielberg
2017
as Self
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017
as Uther Pendragon
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Ar...

The Secret Scripture
2017
as Dr. William Grene
The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and ...

Special Correspondents
2016
as Frank Bonneville
A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South A...

The Finest Hours
2016
as Daniel Cluff
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

Paper Planes
2014
Executive Producer
Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-d...

Deliver Us from Evil
2014
as Ralph Sarchie
When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. Ho...

Lone Survivor
2013
as Lieutenant Commander Erik Kristensen
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanista...
Tempest at the Drop-In
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Tempest at the Drop-In follows mentally ill and socially isolated members of the community as they stage a professional production of Shakespeare's Th...

Closed Circuit
2013
as Martin Rose
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their ...

Deadfall
2012
as Addison
A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during anothe...

Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica
2012
Thanks
An invasion alien threatens the fate of humanity and begins in a village where there are Bill Johnson, John West and Max Giggs. The friends escape fro...

Hanna
2011
as Erik
Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the w...

Making Mary and Max
2009
as Self
Comedic behind-the-scenes film for the production of Mary and Max, originally released as webisodes.

The Time Traveler's Wife
2009
as Henry DeTamble
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true lov...

Funny People
2009
as Clarke
Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing Geo...

Star Trek
2009
as Captain Nero
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan...

Mary and Max
2009
as Damien (voice)
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year...

Love the Beast
2009
as Self
What if you were a Hollywood movie star with an obsession for cars and racing? Eric Bana is such a star!

Love the Beast
2009
Director
What if you were a Hollywood movie star with an obsession for cars and racing? Eric Bana is such a star!
Translating History to Screen
2008
as Self
Translating History to Screen (2008) Video Short - 10 June 2008 (USA)

The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
as Henry Tudor
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sister...

Romulus, My Father
2007
as Romulus
The story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story o...

Romulus, My Father
2007
Associate Producer
The story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story o...

Lucky You
2007
as Huck Cheever
A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poke...

Munich
2005
as Avner
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black Septem...

Troy
2004
as Hector
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leav...

Hulk
2003
as Bruce Banner
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a ragin...

Finding Nemo
2003
as Anchor (voice)
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome ...

The Nugget
2002
as Lotto
'The Nugget' looks at how instant wealth suddenly changes the lives of three working class men - not necessarily for the better, but always with hilar...

Black Hawk Down
2001
as SFC Norm 'Hoot' Gibson
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and ...

Chopper
2000
as Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read
The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

The Castle
1997
as Con Petropoulous
A Melbourne family is very happy living near the Melbourne airport. However, they are forced to leave their beloved home (by the Government and airpor...
Apex
N/A
A rock climber finds herself being hunted in the wild. Described as Free Solo meets Silence of the Lambs.