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Eric Bana Career
Eric Bana began his career as a comedian, first coming to national attention in Australia in the comedy sketch series Full Frontal (1993-1997). Later, he was the star and/or anchor for two short-running TV shows; Eric (special 1996, series 1997), a sketch comedy show that he wrote, co-produced and starred in, and The Eric Bana Show Live (1997), a variety show. His most enduring character from his early career is "Poida", a typical Aussie male "bogan". Bana won the 'Most Popular Comedy Personality' at the 1997 Logies for his roles in Full Frontal.
Aside from a small role in the Australian independent-hit The Castle (1997) in which he played a kickboxer, Bana disappeared from Australia's entertainment screens for several years, only to make a re-appearance in the gritty black biopic Chopper in 2000, about the infamous Australian underworld figure, Mark Brandon Read. Chopper garnered world-wide attention, and won three Australian Film Institute awards, including a "Best Actor" award for Bana.
After this, his international reputation grew, and he played a supporting role in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001), starred in the Australian comedy The Nugget (2002) and took the title role in Ang Lee's 2003 movie Hulk. He also played prince Hector in the epic Troy (2004) and starred as the leader of an Israeli hit squad in Steven Spielberg's controversial film Munich (2005). Bana will next be seen in Curtis Hanson's Lucky You. He has also signed on to star in Romulus, My Father, which is due out in 2006.but he could not be sure if he could return to his new 2007 movie Hulk 2.
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