18 interesting facts about Eric Bana
- Eric Bana raised $380,000 for Community Aid Abroad in a Comic Relief special on The Eric Bana Show Live.
- Eric Bana, along with his co-driver, Tony Ramunno, crashed his 1974 Ford
XB Coupe into a bank while competing in the Targa Tasmania rally on April 19, 2007. - Before Eric Bana was cast as Bruce Banner in The Hulk, Eric was also considered to play the lead in Daredevil and Ghost Rider.
- Eric Bana has less than eight cars. He won't reveal the exact number because he doesn't want his wife to know.
- Eric Bana was caught by a cop at a gas station taking a shower under a water pipe in only underwear when he was 21.
- Eric Bana trained at Fort Bragg in preparation for the 2001 film Black Hawk Down.
- Eric Bana was a popular class clown in high school and won school talent contests.
- Eric Bana purchased his first car for $1000 at the age of 15. It was a 1974 Ford Falcom XB Coupe.
- Eric Bana married Rebecca Gleeson in 1997.
- Eric Bana has an older brother by three years, Anthony.
- In April 2007, it was revealed that Eric Bana would star alongside Rachel McAdams in the movie adaptation of the novel The Time Traveller’s Wife
- Eric Bana put on 30 pounds for his role in Chopper by eating junk food continuously.
- In 1996, Eric Bana was named ‘Bachelor of the Year‘ by Cleo Magazine.
- Eric won three AFI (Australian Film Institute) awards for his role in the film Chopper.
- Eric Bana was a presenter at the 2006 Academy Awards, along with Jessica Alba.
- He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney.
- Eric Bana began he career as a comedian, while working as a bartender at Melbourne's Castle hotel in 1991.
- Eric Bana is 6'3" tall (1.91cm).
