After A Decade Of Roles In Australian TV Shows And Films Bana
He began his career as a comedian in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining critical recognition in the biopic Chopper (2000). After a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Bana gained Hollywood’s attention by playing the role of American Delta Force Sergeant Norm “Hoot” Hooten in Black Hawk Down (2001), the lead role as Bruce Banner in the Ang Lee directed film Hulk (2003), Hector in the movie Troy (2004), the lead in Steven Spielberg’s Munich (2005), and the villain Nero in the science-fiction film Star Trek (2009). Bana’s paternal grandfather, Mate Banadinovic, moved to Argentina after the Second World War, and Bana’s paternal grandmother emigrated to Germany and then to Australia in the 1950s with her son, Ivan (Bana’s father).
