Eric Bana

He resides in Melbourne with his family. He has also recently appeared in television commercials. He loves cars and racing and often races in Australia. Since 1999, Borgnine has appeared on the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants as the elderly superhero Mermaid Man. He's married and has a son, Claus, and a daughter, Sophia. Borgnine has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6324 Hollywood Blvd. Bana will next be seen in Curtis Hanson's Lucky You, and is reportedly one of several actors under consideration to play James Bond when Pierce Brosnan retires from the role. Among his five wives are actresses Ethel Merman (to whom he was infamously wed for only one month) and Katy Jurado, and writer Deborah Schwartz.

After this, his international reputation grew, and he played a supporting role in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down and took the title role in Ang Lee's 2003 movie Hulk He also played prince Hector in the epic Troy (2004), based on Homer's Iliad. From 1962 through 1966 he starred in the popular situation comedy television series McHale's Navy, and starred in the 1964 film version McHale's Navy. Chopper garnered world-wide attention, and won three Australian Film Institute awards, including a "Best Actor" award for Bana. The Badlanders, Man on a String, Summer of the 17th Doll, Barabbas, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Dirty Dozen, Ice Station Zebra, The Legend of Lylah Clare, The Wild Bunch, The Poseidon Adventure, Emperor of the North Pole, and Law and Disorder. Aside from a small role in the Australian independent-hit The Castle 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 comedy Chopper in 2000, about the infamous Australian underworld figure, Mark Brandon Read. He subsequently appeared in many films sometimes in lead roles but more often supporting major stars in Jubal, The Catered Affair,The Best Things in Life are Free, Torpedo Run, The Vikings. His most enduring character from his early career is the typically aussie character of "Poida". In 1955, Borgnine starred in the drama Marty, which gained him an Academy Award for Best Actor.

Later, he was the star and/or anchor for two short-running TV shows; the TV show Eric (1996), a sketch comedy show that he wrote, coproduced and starred in, and The Eric Bana Show Live (1997), a variety show. In 1951 he moved to Los Angeles, California, receiving his big break in 1953's From Here to Eternity. Eric Bana began his career as a comedian, first coming to national attention in the comedy sketch series Full Frontal. In 1949, he debuted on Broadway in Harvey. He originally dreamed of becoming a car mechanic and tried his hand in odd jobs, including tending bar, where he also did stand-up comedy. After a few years of drifting, he attended the Randall School of Drama in Hartford. Following graduation, he went to the famous Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. He was born Eric Banadinovich on to a German mother and a Croatian father. Born Ermes Effron Borgnino in Hamden, Connecticut, he joined the United States Navy after high school and stayed in for ten years.

Eric Bana (born August 9, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actor. Ernest Borgnine (born January 24, 1917) is an American actor.