August 9th: Eric Bana! Born on this day in 1968, he is an actor from Australia with the born name of Erik Banadinovic. He began his career as a comedian in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining critical recognition, in 2000, in the biographical film Chopper. After a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Bana gained Hollywoods attention for his performance in Black Hawk Down and by playing the lead role as Bruce Banner in the Ang Lee directed Marvel Comics film Hulk, in 2003, with Jennifer Connelly. He has since played Hector in the movie Troy, the lead in Steven Spielbergs Munich and the villain Nero in the science-fiction film Star Trek. In 2013, he played Lt. Cmdr. Erik S. Kristensen in the war film Lone Survivor and in the following year he played police sergeant Ralph Sarchie in the horror film Deliver Us from Evil. An accomplished dramatic actor and comedian, he received Australias highest film and television awards for his performances in Chopper, Full Frontal and Romulus, My Father.[1] Bana has performed across a wide spectrum of leading roles in a variety of low-budget and major studio films, ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers. Honorable mention: Creator of the nanny who is practically perfect in every way, P. L. Travers 1899 (She was born Helen Lyndon Goff, but chose the pen name Pamela Lyndon Travers) Actor with the sweetest mustache around from Roadhouse, Tombstone, Gettysburg, The Big Lebowski, Hulk and Ghost Rider, Sam Elliot 1944 Unfortunately named sportswriter who writes the blog “The Schmuck Stops Here”, Peter Schmuck 1955 Working Girl actress and ex-wife to Don Johnson and Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith 1957 One of the most awarded female singers of all time, Whitney Houston 1963 Actor from Grey’s Anatomy, Trainspotting and Bunraku, another actor you say, “oh yeah, I know that guy!”, Kevin McKidd 1973
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