Editing Eric Bana (section)

==Early life and education==
Eric Martin Andrew Banadinović was born on 9 August 1968 in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. His father Ivan was [[Croatian Australians|Croatian]], born in [[Zagreb]], and worked as a logistics manager for [[Caterpillar Inc.]], and his German mother, Eleanor, was a hairdresser, originally from near [[Mannheim]] in Germany. He has one older brother, Anthony.<ref name="tt">{{cite news|last=Wills|first=Dominic|title=Eric Bana – Biography|work=Talk Talk|publisher=|url=http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/eric-bana/biography/30|url-status=dead|access-date=7 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426232357/http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/eric-bana/biography/30|archive-date=26 April 2015}}</ref> He has stated: "I have always been proud of my origin, which had a big influence on my upbringing. I have always been in the company of people of European origin".<ref name="jl">{{cite news|last=Radoš|first=Ivica|date=12 March 2006|title=Eric Bana: On the official documents I am still Eric Banadinović|language=hr|newspaper=[[Jutarnji list]]|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/template/article/article-print.jsp?id=22133|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203220/http://www.jutarnji.hr/template/article/article-print.jsp?id=22133|archive-date=3 March 2016|quote=Kad na poštanskoj pošiljki vidim da piše Eric Bana, odmah pomislim kako u kuverti nije nešto važno. No, kad primim pošiljku na kojoj piše Eric Banadinović, znam da je riječ o nečemu službenom – rekao je Bana. ("When on the postal deliveries I see that it is written Eric Bana, I immediately know that in the envelope it isn't anything important. But when I receive the shipment that says Eric Banadinović, I know that it is about something official – said Bana.")}}</ref> He was raised [[Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 January 2016|title=Eric Bana on 'Deliver Us From Evil', exorcism and the Bronx|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/finalcut/eric-bana-on-cinema,-exorcism-and-the-bronx/5621978|access-date=14 July 2014|website=ABC|language=en}}</ref>

Bana was raised in Melbourne's [[Tullamarine, Victoria|Tullamarine]], a suburban area on the northern edge of the city, and attended [[Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School]].<ref name="BIO">{{Cite web |last=Wills |first=Dominic |url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/eric_bana_biog.html |title=Eric Bana – Biography |website=Tiscali Film & TV |access-date=15 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214210821/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/eric_bana_biog.html |archive-date=14 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 

Showing acting skill early in life, Bana began doing impressions of family members at the age of six or seven, first mimicking his grandfather's walk, voice, and mannerisms. In school, he mimicked his teachers as a means to get out of trouble.<ref>"Eric Bana". ''Marie Claire''. March 2002.</ref> As a teen, he watched the [[Mel Gibson]] film ''[[Mad Max (film)|Mad Max]]'', and decided he wanted to become an actor.<ref name="BIO"/> He did not seriously consider a career in the performing arts until 1991, though, when he was persuaded to try comedy while working as a barman at Melbourne's Castle Hotel. His stand-up gigs in inner-city pubs did not provide him with enough income to support himself, however, so he continued his work as a barman and waiting on tables.<ref name="Banks">{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Tony |title=Bana Banks on Banter |newspaper=[[Herald Sun]] Sunday TV Extra |date=19 June 1994}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Keeps|first=David|date=22 June 2003|title=Bana headlines|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/jun/22/features.magazine1|access-date=7 April 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>