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If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character?

Eric Bana

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Eric Bana
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: August 9
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Racing Automobile Driver
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Melbourne
Australia
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