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Eric Bana - Eric Bana is set to debut on US TV screens in an upcoming Bravo anthology series, 'Dirty John'.

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Connie Britton - Bana has been cast in the lead role opposite Connie Britton.

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Producers - Britton and Bana also serve as executive producers on the series.

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Stars - Britton is well known as the star of 'Friday Night Lights'.

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Bravo - Bravo gave 'Dirty John' the green light for a two-series run in January.

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Anthology - The scripted anthology series is based on a series of articles published by the Los Angeles Times last autumn.

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Podcast - The articles were then repurposed into a wildly popular podcast series. 

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True story - The series chronicles the true story of how a romance with Meehan descended into lies, manipulation, and family drama.

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Deceit - Bana will star as John Meehan, a handsome charmer who sweeps Debra Newell (Britton) off her feet and pulls her into his web of lies.

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Oxygen - Bravo’s sister network Oxygen is even producing an unscripted show about the protagonist's many real-life exploits and the people 'Dirty John' manipulated over the years.

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Bad man - The character Bana is set to portray is described as a handsome and romantic charmer who is ultimately utterly deceitful and dangerous.

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Bana-less - Eric Bana has been a bit quiet of late. He had a small role in last year’s 'King Arthur: Legend of the Sword'.

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Gervais - He also starred in a Netflix movie opposite Ricky Gervais.

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Back - So it's great news to have Bana back in the spotlight.

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Banatics - Hardcore fans of the actor are called Banatics. 

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Inspired - Bana, a hunk in the classic Hollywood mould, seems like inspired casting. He can play charming yet menacing perfectly.

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Sociopathic - The role of a sociopathic liar will make scintillating television. 

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Name - Fun fact, Eric Bana's born name is actually Eric Banadinović.

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Officially - On official identity documents, he still has his original surname.

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'Mad Max' - When Bana decided that he wanted to be an actor when he first watched 'Mad Max'.

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Bar man - He didn't do any performing until 1991, when he was persuaded to try comedy while working as a barman at Melbourne's Castle Hotel.

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Kidding around - Bana began doing impressions of family members at the age of six or seven, first mimicking his grandfather.

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Philanthropy - Bana is an ambassador for Father Chris Riley's charity for homeless young people, Youth Off the Streets.

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Mental awareness - He is also an advocate for the Mental Illness Fellowship, which works to increase the awareness of mental illness in Australia

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Cleo - In 1996, he was voted as Australia's Most Eligible Bachelor by Cleo magazine.

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LA - His prize was a trip to LA, so he took his girlfriend, Rebecca Gleeson, and proposed to her there, thus resigning his status as a bachelor.

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Family man - Bana and Gleeson have two children.

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Iconic - He had to eat high-calorie junk food for four weeks to put on the extra 30 lbs required for his role in 'Chopper'.

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Tattoos - During the filming of 'Chopper', he arrived on set at 4 am and spend nearly five hours getting all of Read’s trademark tattoos.

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