Manu Bennett

Quick Facts

Full Name	Manu Bennett
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Oct 10, 1969(1969-10-10)
Age	55
Birthplace	Rotorua
Country	New Zealand
Horoscope	Libra

Manu Bennett Biography

Manu Bennett is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on October 10, 1969 in Rotorua, New Zealand. He was Crixus in Starz’s television series Spartacus. He also played Azog and the role of Azog in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Adventure. Sinbad, The Minotaur and The Marine are just a few of his other films.

He was the character of Allanon on MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles, based on the books of He played the role of Allanon in the MTV series The Shannara Chronicles based on the books by Terry Brooks..

Jonathan Manu Bennett (born 10 October 1969) is a New Zealand actor. He is primarily known for portraying characters in epic fantasy works, such as Crixus in the TV series Spartacus, Allanon in The Shannara Chronicles, Slade Wilson / Deathstroke in Arrow, and Azog the Defiler in the Hobbit film trilogy.

Bennett’s professional acting career began in 1993 in the teen soap Paradise Beach. He then played guest roles in other Australian TV dramas, including Water Rats, All Saints, and Beastmaster. Bennett then starred alongside Claudia Karvan in the miniseries The Violent Earth, produced by French company Gaumont. In 1996, Bennett participated in theatre. In an open-air production of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, based on D. H. Lawrence’s novel, directed by Australian film/theatre director Robert Chuter, he played the title role, the gamekeeper Oliver Mellors in which he met model/actor Darlene Rada Ford from Bondi Beach who encouraged him to pursue more serious acting roles abroad.

His father was a well-known New Zealand musician and his mother was a beauty queen. He is the father of three children with Israeli Karin: Huia Pania, Mokoia and Pania.

Manu Bennett Net Worth

Manu Bennett is one of the richest Movie Actor from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Manu Bennett 's net worth $1.5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In high school, he played semi-professional rugby and then enrolled in drama classes at university. His acting debut was made in 1993 with the television series Paradise Beach.

Before landing his role on Australian TV dramas, he was cast as Slade Wilson in Arrow.

Bennett was born in New Zealand in 1969. His mother Jean Bennett was an Australian bikini model and father Ted Bennett a New Zealand singer. The family moved to Australia when Bennett was a few months old. Bennett’s father is of Māori (specifically Te Arawa and Ngāti Kahungunu) and Irish descent. His mother is of Scottish descent. He was raised mostly between Sydney and Newcastle in Australia, where he attended Merewether High School. In 1986, Bennett returned to New Zealand to attend Te Aute College, where he played for the 1st XV. Upon returning to Australia, Bennett was chosen in the New South Wales Schoolboys Rugby Union Team. Interested in modern dancing, classical ballet, and piano, Bennett quit rugby to attend university to study dance and drama, then traveled to Los Angeles on a scholarship to attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. In an audience Q&A in Boston, Bennett talked about the car accident he experienced at a young age that killed his mother and brother and put him in a two-week coma. At that time, his girlfriend was a ballet dancer, which got him into acting; he found it to be the medium into which he wanted to direct his emotions, saying, “Acting was my route to survival.”

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 2006, Bennett was cast in The Marine alongside WWE wrestling star John Cena and Robert Patrick. In 2007, Bennett was cast as one of ten convicts alongside Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vinnie Jones in The Condemned. In 2006, Bennett was cast opposite Josh Hartnett to play Deputy Billy Kitka in the US film 30 Days of Night.

Facts & Trivia

Manu Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Manu Bennett celebrates birthday on October 10 of every year.

In 2012, he played the villain Azog the Defiler in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and continued to portray the character in the sequels. In November 2012, Bennett was cast in the first season of Arrow as Slade Wilson, and in March 2013, he was promoted to series regular for the second season. He then made several guest appearances in subsequent seasons.