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Manu Bennett
Manu Bennett
Born
Jonathan Manu Bennett
October 10, 1969
New Zealand
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1993–present
Manu Bennett (born 10 October
1969) is an actor from New
Zealand who has appeared in
television series and movies.
Biography
Born in New Zealand, Bennett's
mother was an Australian bikini
model, his father a famous New
Zealand singer. The family moved
to Australia when Bennett was a
few months old. On his father's
side, Bennett is of Te Arawa and
Ngāti Kahungunu Maori descent
and Irish stock. There is Scottish
and Spanish blood on his
mother's side. He was raised
mostly between Sydney and
Newcastle, Australia. 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 travelled to Los
Angeles on a scholarship to
attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre
Institute.
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 mini series The Violent
Earth, produced by French
company Gaumont.
In 1999 Bennett landed his first
leading role in a feature film
named Tomoko, shot on location
in Tokyo, starring opposite
award-winning Japanese actress
Rumiko Koyangi. In 2000 Bennett
starred in Xena: Warrior Princess
as Marc Antony, then scored a
role opposite Without A Trace
star Anthony La Paglia, where
Bennett displayed his dancing
skills as a salsa dance teacher in
the award-winning Australian
film, Lantana.
Bennett returned to New Zealand
in 2000 to appear in the popular
television drama, Shortland
Street, then went on to play a cop
turned lawyer in Street Legal
before working with his director
cousin Michael Bennett on the
Maori Twilight Zone styled series
Mataku before working with
Richard Taylor from the Academy
Award winning firm Weta
Workshop on Creature Quest.
In 2006, Bennett was cast in The
Marine alongside WWE wrestling
star John Cena and Robert Patrick
from Terminator 2 and Walk The
Line. 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.
In 2010, Bennett co-starred in
the new American television
series Spartacus: Blood and Sand,
about the defiant gladiator
Spartacus. Bennett has the key
featured role of Crixus – The
Champion of Capua.[1]

spartacus - blood and bone

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