Manu Bennett

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Recent Role:
Crixus on Spartacus: Vengeance
Gender:
Male
Born:
10-10-1969
Birthplace:
Rotorua, New Zealand
Birth Name:
Jon Manu Bennett
AKA:
Jon Bennett
Born in New Zealand, Manu is of Arawa and Kahungunu Maori descent. His family took him to Australia, which is where his mothercame from, while he was still a baby. He grew up in Newcastle, but eventually moved back to New Zealand. He went to high school at Kotara High in NSW Australia. In 1991, he received an Associate Diploma in Dance and Drama at the University of New South Wales. From 1995-6, Manu attended the Lee Stasberg Institute.





Manu was always interested in athletics and acting. His father, Ted Bennett, was a singer. One of his first





… More achievments was a how to breakdance book featuring himself and a friend showing different break moves. Jon studied acting, dance, and music at the University of New South Wales and at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles.



His acting career began on a teen soap called Paradise Beach, then went on to starring roles in several TV dramas before he landed his first feature film, Lantana, opposite Anthony La Paglia. Manu then travelled to Japan to shoot a film named Tomoko opposite award-winning Japanese actress Rumiko Koyangi. He then returned to his native New Zealand to star in a police drama called Street Legal.



In 2005 Manu was cast opposite Robert Patrick in The Marine, then in 2006 was in The Condemned along with Vinnie Jones and Stone Cold Steve Austin. His next film was 30 Days Of Night, a vampire movie set in Barrow, Alaska, directed by David Slade, and had him acting alongside Josh Hartnett & Melissa George.

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    Big now : gonna be huge ! hide show

    This guy rocks!
    Such a range of roles and energies.
    Not to be merely defined for his dynamic male yang in his acting work, where, for example, he re-defined the fight scenes in Xena,playing Marc Antony - this man's talents range right through to his little seen sensitive yin that expresses itself in his original music, vocals and dextrous piano playing.
    Versatility has a new name, and it's name is Manu.
    Keenly aware of the depth of his Maori heritage and most certainly moulded from powerful life experiences, his Strasberg training will ensure that he is potently unleashed upon the planet.
    His libran scales are balancing in a great way across his wide spectrum of abilities..look out world..

    Manu : big now : gonna be huge!

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