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Manu Bennett

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Biography

Born in New Zealand, Manu is of Arawa and Kahungunu Maori descent. His family took him to Australia, which is where his mothercame from,…more

Born

10/10/1969, Rotorua, New Zealand

Birth Name

Jon Manu Bennett

Gender

Male

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Star (7)

Role
- Spartacus: Vengeance
  Crixus
  - S 1: Ep 10 Wrath Of The Gods
    3/30/12
  - S 1: Ep 9 Monsters
    3/23/12
  - S 1: Ep 8 Balance
    3/16/12
  - S 1: Ep 7 Sacramentum
    3/9/12
  - S 1: Ep 6 Chosen Path
    3/2/12
  - + 5 More Credits
- Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
  Crixus
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Bitter End
    2/25/11
  - S 1: Ep 5 Reckoning
    2/18/11
  - S 1: Ep 4 Beneath The Mask
    2/11/11
  - S 1: Ep 3 Paterfamilias
    2/4/11
  - S 1: Ep 2 Missio
    1/28/11
  - + 1 More Credits
- Spartacus: Blood and Sand
  Crixus
  - S 1: Ep 13 Kill Them All
    4/16/10
  - S 1: Ep 12 Revelations
    4/9/10
  - S 1: Ep 11 Old Wounds
    4/2/10
  - S 1: Ep 10 Party Favors
    3/26/10
  - S 1: Ep 9 W h o r e
    3/19/10
  - + 8 More Credits
- Street Legal (2000)
  Matt Urlich (2002-2003)
  - S 4: Ep 13 Loyal
    8/21/03
  - S 4: Ep 12 A Finch in the Hand
    8/14/03
  - S 4: Ep 11 A Girl Like Alice
    8/7/03
  - S 4: Ep 10 Devil In Disguise
    7/31/03
  - S 4: Ep 9 Officer Down (Part 3)
    7/24/03
  - + 21 More Credits
- Shortland Street
  Jack Hewitt
  - S 11: Ep 240 Episode 2635
    12/13/02
  - S 11: Ep 239 Episode 2634
    12/12/02
  - S 11: Ep 238 Episode 2633
    12/11/02
  - S 11: Ep 237 Episode 2632
    12/10/02
  - S 11: Ep 236 Episode 2631
    12/9/02
  - + 475 More Credits
- Shortland Street
  Jack Hewitt)
  - S 11: Ep 206 Episode 2601
    10/28/02
- Shortland Street
  Jack Hewitt (as Manu Bennett)
  - S 10: Ep 90 Episode 2240
    5/11/01
Guest Star (9)

Role
- The Strip
  Brandon Bell
  - S 1: Ep 13 Episode 1.13
    11/27/08
- Mataku
  John
  - S 1: Ep 3 Going To War: Te Mura O Te Ahi
    10/17/02
- Head Start
  Dom
  - S 1: Ep 6 He Ain't Heavy
    4/8/01
- Xena: Warrior Princess
  Marc Antony
  - S 5: Ep 18 Antony & Cleopatra
    4/17/00
- Beastmaster
  Terron Leader
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Legend Continues
    10/9/99
- Water Rats
  Joseph Lipinski
  - S 2: Ep 12 One Dead Rat
    4/28/97
- Water Rats
  Joseph Lapinski
  - S 2: Ep 11 Goldie's Trip
    4/21/97
- Blue Heelers
  Mark Davies
  - S 1: Ep 42 The First Stone
    11/1/94
- The Angel Files
  Detective Inspector Ryan Cassidy
  - S 1: Ep 2 Angel's Adversary

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- When asked what his dream role as an actor would be, he said that he'd love to portray a member of the Maori Battalion from WWII. He also said he'd like to play Tonto on The Lone Ranger, "just to remind the Ranger that he's not alone."
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- Manu came to be an actor in a roundabout way. As a young man, the girl he was dating, a ballerina, asked him to join her studio because there were no men in the dance class, and they wanted to perform West Side Story. He let her talk him into it, and wound up enjoying himself. Dance/musicals eventually led to straight acting.
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- Manu is represented as an MC with the Talking Heads agency.
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- Manu: Manu is a New Zealand Maori name that means 'bird'. I was given this name after my uncle who was the Bishop Of New Zealand.
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