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New Zealand
Manu Bennett (born 10 October 1969) is a New Zealand actor who has appeared in television series and movies. He is best known for ‘The Condemned’ (2007), ‘Death Race 2050’ (2017) and ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ (2014).
Known for
- The Summit — Self - Host2024
- Perfect Addiction — Julian2023
- The Gone — Tamati2023
- The Raid — Kimiora2022
- Pandora — Leone Vokk2019
- Death Race 2050 — Frankenstein2017
- Beta Test — Creed2016
- Making Good Men — Self2016
- The Shannara Chronicles — Allanon2016
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — Azog the Defiler2014
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Key facts
- Born
- Jonathan Manu Bennett , ( 1969-10-10 ) 10 October 1969 (age 56) , Rotorua , New Zealand
- Other name
- Jon Bennett
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1993–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bennett
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Rotorua
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Manu Bennett July 2014.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1969-10-10
- Commons category
- Manu Bennett
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- social media followers
- 164082
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Encyclopedic overview
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 trilogy.
Early life
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