Manu Bennett
Manu Bennett
Jonathan Manu Bennett, is a New Zealand actor. He is known for his portrayal as the Gallic gladiator Crixus in the Starz television series Spartacus. He has also appeared as the orc commander Azog the Defiler in Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation based on The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, as supervillain Slade Wilson/Deathstroke in The CW TV series Arrow and as Allanon in the MTV series The Shannara Chronicles, based on the Shannara novel series by Terry Brooks...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth10 October 1969
CityRotorua, New Zealand
Food is the essential thing to gaining weight. Protein, you know, that's basically it - protein.
I've always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances.
I lost my mother and my brother when I was 15 in two separate car accidents. I was doing well at school. I was a good sportsperson, but at that point, I gave up on all of those things that were there to be done. I couldn't deal with them.
The world is slowly evolving into a place where the things that we have seen as being taboo are starting to open up a bit more.
Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.
I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
Ive always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances.
The best physique I ever had was when I was ballet dancing.
To me, Darth Vader is the epitome of evil.
If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.
The fitness builds the foundation for me as an actor to have clarity. Fitness has always been the base of where I start off as a performer.