---
name: "Manu Bennett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/manu-bennett"
fi1m_id: "manu-bennett"
imdb_id: "nm0071847"
tmdb_id: 41782
wikidata_id: "Q429595"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 October 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-23T11:28:31.935253+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Manu Bennett

## Identity

Manu Bennett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/manu-bennett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** manu-bennett
- **IMDb ID:** nm0071847
- **TMDB ID:** 41782
- **Wikidata ID:** Q429595
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Bennett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q429595, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071847/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41782

Actor. Born 10 October 1969 in New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 October 1969, New Zealand
- **Active:** 1995–2014
- **Also known as:** مانو بنت, مَنو بِنِت
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2010s 60 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 60 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 3, Fantasy 3, Drama 2, Action & Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,936m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Bennett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q429595, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071847/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41782

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Spartacus*](https://film.one/tv/spartacus-2010.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Manu Bennett is a New Zealand actor. Born Jonathan Manu Bennett on 10 October 1969 in Rotorua, he was raised mainly in Australia and is of Māori descent.

He began acting in Australian television in the 1990s. Bennett is known for his role as Crixus in the series *Spartacus* (2010–2013), Azog the Defiler in *The Hobbit* trilogy (2012–2014), and Slade Wilson / Deathstroke in *Arrow* (2012–2020). Other credits include *30 Days of Night* (2007) and *The Shannara Chronicles* (2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), Fi1m 54, as Azog the Defiler — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)
- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), Fi1m 65, as Azog the Defiler — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)
- *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012), Fi1m 60, as Azog the Defiler — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.md)
- *Spartacus* (2010), Fi1m 63, as Crixus — [page](https://film.one/tv/spartacus-2010.md)
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 74, as Marc Antony — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Gone* (2023), series, as Tamati
- *Perfect Addiction* (2023), as Julian
- *The Raid* (2022), as Kimiora
- *Pandora* (2019), series, as Leone Vokk
- *Death Race 2050* (2017), as Frankenstein
- *Beta Test* (2016), as Creed
- *The Shannara Chronicles* (2016), series, as Allanon
- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), as Azog the Defiler — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)
- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), as Azog the Defiler — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)
- *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012), as Azog the Defiler — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.md)
- *Arrow* (2012), series, as Slade Wilson, Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
- *Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms* (2012), series, as Sunshine
- *Sinbad and the Minotaur* (2011), as Sinbad
- *Spartacus* (2010), series, as Crixus — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/spartacus-2010.md)
- *The Strip* (2008), series, Actor
- *30 Days of Night* (2007), as Billy
- *The Condemned* (2007), as Paco
- *Tango Trois* (2006), as Man
- *The Marine* (2006), as Bennett
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Patrucio (voice)
- *Mataku* (2002), series, Actor
- *Lantana* (2001), as Steve Valdez
- *Head Start* (2001), series, Actor
- *Street Legal* (2000), series, as Matt Urlich
- *BeastMaster* (1999), series, as Terron Leader
- *Water Rats* (1996), series, as Joseph Lipinski
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, as Marc Antony — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Blue Heelers* (1993), series, as Mark Davies
- *Paradise Beach* (1993), series, as Kirk Barsby
- *Shortland Street* (1992), series, as Jack Hewitt
- *Miami Nights*, as Ricardo Rios

## Gallery

- ![Manu Bennett](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-9a5649771c90.jpg) Manu Bennett — Florida Supercon, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Manu_Bennett_July_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Paul Blackthorne and Manu Bennett on a panel at the September 2021 German Comic Con Dortmund (Limited Edition)](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-b6a38e717b5a.png) Paul Blackthorne and Manu Bennett on a panel at the September 2021 German Comic Con Dortmund (Limited Edition) — German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Gcc_2021_1.png/1280px-Gcc_2021_1.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![German Comic Con München 2019 at MOC](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-3b9e2db087b7.jpg) German Comic Con München 2019 at MOC — German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/German_comic_con_munich_2019_2.jpg/1280px-German_comic_con_munich_2019_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Manu Bennett at MCM Comic Con, London May 2017](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-c3b0f8218ba0.jpg) Actor Manu Bennett at MCM Comic Con, London May 2017 — Simon King, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Jonathan_Manu_Bennett_at_MCM_London_May_2017.jpg/1280px-Jonathan_Manu_Bennett_at_MCM_London_May_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Manu Bennett](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-a03121ba3c6f.jpg) Manu Bennett — Image via TMDB
- ![Manu Bennett](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-52de9fb45e55.jpg) Manu Bennett — Image via TMDB
- ![Manu Bennett](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-38ca5e3d0f92.jpg) Manu Bennett — Image via TMDB
- ![Manu Bennett at the Wizard World Comic Con in 2014](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-92cb11ba07f5.jpg) Manu Bennett at the Wizard World Comic Con in 2014 — Paula  R. Lively from Zanesville, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Manu_Bennett_%2813530400783%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Manu Bennett at the Wizard World Comic Con in 2014](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-8576f145f04b.jpg) Manu Bennett at the Wizard World Comic Con in 2014 — Paula  R. Lively from Zanesville, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Manu_Bennett_%2815086069913%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Manu Bennett](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-dc22f9ff0391.jpg) Manu Bennett — Image via TMDB
- ![Manu Bennett](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-1bb5740b403f.jpg) Manu Bennett — Image via TMDB
- ![Manu Bennett](https://film.one/media/person/475820/gallery-c2a1bb1645bb.jpg) Manu Bennett — Image via TMDB

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