Biography
Guest appearance: Friday 15th October and Sunday 17th October 2021
Bennett's professional acting career began in 1993 in the teen soap PARADISE BEACH. He then played multiple roles in local movies and tv series.
In 2006, Bennett was cast opposite Josh Hartnett to play Deputy Billy Kitka in the US film 30 DAYS OF NIGHT.
From 2010 to 2013, Bennett co-starred in the new American television series SPARTACUS. Bennett played the key role of Crixus. He was the only cast member of the series who starred on all four seasons, as well as starring in the most episodes of this series.
In 2012, he played the villain Azog the Defiler in THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, and continued to portray the character in the sequels THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG and THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES.
Manu Bennett was most recently seen in the role of Slade Wilson/ Deathstroke in ARROW series.