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His father is a New Zealander and his mother is Australian. He is of Maori (Te Arawa and Ngati Kahungunu), as well as English, Scottish, and Irish, ancestry.

Offered ballet scholarship in New York after finishing high school, but chose to travel Europe and the US instead.

Quit playing professional rugby in order to attend Univeristy where he studied drama and dance.

Manu has three children with socialite Karin Horen.

Has an uncle who played piano for Elvis Presley.

Mother was a Queensland beauty queen, father, an entertainer in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Has appeared with Lucy Lawless in two series: Xena: Principessa guerriera (1995) and Spartacus: Gli dei dell'arena (2011).

His family immigrated to Australia when he was just a few months old.

Attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute on a scholarship.

Credited as 'Manu' Bennett in his role as Jack Hewitt on Shortland Street.

Born on the same date as Wendi McLendon-Covey.