<Tr> <Th> Partner (s) </Th> <Td> Karin Horen (2007 - 2017) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Jonathan Manu Bennett (born 10 October 1969) is a New Zealand - Australian 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 film trilogy . </P> <P> Bennett was born in New Zealand in 1969 . His mother Jean Bennett was an Australian bikini model and father Ted Bennett a New Zealand singer . The family moved to Australia when Bennett was a few months old . Bennett's father is of Māori (specifically Te Arawa and Ngāti Kahungunu) and Irish descent . His mother is of Scottish descent . He was raised mostly between Sydney and Newcastle in Australia, where he attended Merewether High School . In 1986, Bennett returned to New Zealand to attend Te Aute College, where he played for the 1st XV . Upon returning to Australia, Bennett was chosen in the New South Wales Schoolboys Rugby Union Team . Interested in modern dancing, classical ballet, and piano, Bennett quit rugby to attend university to study dance and drama, then traveled to Los Angeles on a scholarship to attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute . In an audience Q&A in Boston, Bennett talked about the car accident he experienced at a young age that killed his mother and brother and put him in a two - week coma . At that time, his girlfriend was a ballet dancer which got him into acting; he found it to be the medium in which to direct his emotions saying, "Acting was my route to survival ." </P>

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