Manu Bennett, is an actor from New Zealand who has appeared in television series and movies. He is best known for his role as Crixus, the Undefeated Gaul in the American Starz television series Spartacus, about the uprising started by the gladiator Spartacus in the Roman Republic. He also had roles playing the villain Azog in The Hobbit and as Slade Wilson in Arrow, a series about the superhero Green Arrow.