- He married to Claudia Rosencrantz, controller of entertainment for Britain's ITV, and co-creator of British TV hits like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, I'm A Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here, and Pop Idol.
- He is the son of the prolific British television character actor John Abineri. His mother was the actress Hilary Bamford. He is the brother of Sebastian Abineri.
- He discovered actor Russell Crowe when he gave him his first professional acting role in a New Zealand tour of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. Abineri later awarded Crowe the lead in his very first musical, 'Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom'.
- He has one daughter, Lola (b. 1998) from his current marriage and three children , Jennifer, Kate and Joe from his first marriage.
- He developed a love of 30s and 40s music at the age of 3 when his father brought home an old wind-up gramophone and a chest full of 78 rpm recordings.
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