Russell Bentley

Biography: Russell Bentley is an English-born actor and voice actor. He was born in London, moved to Boston where he spent his youth until relocating to the UK at age 10; he is a dual US/UK citizen. As an actor, he is equally at home with many UK and US dialects. He trained as an actor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and received a scholarship to train at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh where he received an MFA in acting. His film credits include Kick Ass, Proof, and Lost Battalion. His TV credits include Dr. Who, EastEnders, Footballers, and Watergate. He provided voice narration for season 6 of ID's true-crime series Web of Lies. Russell has provided voices for video games as well as countless campaigns including SportPesa, Shell, Barclays, Amazon and Virgin to name but a handful. He has narrated hundreds of Audio Books including Colm Toibin’s ‘The Story of the Night’ for Penguin, Ken Follett’s ‘ Night Over Water’ and ‘The Leopards of Normandy’ trilogy for Hodder Headline. His narration for Wilkie Collins’ No Name has earned him an Audie nomination. He received a Sony award for his work on the BBC radio 4 series ‘Voyage’ directed by Dirk Maggs and appeared on Radio 3’s Woody Allen season in ‘The Whore of Mensa.’