Russell Bentley
Acting
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.’
Known For
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Doctor Who
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Slow Horses
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Kick-Ass
The internet is no longer a place you log on and visit; it's where you live. The home of true crime is now online. The internet is the Wild West. And if you're not careful, you too could be caught in a Web of Lies.
Web of Lies
Ann Ming is distraught when her 22-year-old daughter Julie goes missing. The police suggest that Julie must have fled to London to reunite with Julie's estranged husband, but Ann knows that Julie would never leave 5-year-old Kevin behind.
I Fought the Law
American history through the lens of its most iconic residence, transforming its four walls into a volatile stage where ambition, betrayal, romance, and rivalry collide behind closed doors.
The White House
The Kush Empire was an ancient superpower that dominated the Nile Valley and rivaled the Egyptians, and now, a new, cutting-edge investigation at a mysterious tomb could reveal the secrets of this formidable lost kingdom.
Lost Kingdom of the Black Pharaohs
Dr. Raj Bothra faced 54 federal charges at age 79 before being cleared by a unanimous jury verdict in June 2022. The doctor spent more than 1,300 days incarcerated while repeatedly denied bail.