Timothy Bentinck

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About me

David Archer in 'The Archers'.
Highly skilled and experienced voice actor.
Huge body of TV & Theatre work, with lead roles in plays and series.
Starred as David Jason's boss, Sir Edward, in "The Royal Bodyguard".
Guest star episode one of "Twenty Twelve", voted Best Sitcom of 2011.
Home Secretary in BBC series, "The Game" 2012.
Winner best short film at Lanzarote Film Festival for "Locked Up'".
Featured roles in "Reg" with Tim Roth, "Rillington lace" with Tim Roth
Starring as Conrad in UK feature, "Us and Them" with Jack Roth.
East Enders 2018.
Nice part in JK Rowling's "Fantastic beasts..." 2018
"Flack" with Anna Paquin 2020
In 2021 filming "The Nevers" and "Gentleman Jack"
Acting experience:
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School 1976 - 1978
43 years of every type of acting job there is.
For details, you could read my autobiography, "Being David Archer - And Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living"
https://www.beingdavidarcher.net

Curriculum Vitae
THEATRE:

​Adam Masters - The Prime Minister in BREXIT Pleasance Theatre Edinburgh and King's Head Islington.

Myself in LOVE YOUR CHOCOLATES my one man show - touring.

Frank in EDUCATING RITA at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury.

Pirate King in THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Hubert in NIGHT MUST FALL at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket

Bryce in ARCADIA at Theatre Royal, Haymarket, director Trevor Nunn.

Helmer in A DOLL'S HOUSE at the National Theatre, Oslo

Tesman in HEDDA GABLER at the King's Head Islington with Elizabeth Quinn.

Archer in THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM at Nuffield Theatre Southampton

Frank Chesney in CHARLEY'S AUNT at Watford Palace Theatre

Tone in RELUCTANT HEROES at Bromley, dir. John Alderton.

Henry in Michael Wall's IMAGINARY WARS IN ENGLAND at the DOC.

Brendan in Mark Power's BOYS FROM HIBERNIA at Coventry.

Also there, Chekov's THE BEAR and HENRY IV both parts.(Douglas, Hastings, Warwick)

Improvisation at the Donmar Warehouse in THEATRE SPORTS, and plenty of revue in Bristol and at the Edinburgh Festival. Before that, a whole load of work in fringe theatres in Norwich, Bristol and London.



TELEVISION:
(Most recent first. * denotes leading role)

RENEGADE NELL - Judge

THE CROWN Porchey

THE RECKONING - BBC lawyer interrogates Jimmy Savile

TED LASSO - Mr Gillman, President of Chelsea Football Club

GENTLEMAN JACK. Colonel Dearden. Avuncular Yorkshireman

THE NEVERS. General Pecking in Josh Whedon's new HBO series

FLACK with Anna Paquin. Marcus, naked politician caught in police raid on brothel

EAST ENDERS 4 eps Gareth Woodington - Prosecution Barrister

THE LAST POST Brigadier Alan Slater - President of the court martial

QUACKS Dr King - Lots of hair, whiskers, and god-fearing eccentricity

DOCTOR WHO The Monks - voice of. Thankfully didn't have to endure the latex

RILLINGTON PLACE ( 2 eps) Dr Odess. Creepy doctor advising Tim Roth's creepier Christie, and bullying Mrs C, Samantha Morton

REG Frederick Forsyth - On the stump, giving it plenty, with Tim Roth. Written by Jimmy McGovern

WAR AND PEACE Shadowy Freemason - Fun days in Vilnius!

THE GAME (2 eps.) Home Secretary - The spy they were seeking all along. With Brian Cox

GANGSTA GRANNY Chief Inspector - Arrives with his SWAT team!

LUCAN Ludovic Kennedy - Interviews Aspinall

EAST ENDERS (2 eps.) Norman Pike - Michael Moon's solicitor

DRACULA General Arthur Ogilvy - Gets garrotted

THE POLITICIAN'S HUSBAND Freddy Seaborn - Politician. Wheeler dealer

TWENTY TWELVE *Richard Parker - Under-secretary of State. Baffled by TV screens of madness

DOCTORS (4 eps.) *Professor Starkey - Philosophy don gets into a punch-up

THE ROYAL BODYGUARD (6 eps.) *Sir Edward Hastings - David Jason's boss at the Ministry.

LEAD BALLOON Jacob Langley - Quiz master, with Jack Dee

KINGDOM (2 eps.) Judge Harrison - Two episodes of inbred judging

THE THICK OF IT *Cliff Lawton - "I'm Back!" (Summer special)

DOCTORS (8 eps) Ferdy Clark - Heart surgeon love interest

COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Steven Ainsworth - Alan Davies' next door neighbour

HEARTBEAT Simon Farr - Toff horse trainer who might have done it

LIVING THE QUAKE Abe Ruef - American politician during San Francisco Earthquake

SILENT WITNESS *Guy Hammond - Dodgy pharmaceuticals importer

THE THICK OF IT *Cliff Lawton - Sacked minister replaced by Chris Langham in Ep. 1

ABSOLUTE POWER Jeremy Paxman - fronting Newsnight

FRANCES TUESDAY Dr. Gillighan - Plastic surgeon, cuts up Tamsin Outhwaite

MURDER IN SUBURBIA Nick Chichester - grieving Husband

SHADOW PLAY *Uncle Augustus - eccentric Victorian inventor.

D-DAY *General Speidel - in German with sub-titles.

BORN AND BRED *Hans Gothard - comes to Lancashire to find family of man he killed in war.

ARMANDO IANNUCCI SHOWS - The priest whose congregation fall in love with him. The Mayor of the knife attack reunion. The boss at the Christmas party of him plus the only employee. Inmate in the Home for Middle Aged Men.

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD *Count Frederick - American panto rubbish!

PRINCE AMONG MEN (12 eps.) *Mark Fitzherbert - Chris Barrie's toff lawyer.

CASUALTY Mac Macdonald - husband of health freak.

THE BILL Andy Gray - Company Director. Guest lead.

GRANGE HILL (14 eps.) *Greg Mitchell - Dad. Londoner. Wife dies of Aids.

KAVANAGH QC.- Solicitor acting

STRIKE FORCE *Wng Cmdr John Raikes - "Awesome in the air".

FAITH IN THE FUTURE Ian - Lynda Bellingham's love interest.

THE WHITE HOUSE FARM MURDERS David Boutflour - David Archer incarnate. Witness to the jeremy Bamber case.

SHARPE *Captain Murray - Ep. 1 - riding, fighting + dying. With Sean Bean.

MADE IN HEAVEN (4 eps.) *Steve - 'Hugely Charismatic' partner of a wedding agency. Series lead role.

SQUARE DEAL (14 eps.) *Nigel Barrington - the nastiest Estate Agent in Peckham. Series lead role.

THREE UP TWO DOWN Steve - Barman acting. With Michael Elphick

THE FOUR MINUTE MILE Race Announcer - fluent Finnish!

MELBA (Australian series) James Armstrong- Aussie passport and a good horseman. Brother of Hugo Weaving

TIGERS OF KUMAON *Baines - Young buffer of the Raj.

BOON *Jonathan Keen - Bastard property developer.

GRIFFINS *Garth Stanford - Irish sports manager/stud. Pilot for TVS.

BY THE SWORD DIVIDED (20 eps.) *Tom Lacey - Cavalier hero. Classic period drama about the English Civil War. First starring role.

TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED Meech - Chauffeur and lover. With Denholm Elliot and Joss Ackland.

SMUGGLER - Captain of a troop of horsemen. With Oliver Tobias.



CHAT SHOWS, GAME SHOWS and INTERVIEWS

CELEBRITY MASTERMIND - got the trophy. All correct and no passes, on Winnie the Pooh.
POINTLESS CELEBRITIES - beat fastest and tallest in Britain!
CELEBRITY EGGHEADS - beat Judith Keppel in a head to head. Avenging 400 years of history.
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE - Won it!
BBC BREAKFAST
PM (R4)
TODAY (R4)
BROADCASTING HOUSE (R4)
STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON
THE WRIGHT STUFF
THROUGH THE KEYHOLE
GRUMPY OLD MEN
A GOOD READ (R4)
RADIO 4 APPEALS
GOING GOING GONE (R4)
PEBBLE MILL AT ONE
AFTER FIVE
GMTV
CALL MY BLUFF
WOGAN


FILMS:

(Most recent first. * denotes leading role)

CHICKEN RUN 2 - Gate Guard (voice)

HELLFIRE - *Brother John - Charismatic and abusive Southern Baptist cult leader

RAMBLER MAN (short) * Father

WILD BOARS (short) - *Artemis -

THE NAME (short) *Ricky - absent scouse dad found by his son. By William Porteus

ALTERED (short) *Roger - Bad tempered Yorkshireman, husband of Chizzie Akudolu - dir. Michael O'Kelly

THE DEAD DOG (short) *The Duke - In flamboyant defence of my wildly eccentric pub! - dir. Helen Bolter

SURVIVE THIS (short) - Frank

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Witness - I start the movie! dir. David Yates

UK18 *Bilson - Establishment enforcer - dir. Andrew Tiernan

US AND THEM *Conrad - Rich banker whose home gets invaded by Jack Roth and gang - dir. Joe Martin

REDISTRIBUTORS *Rupert - Businessman with a conscience - dir. Adrian Tanner

THE CLUB (short) *Frank - Gang boss - with a twist! dir. Ian Gray

LOCKED UP (short) *Dad - hopeless bank robber locked in car with his two sons - dir. Bugsy Riverbank Steel

TYRES R US (short) *Michael - Tyre shop owner and entertainer - dir. Tito Sacchi

FAST GIRLS The Newsreader - dir. Regan Hall

THE TURN (short) *Stanley Kovack - has-been northern stand-up comedian - dir. Christian Krohn

THE PRIDE OF WADE ELLISON (short) *Wade Ellison - Gunfighter turned pig farmer . One last showdown. - dir Seán Branigan

DON (SHORT) *Donald Dyker - plastic toy importer from Dorset. - dir. Wyndham Richardson

VANITY FAIR German casino owner. dir. Mira Nair

A LONELY WAR The Duke of Marlborough. dir. Richard Loncraine

SIMON - AN ENGLISH LEGIONNAIRE Sergeant Dumas of the French Foreign Legion. dir. Michael Duberry

ENIGMA German U-boat Commander. dir. Michael Apted

TWELFTH NIGHT First Officer dir. Trevor Nunn

YEAR OF THE COMET Richard Harwood wr. William Goldman, dir. Peter Yates

WINTER FLIGHT Polish worker with Jeremy Irons - dir. J. Skolimovski

PIRATES OF PENZANCE Pirate. dir. Wilford Leach

NORTH SEA HIJACK Harris, Roger Moore's right hand man. dir. Andrew V. McLaglen



TV COMMERCIALS:

Ribena, Opal Fruits, Logger Bar, Guinness, Wall's Feast, Audi, Hemeling Lager, Nintendo, Australian Tourist Board, Carlsberg, Ford, Knorr, Royal Mail, Herte Frankfurters, Austrian Airlines.

Go to TV Commercials page for details and video clips.

VOICEOVERS:

Go to Voiceover Page for details and sound files.
The voice of "Mind The Gap" on the Piccadilly Line!

RADIO:

Winner Carleton Hobbs Radio Competition. Radio repertory company 1978 Since then, recorded over 70 radio plays, at least a third of them leading roles. Since 1982 David Archer in THE ARCHERS.


MUSIC:

EASY MONEY, BBC Play For Today. Theme tune and incidental music.
Jingles for Language tapes.
Comedy songs that also featured in one-man show "Love Your Chocolates"
Additional skills:
One of London's top voiceover artists.
Highly skilled dubbing/re-voicing/lip synch (Gerard Depardieu, Chow Yung Fat)
Skilled improviser (Armando Iannucci, Donmar Warehouse, Loop Groups)
Dubbing supervisor, translation, casting and directing (Brutus vs Cesar)
French translation (Oh Lord!)
Inventor (The Hippo)
Travel Journalist (Mail on Sunday, 8 features)
House renovator, welder and wood turner.
Industry awards:
MBE for Services to Drama 2017
Additional information:
David Archers in "The Archers" since 1982.
See www.bentinck.net and IMDb
Showreel 2019: https://vimeo.com/311709509

Self-Recording

I use an SE x1A microphone in a soundproof booth, using Pro Tools and Audacity for editing. Very fast internet speeds with ethernet connection means no problems with Source Connect, ipDTL etc. High quality recordings including over 50 audiobooks completed there during COVID.

License & Passport

Skills

Languages Spoken	French, German, Italian
Accents/Dialects	American - General, Australian, Caribbean, Chinese, Creole, Patois, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English - Cockney, English - England East (East Anglia, Cambridge, Hertfordshire), English - England North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire), English - Essex, English - General, English - Gloucester, English - London, English - Northern England, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Southwest England, English - West Midlands (Shropshire, Birmingham, Brummie), English - Yorkshire & Humber, Finnish, French (Standard International), German, Irish, Italian (Standard International), Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Midwest American, New York, Northern Irish, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Scottish, South African, Southern American, Spanish (International Spanish) Acento Neutro, Swedish, Ukrainian, Upper-class American, US South (Deep South, Dixie, Delta), US West Coast (California, Portland), Welsh
Media Specialism	Audiobooks, Cartoons, CD Rom, Commercials, Corporate, Documentary, Dubbing, Lip Synch / ADR, Multimedia, Narration, NewsReader, Podcasts, Radio, Spoken word & performance poetry, Video Games
Vocal Types	Tenor
Additional Skills	Impressions, Singing
Athletics	Archery, Badminton, Equestrian (English), Equestrian (General), Equestrian (Western), Frisbee, Golf, Jet Skiing, Ping Pong, Scuba Diving, Shooting, Snorkeling, Stage Combat
Musical Skills	Banjo, Guitar, Piano/Keyboards, Ukulele
Organisations / Memberships	Equity (UK)