Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, Count Bentinck of Waldeck Limpurg (born 1 June 1953), commonly known as Tim Bentinck, is an Australian-born British actor and writer, known for his long-running role as David Archer in the

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series, ''

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''. As the Earl of Portland, Bentinck was a member of the

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from 1997 to 1999. He is also Count Bentinck in the peerage of the

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Early life

The son of the non-conformist intellectual Henry Bentinck, Portland was born on a

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in Barton,

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, Australia, but moved with his family to

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in England at the age of two. He was educated at a prep school, then

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, and finally at the

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, where he spent much of his time on productions of its drama society, before receiving a BA degree in the History of Art. After graduation, he trained in acting at the

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Career

Bentinck has been an actor since 1978 and is known for the roles of David Archer in the

series ''

'' and Tom Lacey in the BBC TV drama series ''

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'' (1983–85). He is also a

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artist, having provided the voice of

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for the video-game ''The World Is Not Enough'' (

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and PlayStation version), and the voice of Roger Radcliffe in '' 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure''. Between 1990 and 2006 he was also the voice of "Mind The Gap" on the

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. Bentinck has a long list of theatre, television and film credits. He appeared in ''

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'' in 2005 and 2007 and starred with

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in ''The Royal Bodyguard'' in 2012. As himself, Bentinck has appeared on ''

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'', won a round of ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Pointless Celebrities'' and beaten

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on science in ''Celebrity Eggheads''. Bentinck has revoiced

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in the film ''

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'', and Chow Yun Fat in ''

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''. He has provided post-production voices for many major US and UK film and television productions since helping provide the voices of both Scottish and English armies alongside

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in ''

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''. His first film role was as 'Harris',

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's lieutenant in ''

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''; other film roles include William Goldman's ''

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'', the western, ''The Pride of Wade Ellison'' as well as the short film, ''Locked Up'' by Bugsy Riverbank Steel – winner of Best Foreign Short Film at the

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Film Festival in 2013. Also ''

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'', ''The Redistributors'', ''Rule Number Three'' with

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, ''

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'' with

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's ''

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', the U-boat commander in ''

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, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,'' and many short and student films. In 2018 he starred with Jack Roth as ''Conrad'' in the Netflix movie,
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'' He played the role of

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in the BBC television film '' Reg'' (2016). On stage, after many London

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appearances, Bentinck starred as the Pirate King in ''

'' at the

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in 1982, as Captain Brice in '' Arcadia'' at the

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, and as Hubert Laurie in ''Night Must Fall'', also at the Haymarket. Bentinck toured a one-man show, ''Love Your Chocolates'', – a mixture of stories, comedy songs and multi-media, and played Frank in ''

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'' at the

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, in 2009. Bentinck regularly writes travel articles for ''

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'' and his book, ''Avant Garde A Clue'', co-written with Albert Welling, is published on Kindle. In March 2015, his children's book, ''Colin The Campervan'', was published by FBS Publishing. Bentinck's autobiography, ''Being David Archer – And Other Unusual Ways of Earning a Living'' was published by Constable in 2017. Bentinck has made many guest appearances in Big Finish audio dramas, including audio productions based on ''

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'', ''

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,'' ''

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'' and ''

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''. He has also narrated over sixty audiobooks. In the

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, he was appointed

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(MBE) for services to drama. Bentinck is also an

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with several

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s to his name, as well as a programmer/web site designer, musician and writer.

Television

Bentinck's roles on television include: * ''

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'' * '' Gentleman Jack'' * '' Flack'' * '' The Game'' * '' The Politician's Husband'' * ''

The Royal Bodyguard ''The Royal Bodyguard'' is a British television sitcom, written by Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresni, and starring David Jason, Geoffrey Whitehead, Timothy Bentinck and Tim Downie. A series of six episodes began on 26 December 2011, concluding ...

'' * '' Tales of the Unexpected'' (The Stinker) * ''

Twenty Twelve ''Twenty Twelve'' is a BBC television comedy series written and directed by John Morton. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Amelia Bullmore, the programme is a spoof on-location mockumentary following the organisation of the 2012 Summe ...

'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''Shadow Play'' * '' Sharpe's Rifles'' * ''

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'' * '' A Prince Among Men'' * ''

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'' * ''Made in Heaven'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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Video games

Bentinck has also done voicework for numerous videogame titles: * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing'' * '' Knights of Honor'' * '' Medieval II: Total War'' * ''

Heavenly Sword ''Heavenly Sword'' is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by British company Ninja Theory and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. The game revolves around player-character Nariko and her eponymous sword, battling ag ...

'' * '' Hellgate: London'' * '' Viking: Battle for Asgard'' * ''Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim'' * ''

Memento Mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die")

'' * ''

Divinity II ''Divinity II'' is an action role-playing game developed by Larian Studios. Its first release in 2009 was subtitled ''Ego Draconis'' and was published by dtp entertainment and in the United States by cdv Software Entertainment. The updated 201 ...

'' * ''

Venetica ''Venetica'' is a 2009 fantasy-themed action role-playing video game developed by Deck13 and published by DTP Entertainment. It was first released in Europe on 4 September 2009 for Microsoft Windows, with ports for the Xbox 360, and PlayStation ...

'' * ''

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'' * '' Star Wars: The Old Republic'' * ''

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'' * '' Deponia'' * '' Risen 2: Dark Waters'' * ''

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'' * '' The Night of the Rabbit'' * '' The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief'' * '' Total War: Rome II'' * '' The Dark Eye: Demonicon'' * '' Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse'' * ''

Blackguards ''Blackguards'' () is a 2014 tactical role-playing game for Microsoft Windows and OS X. It was developed by German game developer Daedalic Entertainment, makers of adventure games like ''The Whispered World'', and distributed by EuroVideo. It is ...

'' * ''

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'' * '' Lego The Hobbit'' * ''

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'' * '' Sacred 3'' * '' Risen 3: Titan Lords'' * ''

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'' * '' The Book of Unwritten Tales 2'' * '' Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Total War: Warhammer'' * ''

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'' * '' Warhammer: Vermintide 2'' * '' Anno 1800'' * '' The Lord of the Rings: Gollum''

Titles

On the death of the 9th Duke of Portland in 1990, Bentinck's father

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, his sixth

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, succeeded to the earldom of Portland. In 1997 Tim succeeded his father. He took a seat in certain sittings of the

but made no speeches (nor questions) before losing the right and not standing for selective internal election, under the

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. On 29 December 1732, the Hon. William Bentinck, Baron Bentinck of the

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(second surviving son of

Hans Willem Bentinck William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Hans Willem Bentinck''; 20 July 164923 November 1709) was a Dutch-born English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William III of England, William, Prince of Or ...

), was made a

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as ''Count (Graf) Bentinck'', by Imperial

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. This title also vests in him. Under the Royal Warrant of 27 April 1932 on Foreign Titles the dispensation granted by Queen Victoria to use the title and daughters' styles socially in Great Britain was rescinded beyond any living heirs, the last of which were Bentinck's late father and aunt.

Personal life

Bentinck married the milliner Judith "Judy" Ann Emerson (born

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, 10 October 1952) in London on 8 September 1979. They have two sons: Will Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock (born London, 19 May 1984) and The Hon. Jasper James Mellowes Bentinck (born London, 12 June 1988). They reside in London.

References

External links

*
Tim Bentinck's website
– official website of the actor *
Actor Tim Bentinck
– Who's who

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