Timothy Bentinck

Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, Count Bentinck (born 1 June 1953 in Tasmania, Australia), commonly known as Tim Bentinck, is an English peer and actor, most widely known for his long-running role as David Archer in the BBC Radio 4 series, The Archers. He is also Viscount Woodstock, Baron Cirencester and a mediatised Count of the Holy Roman Empire, although he does not use any of his titles.

The son of the non-conformist intellectual Henry Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland, he was born on a sheep station in Tasmania, but moved to Berkhamsted in the UK when aged two. He attended a local prep school, Harrow School, and the University of East Anglia (UEA), where he spent most of his time at its drama society before receiving a BA degree in the History of Art. After graduation he trained in acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Bentinck has been an actor since 1978 and is best known for the roles of David Archer in the BBC Radio 4 series The Archers and Tom Lacey in the BBC drama series By the Sword Divided (1983–85). He is also a voice-over artist, having provided the voice of James Bond for the video-game The World Is Not Enough (Nintendo 64 and Playstation), and the voice of Roger Radcliffe in 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure and for 15 years between 1990 and 2006 was the voice of "Mind The Gap" on the London Underground Piccadilly line. Bentinck has a wealth of theatre, television and film credits. He was the original Minister in The Thick of It and starred with David Jason in The Royal Bodyguard in 2012.

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