18 Facts About Paul Bentley

Paul Richard Bentley was born on 25 July 1942 and is a British stage, film and television actor, perhaps best known for playing the High Septon in the television series Game of Thrones.

Paul Bentley then attended Birmingham University, achieving a BA in English literature and an MA in Drama and Theatre Arts.

Paul Bentley began acting in English programmes on the Bavarian radio station Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Paul Bentley appeared in the film The Last Escape, in which he played a British spy in Bavaria in World War Two.

Paul Bentley returned to England in 1970 and continued acting, mainly in repertory theatre, at venues including the Byre Theatre at St Andrews, the Leicester Haymarket Theatre, the Duke's Playhouse at Lancaster, and the Newcastle Playhouse.

In 1973 Paul Bentley wrote the book and lyrics for Shylock, a musical version of The Merchant of Venice, performed at the 1974 Edinburgh Festival.

Paul Bentley played the title role; the composer and director was Roger Haines.

Paul Bentley was the alternate leading man, his first West End part.

Paul Bentley again played the title role and Haines directed both productions.

Pinafore, which transferred to the Old Vic in 1986 and for which Paul Bentley was nominated for an Olivier Award for the Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical.

Paul Bentley has other radio, television and film credits but most of his work has been in theatre.

In 1994 Paul Bentley was asked by the Danish composer Poul Ruders to write the libretto for his opera The Handmaid's Tale based on Margaret Atwood's novel, which won a Cannes Classical Award and Reumert Prize.

Paul Bentley has written a novel, The Man Who Came After Hyacinth Bobo, about the Fourth Crusade and the Siege of Constantinople, published in Greek and English, plus occasional newspaper and magazine articles.

Paul Bentley took part in Mastermind on BBC TV where his specialist subject was The Life and Works of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Paul Bentley lost in this first round with a score of 29.

Paul Bentley is a member of the Wagner Society and the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies.

Paul Bentley was the Founder Chairman of the British Association for Modern Mosaic from 1999 to 2005 and remains a member.

Paul Bentley is the editor of the website Mosaic Matters, a website about mosaics, and he edits the British Teilhard Network.