Paul Richard Bentley (born 25 July 1942) is a British stage, film and
television actor, perhaps best known for playing the High Septon in
the television series Game of Thrones. He is also a writer.Bentley was
born in Sheffield and brought up in Surrey. He attended Wimbledon
College, a Jesuit grammar school, and Kingston Polytechnic. He then
attended Birmingham University, achieving a BA in English literature
and an MA in Drama and Theatre Arts. His M.A. dissertation, on the
stage history of Wagner's Parsifal, involved a research visit to the
Wagner Festival Theatre at Bayreuth, Germany.After university Bentley
moved to Munich, hoping to become an opera director. He began acting
in English programmes on the Bavarian radio station Bayerischer
Rundfunk. He also appeared in the film The Last Escape, in which he
played a British spy in Bavaria in World War Two.
television actor, perhaps best known for playing the High Septon in
the television series Game of Thrones. He is also a writer.Bentley was
born in Sheffield and brought up in Surrey. He attended Wimbledon
College, a Jesuit grammar school, and Kingston Polytechnic. He then
attended Birmingham University, achieving a BA in English literature
and an MA in Drama and Theatre Arts. His M.A. dissertation, on the
stage history of Wagner's Parsifal, involved a research visit to the
Wagner Festival Theatre at Bayreuth, Germany.After university Bentley
moved to Munich, hoping to become an opera director. He began acting
in English programmes on the Bavarian radio station Bayerischer
Rundfunk. He also appeared in the film The Last Escape, in which he
played a British spy in Bavaria in World War Two.
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