Russell Bentley is an English-born actor and voice actor. He was born in London, moved to Boston where he spent his youth until relocating to the UK at age 10; he is a dual US/UK citizen. As an actor, he is equally at home with many UK and US dialects.

He trained as an actor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and received a scholarship to train at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh where he received an MFA in acting.