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Marcus Bentley (born
4 October,
1967) is a
British actor and
voiceover artist. Born in
Gateshead, he was brought up in
Stockton on Tees and attended
East 15 Acting School in London.
Though he's appeared on stage, winning an
Edinburgh Fringe First Award for his show
Dead Fish, and in TV bit parts including
The Bill and
London's Burning, his main fame has come through voiceover work.
Having been taken on as a continuity announcer by
Channel 4 in the late
1990s, he was subsequently selected as the narrator of the UK version of
Big Brother, which remains his best-known work. He has narrated all eight series to date, as well as the spin-offs
Celebrity Big Brother,
Teen Big Brother: The Experiment and
Big Brother Celebrity Hijack. The producers of
Big Brother gave him the job of narrator because they liked the way he said "Chickens". His most notable catchphrase is "Who goes? You decide".
He is one of the UK's most recognisable voiceover artists due to his heavy North-East England "Geordie"
accent (which he often exaggerates for effect), and he rarely appears in vision. Besides his many voiceovers, and ongoing continuity work, Bentley was also the unseen questionmaster on a
Sky One quiz show,
Dirty Money.
Despite having a low-profile he made an exception on August 13, 2006, to accept his award as
Big Brother's Little Brother's employee of the week, the final one of the series. He chose not to appear in person but was interviewed unseen from within the BBLB studio with a voice over Dermot, the host. He made another exception on January 28, 2008, when he made the link to Dermot's best bits while being seated in the Hijacker Booth. His face remained unseen, as all lights were down in the Booth. As part of the running joke surrounding him, Bentley has occasionally been featured on BBLB reading a humorous script for the show, albeit filmed from a back view so as not to reveal what he looks like on the show itself.
He is married, with three children, and is the son of John Bentley. He currently lives in
Canterbury in
Kent . He is a fan of
Middlesbrough football club, and is good friends with the actor
Mark Benton.
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