Craig Bentley

Craig is a Detroit and New York based actor. Primarily a theatre artist, Craig's favorite NYC roles include Mark in Another Day On Willow St (The Players Theatre), Lord Byron in Bloody Poetry (The Acting Studio), Norbert in Blue Window (Muse of Fire), Stephen in Eastern Standard (Center Stage), The Father in Blood Wedding (The Theatre at Riverside Church), Eliott in Oh Happy Day! (NativeAliens) and Vladimir Mayakovsky, a tragedy (tiny mythic/HERE). Craig has also appeared in staged readings of new plays at EST, Primary Stages, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and The Transport Group. Regional performances include three productions of the one-person show The SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris (U.S. National Tour, Mill Mountain Theatre, Idaho Repertory Theatre), Greetings!, The Lake (w/Rob Estes) and Hamlet at Mill Mountain Theatre, Lavatch in All's Well That Ends Well and Sebastian in Twelfth Night at ACA/The Shakespeare Theatre (Washington, DC), The Nerd (Cortland Repertory Theatre), Art (Millbrook Playhouse), and The Glass Menagerie and Taking Sides (Shadowland Theatre). Craig has also appeared in numerous student and independent films, and as himself in an episode of Cash Cab (Discovery Channel) and House Hunters (HGTV). Craig received his MFA from The Academy for Classical Acting at The Shakespeare Theatre (GWU), his BFA from Wayne State University and has studied at Michael Howard Studios in New York. He is a proud member of Actors Equity Association.