Billy Boyd
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Billy Boyd (born August 28, 1968 in Glasgow , Scotland ) is a British actor and musician .
Life
William (Billy) Boyd was born in Glasgow in 1968. His parents died when he was very young and he and his sister Margaret grew up with his grandmother. Before training as an actor, he worked as a bookbinder for several years . He completed his training, which he completed with a diploma in Dramatic Arts, at the renowned Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama , where Alan Cumming and James McAvoy also studied.
He made his first television appearance in 1996 in an episode of the Scottish television series Taggart . He was then seen in several television productions and played numerous stage roles, especially at the Royal Lyceum Theater in Edinburgh , including in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing and Émile Zola's Thérèse Raquin . He became known to an international audience in 2001 for his role as the hobbit Pippin in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Since then, he has appeared in Master & Commander alongside Russell Crowe and in several English cinema productions.
In addition to acting, Billy Boyd also works as a singer, musician and composer. He plays some musical instruments, such as guitar, bass, and drums, and sings both baritone and tenor. In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King he sang the song The Edge of Night (in the piece The Steward of Gondor ), a composition of his own based on Tolkien's text. He also founded the Scottish band Beecake (formerly The Angels Share ), whose other band members are Paul Burke (drums), Billy Johnston (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Rick Martin (vocals, bass). He also sang The Last Goodbye , which ran in the credits of the third part of the Hobbit trilogy The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies .
On December 29, 2010 he married Alison McKinnon and currently lives with their son (born April 26, 2006) in Lesmahagow , Scotland.
Filmography (selection)
- 1996: Taggart (TV series, episode 13x1 Dead Man's Chest )
- 1998: Urban Ghost Story
- 1998: The Soldier's Leap (short film)
- 1999: Julie and the Cadillacs
- 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship ( The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring )
- 2002: Stories of Lost Souls (episode film, short film Sniper 470 )
- 2002: Still Game (TV series, episode 1x2 Faimly )
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ( The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers )
- 2003: Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World ( Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World )
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King )
- 2004: Instant Credit (short film)
- 2004: Chuckys Baby ( Seed of Chucky , voice of Glen / Glenda )
- 2005: On a clear day ( On a Clear Day )
- 2005: Midsummer Dream ( El sueño de una noche de San Juan , voice of Puck )
- 2006: Flying Scotsman ( The Flying Scotsman )
- 2007: Save Angel Hope
- 2008: The hunt for the Stone of Destiny ( Stone of Destiny )
- 2008: Empty (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2009: Jusqu'à toi
- 2010: Pimp
- 2011: Glenn No. 3948 ( Glenn, the Flying Robot )
- 2011: Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy
- 2011: Moby Dick (miniseries)
- 2011: The Witches of Oz ( Dorothy and the Witches of Oz , Miniseries)
- 2012: Space Milkshake
- 2012: Colors of Love ( The Forger )
- 2015: Motive (TV series, episode 3x12 A good man )
- 2015: Mara and the fire bringer
- 2016: White Island
- 2016: AmStarDam - A hemp-elastic journey ( AmStarDam )
- 2017: Snowfall (TV series, episode 1x8 The Seed )
- 2018: Outlander (TV series, episode 4x11 Tensions )
- 2018: The Honey Garden - The Secret of the Bees (Tell It to the Bees)
- 2019: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, episode 15x13 tightrope walk )
- 2020: Hollywood (TV series, episode 1x03 Vogelfrei )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Billy Boyd in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
- ↑ Billy Boyd Biography in the IMDb
Web links
- Billy Boyd in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official Beecake Page
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| SURNAME | Boyd, Billy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film and stage actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow , Scotland , United Kingdom |