Billy Boyd
Biography:
Billy Boyd, a native of Glasgow, Scotland,
began his acting career in the Scottish television
series "Taggart." He went on to amass UK television credits including
"Coming Soon" and
"Chapter and Verse." Boyd made his feature film debut in An Urban
Ghost Story, followed by
Julie and the Cadillacs and a film short entitled Soldiers Leap. He and the rest
of the cast of
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring were nominated for the Screen
Actor's
Guild ensemble award. He will next be seen in Peter Weir's Master and Commander:
The
Far Side of the World. Prior to Master and Commander, Boyd filmed a
groundbreaking
science fiction one-man short film, Sniper 470, financed by Scottish Screen and
STV, which
world premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2002. It is one of only two films
to be chosen
from the Newfoundland series to be blown to 35 mm.
On the stage, Boyd has performed in various
UK productions including "The Speculator," "An
Experienced Woman Gives Advice," "Therese Racquin,"
"Britannia Rules," "Kill The Old,
Torture Their Young," "The Chic Nerds," "Much Ado About
Nothing," "Merchant of Venice,"
"Trainspotting" (Tour), "Merlin the Magnificent" and
"The Slab Boys." Last year, Boyd starred
in the Traverse production of "The Ballad of Crazy Paola," a new play
by Anne Sierens.
Boyd is also a skilled singer and musician who plays the bass, drums and guitar.
Fun Facts:
Hair: Fair
Eyes: Green
Parents: Mary & William (deceased)
Sister: Margaret
Height: 5 ft. 6 in.
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Schooling: Billy attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, he graduated with a diploma in Dramatic Arts
Plays guitar and bass guitar
Has a strong tenor and a light Baritone voice
Interesting Facts:
Favorite color is blue
Likes the Beatles
Enjoys Music in general
He surfs
Read the LotR trilogy while shooting the movie
He tried to read on vacation, but he dropped the book in the pool! He says that "It was quite a Pippin thing to do!"
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