Billy Boyd

Billy Boyd is well known for Peregrin Pippin Took in Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King). Billy holds the distinction of starring as part of an extraordinary ensemble in two of the Academy Award Nominees for Best Picture in the same year (2004): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (which won 11 Academy Awards, including the Best Picture prize) and Peter Weir's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (which won 2 Academy Awards).

His other film credits include Stone of Destiny directed by Charles Martin Smith, Gaby Dellal's On a Clear Day, Douglas Mackinnon's Flying Scotsman, the voice of Glen/Glenda in Don Mancini's Seed of Chucky, Genevieve Jolliffe's An Urban Ghost Story and Robert Cavanah and Iain Macdonald's The Soldier's Leap. He also appears in Lukas Erni's Save Angel Hope and an animated adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream (in which he voices Puck). Also Glenn directed by Marc Goldstein, Jusqu'a Toi (Every Jack has a Jill) directed by Jennifer Devoldere, Carmel directed by Lawrence Rock, PIMP directed by Robert Cavanah, Moby Dick directed by Mike Barker and Witches of Oz directed by Leigh Scott.

A native of Glasgow, Billy graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. His stage work includes Much Ado About Nothing; the Royal Lyceum productions of The Merchant of Venice, Hansel and Gretel, Britannia Rules, Therese Raquin and An Experienced Woman Gives Advice; and the Traverse Theatre productions of The Chic Nerds, Kill the Old, Torture their Young and The Spectulator. He toured the UK in stage productions of Trainspotting, Widows, Caledonia Dreaming and The Ballad of Crazy Paola. He starred in David Greigs San Diego, which opened the 2003 Edinburgh International Festival. In 2006 he performed in Home: Glasgow which was the first ever show for the National Theatre of Scotland. Billy has appeared in Casualty for BBC1 and appeared with Gregor Fisher in the BBC2 series Empty as well as Jack Osborne's Adrenaline Junkie.

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