Born: August 28, 1968, Glasgow, Scotland Played the role of Pippin in The Lord Of The Rings.
Attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama and graduated with a Diploma in Dramatic Arts.
Sister: Margaret
Parents: William and Mary (deceased)
Hes a talented singer; a strong tenor / light baritone voice, F# to A above middle C over 2 octaves. He also plays the guitar, the bass, and the drums.
12/1/2002: Topped list of top 100 Most Eligible Men in Scotland
Boyd and his sister were raised by their grandmother after the death of their parents.
Likes porridge for breakfast.
Wears a kilt on some formal occasions.
Won a role as an astronaut by doing the best impression of weightlessness while sitting in a chair.
Wrote and sang a song called The Steward of Gondor in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. He wanted it to sound Scottish, somber and very different than the kind of thing that Pippin and Merry were singing at Edoras earlier in the movie.
Is an avid surfer, and does so as often as possible.
Began working with Dominic Monaghan on a script about two English lads who open a scuba diving school in Miami. "We started writing when we were stuck up Treebeard during the second movie [ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ]," Boyd told a reporter for the Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia) [December 14, 2003].
His favorite film is Bill Forsyths 1981 comedy Gregorys Girl.
His favorite cartoon character is Daffy Duck
In The Lord of the Rings, according to the book, Pippin is 28 years old, which makes him the youngest of the four lead hobbits. However, Boyd is actually the oldest of the four hobbit actors.
He was the teens choice for host of the European MTV awards in 2002.
During college, he worked in a pizza hut, a bar and a comedy club to make ends meet.
When he was first cast in The Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson asked him to tone down his Scottish accent, but found that the funny parts just werent as funny without it, so Boyd was allowed to use his regular Scottish accent. Jackson and the writers then consulted The Hobbit. Bilbo Bagginss mother was a Took, and one of their ancestors had, according to the book, invented the game of golf. Since golf is of Scottish origin, they reasoned that Tolkien must have, therefore, intended for the Tooks to be Scottish.
Hates cinnamon
Has a home in Glasgow, Scotland, but sometimes stays in Los Angeles, CA.
He and Ali became parents on April 26th 2006. Their sons name is Jack William Boyd.
Has a band in Scotland named Beecake and an album out called Just B.
Billy Boyd has been apart of the Scottish band Beecake since it was formed in 2006. Their first album was released on iTunes June of 2010. And their second album Blue Sky Paradise was released on iTunes December of 2012.
He was a book binder for seven years before he started acting. One of the books he bound was "The Lord Of The Rings".
(May 2005) Attending the Kingdom of Heaven Premiere in London with his friend Orlando Bloom.
(March 2008) Starring in a series on BBC4 called "Empty".
(November 2003) Now a patron of the Scottish Youth Theatre. Supporting Drama for Young people in Scotland
(October 2005) Attending a film Festival in France.
Playing Jack in the Belgian Production Glenn in Brussels
(June 2003) Reshooting scenes for "Return of the King."
(February 2013) Hollywood, CA, USA: TORn Oscar Party - One Unexpected Party
In 2013 Boyd played Banquo in "The Scottish Play" at Shakespeares Globe Theatre in London. He and Stuart Bowman, who portrayed Macduff, were the only ones of the cast to speak in a strong Scottish accent.
As of 2016, has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring , The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World . Of those, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a winner in the category.
