|
Billy Boyd
Birth at
28 August 1968
|
Billy Boyd's birthday is August 28, 1968. He was born in Glasgow to William and Mary Boyd. The boy lost his mother early and was raised with his older sister Margaret's grandmother. Since childhood, Billy dreamed of an acting career, at the age of sixteen he performed in a music and theater studio in Glasgow. But he didn't become an actor right away. For almost seven years he worked as a bookbinder, and it is interesting that he once had the opportunity to intertwine the book “The Lord of the Rings”.
more
Billy Boyd's birthday is August 28, 1968. He was born in Glasgow to William and Mary Boyd. The boy lost his mother early and was raised with his older sister Margaret's grandmother.
Since childhood, Billy dreamed of an acting career, at the age of sixteen he performed in a music and theater studio in Glasgow. But he didn't become an actor right away. For almost seven years he worked as a bookbinder, and it is interesting that he once had the opportunity to intertwine the book “The Lord of the Rings”.
But the dream of acting profession Boyd did not leave. He ventured to enter the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with a degree in dramatic art, and he succeeds. The actor was noticed and began to be invited to small film roles in the films “Taggart” (1996), “Urban Ghost Story”, “The Soldier’s Leap”, “Julie and the Cadillacs”. Along with working in films and on television, Boyd plays on stage, in such plays as “The Ballad of Mad Paola”, “San Diego” and others.
Glory and world fame he brought the role of Peregrine Tuck in the film trilogy “Lord of the Rings” and Barrett Bonden in the film.
The Master of the Seas: At the End of the Earth" .
In addition, Billy is a great musician: he sings and plays guitar, bass and drums. In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, he wrote the music and sang The Edge of Night. To commemorate the nine members of the Brotherhood of the Ring, Boyd tattooed himself the word "nine" in Tengvar. Billy's rating was strengthened by the paintings "Ecstasy", "Sutner", "Taggert".
Billy Boyd is a happy husband and father. He, his wife Ali McKinnon and son Jack live in Glasgow. In addition, Billy is a sponsor of the Scottish Youth Theatre and the National Boys Choir of Scotland. /