Billy Boyd

William Nathan Boyd (born 28 August 1968)

Early life Boyd was born in Glasgow to William and Mary Boyd, who both died a year apart when Boyd was in his early teens. He worked as a bookbinder for six years before pursuing an acting career. After graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, he went on to perform with St Andrews Repertory and the Traverse Theatre. The song was later used over the trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), the final film in the Hobbit trilogy. Boyd also wrote and performed the song "The Last Goodbye", which is played during the ending credits of the film.

In 2022, he reprised his Child's Play role in the second season finale of the television series Chucky, titled "Chucky Actually", as a merged incarnation of Glen and Glenda Tilly, known as G.G. Valentine.

He returned to the stage in 2024 with The Lord of the Rings castmate Dominic Monaghan in the Canadian production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

Music Boyd fronts a band called Beecake. The band was named after a time when Boyd's Lord of the Rings co-star Dominic Monaghan sent a picture of a cake covered in bees. Other members of the band included Paul Burke, Billy Johnston, and Rick Martin.

Boyd made a guest appearance on Viggo Mortensen's 2003 album Pandemoniumfromamerica, where he played the bass on two songs, as well as drums on another.

In June 2010, Beecake released an album Soul Swimming. As well as topping some of the international MySpace charts, the band was awarded VisitScotland's award for Best Live Act at the Tartan Clef Music Awards. The award was created by VisitScotland to celebrate Scotland's live music scene and Glasgow's new title of UNESCO City of Music.

Beecake released the EP Please Stay on 4 June 2012. The music video for the song "Please Stay" from the EP was released to coincide with the release of the EP. The song's music video was directed by Michael Ferns, a graduate from the RSAMD where Boyd himself graduated. The group released their second album Blue Sky Paradise in December 2012. The band released a second EP titled Just B in July 2013.

In 2014, Boyd wrote and performed the song "The Last Goodbye", which was played over the ending credits of the movie The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. He topped a list of the 100 Most Eligible Men in Scotland in 2002.

He owns a house in Glasgow with his wife, Alison McKinnon. The couple had their first child, a boy named Jack William Boyd, on 26 April 2006. He and McKinnon were married in a ceremony with 30 guests at Òran Mór in Glasgow's West End on 29 December 2010; the wedding was attended by Lord of the Rings castmates Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan. A reception was held afterwards for about 130 guests.

Boyd has a tattoo of the Elvish word for "nine" written with the Tengwar script, a reference to his involvement in The Lord of the Rings, and the fact that his character was one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring. The other actors of the Fellowship (Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, and Orlando Bloom) got the same tattoo, with the exception of John Rhys-Davies, whose stunt double got the tattoo instead.

He remains close with The Lord of the Rings co-star Dominic Monaghan. Monaghan revealed in an interview for the national breakfast television show GMTV that he continues to see Boyd on a regular basis, as he is "essentially, kind of, godfather to his kid." Boyd and Monaghan co-host the podcast ‘The Friendship Onionʼ together.

Boyd is one of the patrons of Scottish Youth Theatre, Scotland's National Theatre "for and by" young people. He is also the patron of the National Boys' Choir of Scotland.

Holidays in Scotland In 2008, Boyd fronted VisitScotland's Perfect Day Campaign and talked of his love of surfing in Scotland, particularly in Machrihanish near the town of Campbeltown in Kintyre in the west coast of Scotland and also Pease Bay and Coldingham Bay on Scotland's east coast. In an interview about the campaign with The Scotsman on 28 July 2008, he said: "I don't really do much promotional stuff but felt that with this one I could be honest... I'm very proud of where I come from and I get very excited if a friend comes over and I can show them around."

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1996 Taggart Jamie Holmes Episode: "Dead Man's Chest" 1999 Coming Soon Ross Miniseries 2002 Still Game Bearded Man Episode: "Faimly" 2004 Instant Credit Frankie Short television film 2007 Save Angel Hope Vince Sandhurst Television film 2008 Empty Tony 6 episodes 2011 Moby Dick Elijah Miniseries, 2 episodes 2012 Casualty Duncan Jessup Episode: "Hero Syndrome" 2014 Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan Himself Episode: "The Giant Wetapunga" 2015 Motive Lawrence Frampton Episode: "Frampton Comes Alive"2017 Sofia the First Malachite (voice) Episode: "The Crown of Blossoms" Snowfall Jim Stewart Episode: "Baby Teeth" The Simpsons Himself (voice) Episode: "The Serfsons" 2018, 2020 Outlander Gerald Forbes 4 episodes 2019 Grey's Anatomy Seamus Episode: "I Walk the Line" 2020 Hollywood Noël Coward Episode: "Outlaws" 2021 Doom Patrol Samuelson Episode: “Vacay Patrol”2022 NCIS: Hawai'i Colin McIntyre Episode: “Ohana”Chucky G.G. Valentine (voice) Episode: "Chucky Actually"2023 The Legend of Vox Machina Garmelie (voice) That's My Jam Himself 2024 The Wingfeather Saga The Overseer Season 2 recurring role; 3 episodes 2025 Billy and Dom Eat the World Himself 8 episodes 2025 Washington Black Willard

Theatre

Audio dramas Year Title Role Notes 2007 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Richard MacDuff BBC Radio 4 2008 The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Richard MacDuff BBC Radio 4 2022 Moriarty: The Devil's Game Colonel Sebastian Moran Audible Original

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peregrin "Pippin" Took Voice role 2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth Peregrin "Pippin" Took Voice role 2006 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king Peregrin "Pippin" Took Voice role 2013 Lego The Lord of the Rings Peregrin "Pippin" Took Archive audio 2019 Magic: The Gathering Arena Will Kenrith 2020, 2022 The Elder Scrolls Online Bradan, Brahgas

Awards and nominations Broadcast Film Critics Association Award 2004: Won, "Best Acting Ensemble" – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (shared with cast)

DVD Exclusive Awards 2003: Nominated, "Best Audio Commentary" – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (shared with cast)

Empire Awards 2002: Nominated, "Best Debut" – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (shared with Dominic Monaghan)

National Board of Review of Motion Pictures 2003: Won, "Best Acting by an Ensemble" – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (shared with cast)

Online Film Critics Society 2003: Won, "Best Ensemble" – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (shared with cast)

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2002: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture" – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (shared with cast) 2003: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture" – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (shared with cast) 2004: Won, "Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture" – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (shared with cast)