Darren Boyd

Darren John Boyd is an English actor. He starred in the Sky One series Spy, for which he won the 2012 BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance. His work in television and film spans comedy and drama.

Early life Boyd was born in Hastings, Sussex, and began acting at the age of 16, in local theatre productions.

Career

Television Boyd co-starred in the BBC comedy Kiss Me Kate (1998),

From 2011 to 2013, Boyd starred in the Sky One series Spy, which won him BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance, and also starred in two ITV dramas, Case Sensitive, a series adapted from Sophie Hannah's novel Point of Rescue alongside Olivia Williams, and three-part drama The Guilty.

Cameos include an evangelical vicar in Rev. and ex-athlete Dave Wellbeck in BBC Olympics mockumentary Twenty Twelve.

Film Boyd has appeared in feature films including High Heels and Low Lifes (2002), Imagine Me & You (2005), Magicians (2007), He co-starred in ElvenQuest, another Radio 4 sitcom, as Vidar the Elf Lord. In 2018, he appeared as a suspect in the Radio 4 drama, A Small Town Murder.

Filmography Film

Television YearTitleRole Notes 1998–2000 Kiss Me Kate Craig Chapman 22 episodes 1999 Hippies Hugo Yemp 6 episodes 1999–2003 Smack the Pony Various characters 26 episodes 2002–2003 Watching Ellie Ben 16 episodes 2003 Little Robots Additional Voices (voice) Unknown episodes 2006 Green Wing Jake Leaf 5 episodes 2008 Little Dorrit Tite Barnacle Junior 4 episodes 2010 Whites Bib 6 episodes 2010–2012 Dirk Gently Richard MacDuff 4 episodes2011 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge Daniel Langford 3 episodes Twenty Twelve Dave Wellbeck Episode: "Raising The Bar" 2011–2012 Spy Tim Elliot Lead role 2014 Warren United Warren Kingsley (voice) 6 episodes Veep Peter Mitchell Season 3, episode 72015 The Delivery Man Matthew Bunting 6 episodes Luther DCI Theo Bloom Series 4, episode 1 2015–2018 Fortitude Markus Husekleppe 18 episodes 2016 National Treasure Hamish Episode: "#1.4" 2016–2018 Stan Lee’s Lucky Man Detective Sergeant Steve Orwell Series 1–3 2018 Killing Eve Frank Haleton 5 episodes 2019 Flack Jeremy Episode: "Brooke" 2020 The Salisbury Poisonings Supt. Dave Minty TV seriesSoulmatesPeterEpisode 1 2020–2025 The Adventures of Paddington Mr. Brown (voice) 2020–present Trying Scott24 episodes 2021–2024 The Outlaws John 17 episodes 2024–present We Might Regret This Abe 10 episodes 2025 Down Cemetery Road C.8 episodes

Awards and recognition Los Dos Bros was winner of a Silver Rose for Best Sitcom at the Montreux Festival in 2002. Boyd won the Best TV Comedy Actor award at The British Comedy Awards in 2011. Nominated for Best Actor in a comedy at the Royal Television Society Awards, 2012. Boyd won the British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2012.