Billy Boyd

Actor
UK







Biography:
Billy Boyd was born in Glasgow Scotland where he began his acting and music career. Billy graduated from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Throughout his artistic life Billy has focused on both acting and music (composing and singing) with significant success. His initial acting began on the Scottish stage, St. Andrews Repertory hired Billy for their production of The Slab Boys and followed to play the title role in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. He has performed in several Shakespearean including playing Banquo in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London followed by the film. In the fall of 1998 Billy was cast in the role of Pippin Peter Jackson's Trilogy of Lord Of The Rings. The New Line Cinema's Trilogy shot over 18 months in New Zealand The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, finally The Return of the King. Billy's character sublimely combined drama and comedy that clearly enriched the film and his career. He also wrote and performed the stirring song "Edge of Night" in Return of the King in a Wonderful sequence with John Noble. When Peter Jackson shot the Hobbit Trilogy he brought Billy back to write and perform the closing song for the Trilogy "The Last Goodbye" was played over the final credits of The Hobbit: The Battle Of Five Armies. To follow with his music Billy Created the Bee Cake Band that has had world wide success. Billy has gone on to work with serious actors in interesting films and significant television. Some of his television appearances have been Moby Dick, The Simpsons, Grey's Anatomy, Outlander which he recurred, Hollywood (Playing Noel Coward,) and just completed Doom Patrol. Billy did a guest role in Motive where here was nominated for a Canadian Academy award. To name a few of the Motion Pictures he starred in are Peter Weir's Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World with Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. Stone of Destiny with Robert Carlyle and Kate Mara. Forger with Alfred Molina, Hayden Panettiere and Lauren Bacall. Most recently Billy starred with Edward James Olmos, George Lopez, and Kathleen Quinlan in Walking With Herb.
Anime Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
- Dragon Con 2024 - August 29 - September 2, 2024 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Fan Expo Cleveland 2024 - April 12-14, 2024 in Cleveland, OH, USA
- Fan Expo New Orleans 2024 - January 5-7, 2024 in New Orleans, LA, USA 2023
- Fan Expo San Francisco 2023 - November 24-26, 2023 in San Francisco, CA, USA
- Montreal Comiccon 2023 - July 14-16, 2023 in Montreal, QC, Canada 2022
- FACTS 2022 - October 22-23, 2022 in Ghent, Belgium
- Fan Expo Canada 2022 - August 25-28, 2022 in Toronto, ON, Canada
- Fan Expo Boston 2022 - August 12-14, 2022 in Boston, MA, USA
- Fan Expo Chicago 2022 - July 7-10, 2022 in Rosemont, IL, USA
- Fan Expo Denver 2022 - July 1-3, 2022 in Denver, CO, USA
- Fan Expo Dallas 2022 - June 17-19, 2022 in Dallas, TX, USA
- MegaCon Orlando 2022 - May 19-22, 2022 in Orlando, FL, USA
- Calgary Expo 2022 - April 21-24, 2022 in Calgary, AB, Canada 2021
Fan Expo Dallas 2021 - September 17-19, 2021 in Dallas, TX, USACancelled AppearanceMegaCon Orlando 2021 - August 12-15, 2021 in Orlando, FL, USACancelled Appearance 2020FanExpo Canada 2020 - August 27-30, 2020 in Toronto, ON, CanadaConvention CancelledFan Expo Boston 2020 - August 7-9, 2020 in Boston, MA, USAConvention CancelledFan Expo Dallas 2020 - June 19-21, 2020 in Dallas, TX, USAConvention CancelledMegaCon Orlando 2020 - April 16-19, 2020 in Orlando, FL, USAConvention PostponedFan Expo Dallas 2020 - March 27-29, 2020 in Dallas, TX, USAConvention Postponed 2019- New York Comic Con 2019 - October 3-6, 2019 in New York, NY, USA
14 confirmed guest appearances
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