Photo: Miguel Discart & Kiri Karma / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
For me Billy Boyd will always be Pippin from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings, and specifically that aching, a cappella 'Edge of Night' in The Return of the King. It's a small moment that says everything about how musicality and acting can fuse. He's a Glaswegian who brought genuine warmth and mischief to that role, then kept range alive with Master and Commander and even the Chucky universe. I like that he didn't chase one lane; he's also a musician with the band Beecake. There's something grounded and unpretentious about him that I find easy to admire.
Overview
William Nathan Boyd (born 28 August 1968) is a Scottish actor and musician. He played Peregrin "Pippin" Took in Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003), Barret Bonden in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and Glen and Glenda (later G.G. Valentine) in the Child's Play film Seed of Chucky (2004) and second season of the television series Chucky (2022).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Billy Boyd
- Name (Japanese)
- ビリー・ボイド
- Reading
- びりー・ぼいど
- Born
- August 28, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / actor / stand-up comedian / stage actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.