For the Northern Ireland Labour Party activist, see Billy Boyd (politician). Billy Boyd (born 1923 was a Northern Irish Politician. Boyd worked in the Shipyards of Belfast and became active in the Northern Ireland For the Scottish footballer, see Billy Boyd (footballer). William Gillespie "Billy" Boyd ( 27 November 1905 &ndash 14 December 1967) was a Scottish professional footballer

Billy Boyd
Boyd at Comic-Con International 2004
Born	William Boyd 28 August 1968 (1968-08-28) (age 39) Glasgow, Scotland
Years active	1998 - present
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Billy Boyd (born 28 August 1968) is a Scottish actor and musician most widely known for playing the characters Peregrin "Pippin" Took in the film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and Barrett Bonden in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Comic-Con International San Diego, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre Fan convention founded as the Golden Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Biography Pippin was the only hobbit who had not yet reached his 'coming of age' when the Fellowship set out (being eight years younger than Merry while Frodo himself was 50 The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three Live action Fantasy Epic films The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 This is a list of recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian. Master and Commander The Far Side of the World is a 2003 Film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey, with

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Beecake 1.4 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Early life

Boyd was born in Glasgow, Scotland to William and Mary Boyd,^[1] who died, a year apart, when Boyd was in his early teens. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom ^[2] He was raised, along with his older sister, Margaret, by their grandmother. In 1984, at the age of sixteen, he appeared in local musical company Theatre Guild, Glasgow's production of Hans Anderson. The Theatre Guild is a non-profit company specializing in the production of musical theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. He worked as a book-binder for 7 years before pursuing an acting career. One of the books he bound was The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings is an epic He graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, where he earned a diploma in Dramatic Arts. The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( RSAMD) is a Conservatoire of Music, Drama and Dance in the centre of Glasgow

Career

As well as being a screen actor, he also appears on the stage. He has been in several plays; most recently, San Diego and The Ballad Of Crazy Paola. He is also an accomplished musician, singing and also playing the guitar, bass, and drums. He wrote the melody for and sang in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King called The Steward of Gondor. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing This article is about the live-action movie which shares a title with a book, video game, and animated film. " A Walking Song " is a poem in the form of a song from J He topped list of top 100 Most Eligible Men in Scotland in 2002. Currently, he is the lead singer and co-songwriter in the band, Beecake [1]. He has also made a cameo appearance in the popular Scottish comedy Still Game in the second episode of the first series. Still Game is a Scottish Sitcom, produced by The Comedy Unit with the BBC. In 2008, Boyd will star in Ecstasy based on the #1 best-selling book by Irvine Welsh as Woodsy. Ecstasy Three Tales of Chemical Romance is a collection of three Novellas by Irvine Welsh. Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958 Leith, Edinburgh) is a contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting This film has now been removed from IMDb and it is uncertain if it will go ahead.

Beecake

Based in Glasgow, Scottish band Beecake initially started out as an excuse for four good friends to have some fun making music. Beecake are Billy Boyd, John Crawford, Billy Johnston and Rick Martin and have all been long-term friends and played individually and together in various bands over the past several years. Beecake was formed in late September 2006 after a conversation over a bottle of malt whisky in a Glasgow west end bar when the guys remembered how much fun they had when they made music together. Having acclaimed actor Billy Boyd as your front man, best known for his portrayal of the hobbit Pippin in the Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy, obviously opens doors for the band and enables Beecake to get extensive press coverage which has all been very positive, however the band as a unit hold their own both live and in the studio and keep that door firmly wedged open. After the success of selling out there very first gig as Beecake at Barfly, Glasgow in late January 2007 and the surprise of having fans travel from as far a field as Japan, Germany, Italy and all over the UK to see them play live, they quickly decided to record some of their original music at various studios within Glasgow, in total five tracks which would later be included in their EP “Just B”. Beecake have hit the number one spot on the myspace unsigned charts within the UK several times and continue to regularly hold a position within the top 10 unsigned bands in the UK, in various genres. They also continue to hold a respectable position within the myspace worldwide-unsigned charts. After playing shows in Glasgow, London and Los Angeles among others, Beecake began to get the bug for playing live and throughout the remainder of 2007 gathered a very dedicated live audience. Interest in the music press began to grow after several demo tracks were played on various radio shows including X-FM Scotland’s X Posure Show and BBC Radio Scotland. In mid 2007 Beecake again visited the recording studio craving the need to record some of their new songs (Cava studios based in the west end of Glasgow) and very successfully began to produce, develop and create a sound and feel that they knew was the way forward for the band. They recorded four new tracks, Radio, Ball Of Earth, In My Arms and Something’s Wrong, which became instant hits at their live shows and on their myspace player. The band continue to produce strong tracks that would easily stand up along side anything that is currently being produced today by more established signed artists. Beecake have to date also played live along with such artists as Sandi Thom, Amy McDonald and Eddie Reader and easily held their own and have opened for the recently revived Big Country at the end of December 2007 as well as headlining King Tuts in Glasgow in January 2008. Beecake have also recorded exclusive live acoustic sessions for X-FM Scotland and BBC Radio Pudsey showcasing the bands strong harmonies and vocal ranges among stripped down versions of their songs and are currently penned in for several festivals over the forthcoming summer including The Wickerman Festival 08. Beecake are a band not willing to stand still and rest on their laurels and have recently entered the studio yet again in March 2008 and recorded some brand new material, which they have an extensive back catalogue of waiting patiently to be recorded.

Personal life

Aside from his musical aspirations, Boyd is an avid surfer, which stems from his time spent surfing in New Zealand during the production for Lord of the Rings. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island ^[2] He also holds a Grade 7 in foil fencing and a Phase 4 rank in both Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Kali. Jeet Kune Do ( Chinese: 截[[Wiktionary 拳|拳]] 道 Cantonese: Jitkyùndou Pinyin: Jiéquándào, lit ^[3]

He currently owns a house in Glasgow with his wife, Ali McKinnon. Fulda (ˈfʊlda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district ( Kreis Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom On 26 April 2006, he and Mckinnon welcomed their first child, son Jack William Boyd. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[4]

Boyd has a tattoo of the Elvish word for "nine", 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. A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of Skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons Elvish languages are Constructed languages used typically by elves in a Fantasy setting The Fellowship of the Ring, or Company of the Ring, as described in the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, which bears the same name is 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. Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28 1981) is an American Actor. Sean Astin (born February 25, 1971) is an American Film Actor, director, and Oscar -nominated producer best Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959 is an English Film and stage Actor. Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939 is an English stage and screen actor the Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is an English Actor. Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr (born October 20 1958 is a Golden Globe - and Academy Award -nominated Danish American Theater and movie Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English Actor. John Rhys-Davies (born May 5, 1944) is a British Actor and vocal actor born in England ^[5]

He remains close with Lord of the Rings co-star Dominic Monaghan and they have written a script together but at the moment there are no plans for it to be made.

Filmography

• Stone of Destiny (film) (2008) as Bill Craig
• Empty (2008) as Tony (TV series on the BBC)
• Ecstasy (2008) as Woodsy
• Shoe at your Foot (2008)
• The Best Years (2008) as Emmet
• Save Angel Hope (2007) as Vince Sandhurst
• Glenn (2007) as Jack
• Dominator X (2007) as Shiro/Dominator voice (animated)
• The Flying Scotsman (2006) as Malky
• Save Angel Hope (2006) as Vince
• Midsummer Dream (2005) voice of Puck
• On a Clear Day (2005) as Danny
• Instant Credit (2004) as Frankie
• Seed of Chucky (2004) as the voice of Glen/Glenda
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) as Peregrin Took
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) as Barrett Bonden
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Peregrin Took
• Sniper470 (2002) as the Sniper
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Peregrin Took
• Julie and the Cadillacs (1999) as Jimmy Campbell
• Urban Ghost Story (1998) as the loan shark
• The Soldier's Leap (1998) as the postman

References

External links

• Billy Boyd at the Internet Movie Database
• Billy Boyd's official site
• Beecake's official site
• The Flying Scotsman movie (unofficial site)

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