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Billy Boyd and Sophie Skelton in Outlander (2014)

Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, and Dominic Monaghan in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Billy Boyd in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Billy Boyd in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, John Rhys-Davies, and Hugo Weaving in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Ian McKellen and Billy Boyd in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Craig Parker, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, John Rhys-Davies, and Karl Urban in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Ben Fransham, Dominic Monaghan, John Rhys-Davies, Chris Streeter, Clinton Ulyatt, Sala Baker, Lee Hartley, Victoria Beynon-Cole, Lance Fabian Kemp, Semi Kuresa, Sam La Hood, Paul Bryson, Phil Grieve, Jono Manks, Jonathan Jordan, Thomas McGinty, Kate O'Rourke, David J. Muzzerall, Steve Reinsfield, Robert Young, Mana Hira Davis, Winham Hammond, James Waterhouse-Brown, Lani Jackson, Sharon Maxwell, John Turner, Ben Price, and Rachel Clentworth in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Ian McKellen, Billy Boyd, Mark Ferguson, Lawrence Makoare, and Brent McIntyre in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Billy Boyd in And Now for Something Different (2015)

Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Boyd in The Flying Scotsman (2006)

Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Craig Parker, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Billy Boyd and John Noble in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Geoff Allen, David Aston, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Karl Urban, Walter Walsh, Sam Kelly, Mana Hira Davis, Aron Eastwood, Winham Hammond, Kirk Maxwell, Ben Britton, Richard Edge, Greg Ellis, Clint Carleton, Charlie McDermott, Daniel Andrews, Ken Stratton, Steve McCleary, Francis Mountjoy, Ron Kerkmeester, Mikel Taylor, Ralph Johnson, Rowan Fordham, Fraser Hesketh, Davey Hughes, Michael Fowler, Michael Harrison, James Bennett, Wayne Phillips, Alan Perry, Alessio Cavatore, and Michael Perry in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Russell Crowe, Billy Boyd, Chris Larkin, and Ian Mercer in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Robert Carlyle, Billy Boyd, Kate Mara, and Charlie Cox in Stone of Destiny (2008)

Steven Berkoff and Billy Boyd in The Flying Scotsman (2006)

Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, John Noble, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, and Turner

Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, and Billy Boyd at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, and Andy Serkis at an event for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Billy Boyd at an event for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan at an event for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Billy Boyd was born in 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Mary and William Boyd. The talented young boy, inspired by Star Wars to try acting, got his first taste of it in his school's production of Oliver Twist when he was 10. Boyd's parents were extremely supportive, driving over two hours to get him to the performances, but sadly they passed away when he was 12. He was thereafter raised by his grandmother. He realized that he enjoyed acting very much and told his school counselor that was what he wanted to be, but the counselor discouraged this choice and told him to "keep it secret". When he was 17 he left school and went to work in a book-binding workshop. He worked there 4 years as an apprentice and 2 years as a workman. Ironically, during the years he worked at the book-binders, the Lord of the Rings trilogy was printed and bound there, many copies bound by his hands. After the 6 years as a book-binder, he was thoroughly sick of it. Billy planned on going to America for a year, but before he went he called the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and asked about applying for when he got back. But it so happened that they still had space for that year and they asked him if he wanted to apply and he did. He was at the drama school in a 3-year course for his bachelor of arts degree, meanwhile studying everything from Shakespeare to puppet-making. During this time Billy had a few small roles in TV series such as "Down Amongst The Boys" and "Taggart". After graduating he performed in many plays like 'The Slab Boys', 'The Diary of Adrian Mole' etc. at The St. Andrews theatre which were his first paying roles. He then received a call from his agent about the Lord of the Rings movies and if he would like to audition for them. He went along not expecting much, but within a few months Peter Jackson came out to Scotland to meet him and to audition him personally. While rehearsing for a show he received a call from his agent who said that the part of Pippin had been offered to him - if he wanted it. The rest is history.

Billy Boyd at an event for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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