He plays drums, bass, and guitar, and si... ngs baritone and tenor. Boyd was discussing his latest do at Scotland's noteworthy Examine Theater, when he heard that he landed a coveted and speed-changing role in The Lord of the Rings trilogy: complete more great accomplishment in an already able career. Boyd was born in 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland, where he still lives today. He adored escaping to the movies as a infant.

After multiple viewings of George Lucas' Celestial Wars, Boyd reasoned that if he could not truly be a Jedi Knight, he capacity as proper be an actor. At ten years old, he played the Astute Dodger in his Alma Mater's variation of Oliver Crotchet and was hooked. Fully high school, he performed in amateur productions at the limited ingenuity center and in annual Christmas shows. Yet, a cynical school guidance counselor coerced Boyd to briefly abandon his zeal.

After graduation, he became an apprentice bookbinder at a publishing house. Boyd compelled books as a remedy for six years, making good friends with his colleagues and spending his nights singing with a band on the Glasgow pub circuit. When he realized that he desired a change, he applied to acting manner. Boyd's audition tape marked the foremost measure he acted in six years; nevertheless he was accepted into a selective three-year, acting-intensive diploma program at the Viscount Scottish Academy of Music and Screenplay for the upcoming semester.

In his head term, he learned to unequalled his voice and movement. In his , he performed in Shakespeare, Chekov, comedies, musicals, and uniform pantomimes. He earned esplanade-on roles on several television shows, and just a speaking depart on Scotland's Taggart. Shortly before graduation, St. Andrews Repertory hired Boyd in compensation their origination of The Slab Boys, and to play the documentation of ownership role in The Secretive Diary of Adrian Mole. He has acted steadily ever since, performing in several Shakespearean and various modern plays, including the U.K. tour of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. He added four BBC Radio programs to his credit, and appeared in his first mainstream vapour, Jason Connery's Urban Ghost Life story (1998). He also displayed his singing and drumming talents in the cult musical Julie and the Cadillacs (1999), in which he played the Scottish drummer of an English bind during the '60s. In the accept diminish of 1998, Boyd auditioned for The The Almighty of the Rings trilogy, New Line Cinema's massive three-film screen reworking of J.R.R. Tolkien's books. After convention with director Peter Jackson, Boyd defeated over a hundred actors for the principal role of Pippin Took and flew to New Zealand for the trilogy's 18-month shoot. Pippin is as gutsy as he is scatterbrained, and as stout-hearted as he is afraid.

The goodness appears in all three films -- The Companionship of the Brotherhood (2001), The Two Towers (2002), The Return of the Monarch (2003) -- making Boyd an instant celebrity. After completing The Lord of the Rings, Boyd straight away rejoined the theater. However one month forward of the flatten junkets began for the purpose the trilogy's primary installment, he performed in the Traverse Theater's rock & uncurl production The Ballad of Keen on Paola. Besides being named as at one of Scotland's most eligible males, Boyd completed a comedy screenplay with ally hobbit Dominic Monaghan, and launched his decorous website.