Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1968-08-28
- Works
- 3
Top works
- It Can't Be Luck
- Father's Secret
- A Pioneer Church in the Oconee Territory
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Film & TV
Acting · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Billy Boyd (born 28 August 1968) is a Scottish actor and musician most widely known for playing the character Peregrin "Pippin" Took in the film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and Barret Bonden in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Boyd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of…
Known for
- Warlord — The Sheriff2025
- Dog Man — Seamus (voice)2025
- The Wingfeather Saga: The Journey Begins — The Overseer (voice)2025
- Billy & Dom Eat the World — Self2025
- JAMES & Co — Self - Video message2025
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim — Shank (voice)2024
- Pirates: Behind the Legends — Narrator (voice)2024
- Living with Chucky — Self2022
- Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight — Edgar / Crewman 1 (voice)2022
- The Legend of Vox Machina — Garmelie (voice)2022
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 84,040
- Total plays
- 782,288
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Billy Boyd, born 28th of August,1968 in Glasgow, is a Scottish actor. He is most widely known for playing Peregrin Took in the film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings trilogy between 2001 to 2003, as well as Barrett Bonden in Peter Weir's film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World in 2003, which also starred Paul Bettany and Russell Crowe. He and his sister Margaret were raised by their grandmother after their parents died. In 1984, aged 16, he appeared in local musical company Thea
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Convex Optimization
· 2004 · cited 40,505x
- Linear Matrix Inequalities in System and Control Theory
· 1994 · cited 15,110x
- Distributed Optimization and Statistical Learning via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers
· 2011 · cited 14,310x
- NIA‐AA Research Framework: Toward a biological definition of Alzheimer's disease
· 2018 · cited 9,250x
- Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
· 2007 · cited 8,490x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Nathan Boyd , ( 1968-08-28 ) 28 August 1968 (age 57) , Glasgow , Scotland
- Alma mater
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Occupations
- Actor musician
- Years active
- 1996–present
- Spouse
- Alison McKinnon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 29 December 2010</span>"}]]}'>2010 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 28 August 1968
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Billy
- Family name
- Boyd
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Glasgow
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.beecake.com
Article
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).
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