Billy Boyd

Actor
UK







Biography:
Billy Boyd was born in Glasgow Scotland where he began his acting and music career. Billy graduated from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Throughout his artistic life Billy has focused on both acting and music (composing and singing) with significant success. His initial acting began on the Scottish stage, St. Andrews Repertory hired Billy for their production of The Slab Boys and followed to play the title role in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. He has performed in several Shakespearean including playing Banquo in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London followed by the film. In the fall of 1998 Billy was cast in the role of Pippin Peter Jackson's Trilogy of Lord Of The Rings. The New Line Cinema's Trilogy shot over 18 months in New Zealand The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, finally The Return of the King. Billy's character sublimely combined drama and comedy that clearly enriched the film and his career. He also wrote and performed the stirring song "Edge of Night" in Return of the King in a Wonderful sequence with John Noble. When Peter Jackson shot the Hobbit Trilogy he brought Billy back to write and perform the closing song for the Trilogy "The Last Goodbye" was played over the final credits of The Hobbit: The Battle Of Five Armies. To follow with his music Billy Created the Bee Cake Band that has had world wide success. Billy has gone on to work with serious actors in interesting films and significant television. Some of his television appearances have been Moby Dick, The Simpsons, Grey's Anatomy, Outlander which he recurred, Hollywood (Playing Noel Coward,) and just completed Doom Patrol. Billy did a guest role in Motive where here was nominated for a Canadian Academy award. To name a few of the Motion Pictures he starred in are Peter Weir's Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World with Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. Stone of Destiny with Robert Carlyle and Kate Mara. Forger with Alfred Molina, Hayden Panettiere and Lauren Bacall. Most recently Billy starred with Edward James Olmos, George Lopez, and Kathleen Quinlan in Walking With Herb.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2026
- Comic-Con: The Cruise 2026 - January 30 - February 3, 2026 in Departing from Tampa, FL, USA 2024
- Winnipeg Comiccon 2024 - October 25-27, 2024 in Winnipeg, MB
- Terror Con 2024 - September 27-29, 2024 in Marlborough, MA, USA
- FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention 2024 - September 26-28, 2024 in Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Ottawa Comiccon 2024 - September 6-8, 2024 in Ottawa, ON
- Dragon Con 2024 - August 29 - September 2, 2024 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Comic Con Brussels 2024 - May 11-12, 2024 in Bruxelles, Belgium
- Comic Con Liverpool 2024 - May 4-5, 2024 in Liverpool, UK
- Fan Expo Cleveland 2024 - April 12-14, 2024 in Cleveland, OH, USA
- Fan Expo New Orleans 2024 - January 5-7, 2024 in New Orleans, LA, USA 2023
- L.A. Comic Con 2023 - December 1-3, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Fan Expo San Francisco 2023 - November 24-26, 2023 in San Francisco, CA, USA
- Tampa Bay Comic Convention 2023 - July 28-30, 2023 in Tampa, FL, USA
- Montreal Comiccon 2023 - July 14-16, 2023 in Montreal, QC
- Fanboy Expo Knoxville 2023 - July 7-9, 2023 in Knoxville, TN, USA
- ATL Comic Convention 2023 - February 24-26, 2023 in Atlanta, GA, USA 2022
- German Comic Con Dortmund Winter 2022 - December 3-4, 2022 in Dortmund, Germany
- FACTS 2022 - October 22-23, 2022 in Ghent, Belgium
- Fan Expo Canada 2022 - August 25-28, 2022 in Toronto, ON
- Fan Expo Boston 2022 - August 12-14, 2022 in Boston, MA, USA
- Fan Expo Chicago 2022 - July 7-10, 2022 in Rosemont, IL, USA
- Fan Expo Denver 2022 - July 1-3, 2022 in Denver, CO, USA
- Fan Expo Dallas 2022 - June 17-19, 2022 in Dallas, TX, USA
- MegaCon Orlando 2022 - May 19-22, 2022 in Orlando, FL, USA
- Calgary Expo 2022 - April 21-24, 2022 in Calgary, AB 2021
- Wales Comic Con: Telford Takeover 2021 - November 20-21, 2021 in Telford, UK
- Winnipeg Comiccon 2021 - October 29-31, 2021 in Winnipeg, MB
- Indiana Comic Convention 2021 - October 15-17, 2021 in Indianapolis, IN, USA
Fan Expo Dallas 2021 - September 17-19, 2021 in Dallas, TX, USACancelled Appearance- Rose City Comic Con 2021 - September 10-12, 2021 in Portland, OR, USA
- Awesome Con 2021 - August 20-22, 2021 in Washington, DC, USA
MegaCon Orlando 2021 - August 12-15, 2021 in Orlando, FL, USACancelled Appearance 2020FanExpo Canada 2020 - August 27-30, 2020 in Toronto, ONConvention CancelledFan Expo Boston 2020 - August 7-9, 2020 in Boston, MA, USAConvention CancelledComic Con Seoul 2020 - August 6-9, 2020 in Seoul, South KoreaConvention CancelledFan Expo Dallas 2020 - June 19-21, 2020 in Dallas, TX, USAConvention CancelledCalgary Expo 2020 - April 23-26, 2020 in Calgary, ABConvention PostponedMegaCon Orlando 2020 - April 16-19, 2020 in Orlando, FL, USAConvention PostponedFan Expo Dallas 2020 - March 27-29, 2020 in Dallas, TX, USAConvention Postponed 2019- Shanghai Comic Convention 2019 - November 23-25, 2019 in Shanghai, China
- New York Comic Con 2019 - October 3-6, 2019 in New York, NY, USA
- German Castle Con 2019 - August 24-25, 2019 in Solingen, Germany
- Warsaw Comic Con 2019 - May 31 - June 2, 2019 in Nadarzyn, Poland
- HorrorHound Weekend - Cincinnati 2019 - March 15-17, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH, USA 2018
- Rhode Island Comic Con 2018 - November 2-4, 2018 in Providence, RI, USA
- Hal-Con 2018 - October 26-28, 2018 in Halifax, NS
- German Comic Con Berlin 2018 - October 20-21, 2018 in Berlin, Germany
- Wizard World Comic Con Tulsa 2018 - September 7-9, 2018 in Tulsa, OK, USA
- Colorado Springs Comic Con 2018 - August 24-26, 2018 in Colorado Springs, CO, USA
- Wizard World Comic Con Columbus 2018 - June 8-10, 2018 in Columbus, OH, USA
- Wizard World Comic Con Philadelphia 2018 - May 17-20, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ottawa Comiccon 2018 - May 11-13, 2018 in Ottawa, ONCancelled Appearance- Wizard World Comic Con Portland 2018 - April 13-15, 2018 in Portland, OR, USA
- Wizard World Comic Con St. Louis 2018 - February 2-4, 2018 in St. Louis, MO, USA 2017
- Comiccon de Québec 2017 - October 14-15, 2017 in Québec, QC
- Forest City Comicon 2017 - September 23, 2017 in London, ON
- Comic Con Amsterdam 2017 - September 2-3, 2017 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Wizard World Comic Con Chicago 2017 - August 24-27, 2017 in Rosemont, IL, USA
- Silicon Valley Comic Con 2017 - April 21-23, 2017 in San Jose, CA, USA 2016
- Rose City Comic Con 2016 - September 10-11, 2016 in Portland, OR, USA
- Salt Lake Comic Con 2016 - September 1-3, 2016 in Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Wales Comic Con 2016 - April 23-24, 2016 in Wrexham, UK 2015
- Ottawa Comiccon 2015 - May 8-10, 2015 in Ottawa, ON 2004
- London Film & Comic Con 2004 - March 6-7, 2004 in London, UK
54 confirmed guest appearances