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Billy Boyd. Actor: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. 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.
- January 1, 1
- 1.69 m
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
His breakthrough, and most notable acting role, was Peregrin "Pippin" Took in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, from 2001 to 2003. Boyd wrote the melody for and sang the song "The Edge of Night", which was featured in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Billy Boyd. Actor: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. 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.
- August 28, 1968
- Lisa de Los Reyes
- Elijah Wood (Frodo) Despite his short stature, the ringbearer Frodo casts a long shadow, and continues to be the role Wood is most identified with. But the onetime child actor hasn’t been resting on his laurels: The very year after the release of Return of the King, Wood appeared in the Oscar-winning film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) as Patrick, who uses the memories of Jim Carrey’s Joel to try to seduce Kate Winslet’s Clementine.
- Sean Astin (Sam) The Goonies star, who in LOTR played Frodo’s loyal gardener turned unlikely hero, followed up the trilogy with a supporting role in Showtime’s postapocalyptic series Jeremiah and a big-screen turn in Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore rom-com 50 First Dates (2004).
- Ian McKellen (Gandalf) The two-time Oscar nominee (including a nod for supporting actor as the gray-bearded wizard Gandalf in Fellowship of the Ring) may be in his mid-80s now, but age hasn’t slowed him down a bit.
- Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) Mortensen, who played the heroic ranger Strider turned King Aragorn in the trilogy, followed Return of the King with a not-far-removed role in Hidalgo (2004), as a cowboy in a horse race.
Dec 14, 2014 · Billy Boyd is best known as Pippin the Hobbit from the "Lord of the Ring's" movies. But under the curly week and prosthetic ears is a musician, and the front man for the band Beecake....
Nov 25, 2022 · “I have seen it. I liked it very much,” Boyd told SYFY WIRE of his response to The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, not long before the Nov. 23 Season 2 finale of Chucky, which finds him reprising the voice role of G.G. (aka Glen and Glenda) that Boyd first debuted way back in the 2004 slasher Seed of Chucky.
Jul 28, 2021 · From naked hobbits to weeping hobbits, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd discuss their new podcast The Friendship Onion and some of their favorite moments filming The Lord of the Rings.
