Editing Billy Boyd (section)

==Early life==
Boyd was born in [[Glasgow]], to William and Mary Boyd,<ref name=filmref>{{cite web |url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/15/Billy-Boyd.html |title=Billy Boyd Biography (1968–) |publisher=FilmReference.com |access-date=12 September 2017 |archive-date=8 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908021243/http://www.filmreference.com/film/15/Billy-Boyd.html |url-status=live}}</ref> who both died a year apart when Boyd was in his early teens.<ref name="boyd up">{{cite news |last=Spencer |first=Liese |title=Boyd Up |newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |date=14 August 2005 |url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=959&id=1765102005 |access-date=4 June 2007 |archive-date=4 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104172001/http://www.scotsman.com/news/boyd-up-1-1403031 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> <!--He was brought up, along with his elder sister Margaret, by their grandmother. In 1984, at the age of 16, he appeared in local musical company [[Theatre Guild, Glasgow]]'s production of ''Hans Andersen''.--> He worked as a bookbinder for six years before pursuing an acting career. After graduating from the [[Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama]], he went on to perform with St Andrews Repertory and the Traverse Theatre.<ref name="boyd up" />