Editing Billy Boyd (section)

===Acting===
Boyd started his career appearing in ''[[Taggart]]'' (1996), ''The Soldier's Leap'' (1998), and ''[[Urban Ghost Story]]'' (1998). He also appeared in the 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland production of ''Caledonia Dreaming'' by David Greig in 1997. His breakthrough, and most notable acting role, was [[Peregrin Took|Peregrin "Pippin" Took]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy]], from 2001 to 2003. Boyd wrote the melody for and sang the song "[[A Walking Song|The Edge of Night]]", which was featured in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lordoftherings-soundtrack.com/ |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Complete Recordings Box Set |website=lordoftherings-soundtrack.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621102435/http://www.lordoftherings-soundtrack.com/ |archive-date=21 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The song was later used over the trailer for ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' (2014), the final film in the [[The Hobbit (film series)|''Hobbit'' trilogy]]. Boyd also wrote and performed the song "The Last Goodbye", which is played during the ending credits of the film.<ref name="thelastgoodbye" />

In 2004, he starred as Glen and Glenda, [[Chucky (Child's Play)|Chucky]]'s ([[Brad Dourif]]) and [[Tiffany Valentine|Tiffany]]'s ([[Jennifer Tilly]]) offsprings in the ''[[Child's Play (franchise)|Child's Play]]'' film ''[[Seed of Chucky]]''. He has also made a cameo appearance in the popular Scottish comedy ''[[Still Game]]'' in the second episode of the first series.

As well as being a screen actor, he also appears on the stage. Boyd has been in several plays; including ''San Diego'' and ''The Ballad of Crazy Paola''. He performed at the [[Dundee Repertory Theatre]] in the role of Davie in ''[[Sunshine on Leith (musical)|Sunshine on Leith]]'', as well as in ''Long Hong Jimmy'', in which he was the lead actor. He also starred (2007) as Richard MacDuff in the BBC Radio adaptation of the book: ''Dirk Gently′s Holistic Detective Agency'' written by [[Douglas Adams]].

In 2011, his feature film ''Glenn, the Flying Robot'' was shown in the [[Dawn Breakers International Film Festival]], and was followed by a [[Netflix]] release. In June 2012, he appeared on stage as the voice of the guide in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' live radio show. In 2013, Boyd played [[Banquo]] in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Macbeth]]'', at the [[Shakespeare's Globe]] alongside [[Joseph Millson]] and [[Samantha Spiro]].

Boyd together with fellow ''The Lord of the Rings'' castmates [[Sean Astin]], [[Sean Bean]], [[Orlando Bloom]], [[Ian McKellen]], [[Dominic Monaghan]], [[Viggo Mortensen]], [[Miranda Otto]], [[John Rhys-Davies]], [[Andy Serkis]], [[Liv Tyler]], [[Karl Urban]], and [[Elijah Wood]], plus writer [[Philippa Boyens]] and director [[Peter Jackson]] on 31 May 2020 joined [[Josh Gad]]'s [[YouTube]] series ''Reunited Apart'' which reunites the cast of popular movies through video-conferencing, and promotes donations to non-profit charities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/actor-josh-gad-reunites-stars-of-lord-of-the-rings-while-raising-money-for-kids-in-need/|title=Actor Josh Gad reunites stars of "Lord of the Rings" while raising money for kids in need|website=Cbsnews.com|date=June 2020 |access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

In 2022, he reprised his ''Child's Play'' role in the [[Chucky (season 2)|second season]] finale of the television series ''[[Chucky (TV series)|Chucky]]'', titled "Chucky Actually", as a merged incarnation of Glen and Glenda Tilly, known as G.G. Valentine.

He made his stage debut in 2024 with ''The Lord of the Rings'' castmate Dominic Monaghan in the Canadian production of Tom Stoppard's ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maga |first=Carly |date=25 May 2023 |title=Merry and Pippin are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern |url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/dominic-monaghan-billy-boyd-rosencrantz-and-guildenstern-are-dead-1.6853764 |access-date=26 February 2024 |work=CBC}}</ref>