Six years as a bookbinder preceded Billy Boyd's rise to worldwide fame as Peregrin 'Pippin' Took in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003). Born in Glasgow in 1968 and orphaned in his early teens, the Scottish actor and musician trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and cut his teeth on Taggart and Scottish stages before Middle-earth called. His musical side r…
