Darren Boyd
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Darren Boyd (born 30 January 1971 in Hastings) is a British actor. He began acting at age 17 in amateur theatre. He is a classically trained singer. He is 6'4" tall.
[edit] Acting Career
Darren was cast in London’s West End production of Les Miserables in 1996 where he met Chris Langham, who re-wrote a lead role for Darren to co-star in the BBC comedy sitcom Kiss Me Kate (1998), opposite Amanda Holden. Kiss Me Kate ran for three years and established Darren as new comedy talent in the UK. This led to starring roles in popular British comedies such as Hippies (1999) and Smack the Pony (1999),
In 2001, Darren and Victoria Pile creator of Smack The Pony, collaborated on a new show Los Dos Bros, a quirky, off-beat sitcom which explored physical comedy in the vein of Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy. Darren was co-creator, co-writer and winner of a Silver Rose for Best Sitcom at Montreux 2002. During this time Darren was cast as Ben Radfield in NBC ensemble comedy Watching Ellie produced by and starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Other cast included Steve Carell and Peter Stormare.
Other overseas work includes two seasons in the Canadian comedy The Jane Show as the highly-strung, right-wing Republican, Walton.
Upon returning to the UK, Darren has once again been appearing in top British television, including Dr. Jake Leaf in the second series of Green Wing (2006), Jonathon, opposite Steve Coogan in the second series of BBC’S Saxondale Haratio in Channel 4 Comedy Showcase "Ladies and Gentlemen (TV series)" written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong and ITV pilot "Bike Squad" .
To be broadcast in Spring 2008 is "May Contain Nuts", also for ITV.
Darren has also done a series of dramatic roles such as The Legend of the Tamworth Two (2004), Love Soup (2005) "Christmas At The Riviera" for ITV and Canadian TV series ReGenesis.
Feature films include High Heels and Low Lifes (2002) Imagine Me & You (2005) and Magicians (2007).
