Darren John Boyd was born on 30 January 1971 and is a British actor who starred in the Sky 1 series Spy, for which he won a BAFTA Award.
13 Facts About Darren Boyd
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Darren Boyd moved to London in his mid-20s, where he continued to work in theatre until being cast in Kiss Me Kate for the BBC in 1998.
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Darren Boyd co-starred in the BBC comedy Kiss Me Kate, which ran for three years.
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Darren Boyd returned to the UK in 2005 and took on characters such as Dr Jake Leaf in the second series of Green Wing, and as Jonathan in Steve Coogan's Saxondale.
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Darren Boyd starred as Bib in the BBC series Whites and co-starred in the BBC Four drama Dirk Gently playing Dirk Gently's business partner Richard MacDuff.
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Darren Boyd starred in two ITV dramas, Case Sensitive, a series adapted from Sophie Hannah's novel Point of Rescue alongside Olivia Williams and three-part drama The Guilty.
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In 2014, Darren Boyd was reunited with his Watching Ellie costar Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a guest appearance on her HBO series Veep in the episode "Special Relationship".
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Darren Boyd was part of the ensemble cast of Sky Atlantic drama series Fortitude, which premiered simultaneously in the UK and US in early 2015 playing Markus Huseklepp.
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Darren Boyd appeared opposite Idris Elba in the fourth series of Luther for the BBC and James Nesbitt in Stan Lee's Lucky Man, a Sky 1 television series.
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In early 2018, Darren Boyd played Frank Haleton in the British BBC drama series Killing Eve.
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In late 2019, Darren Boyd provided the voice of Mr Brown in The Adventures of Paddington which began airing on the Nick Jr.
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Darren Boyd starred as a reluctant arms dealer in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Safety Catch.
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Darren Boyd co-starred in ElvenQuest, another Radio 4 sitcom, as Vidar the Elf Lord.