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Darren Boyd

Actor

Darren Boyd is a BAFTA award winning actor most recently seen in WE MIGHT REGRET THIS for Roughcut TV & BBC, THE OUTLAWS for BBC / Amazon Studios and TRYING for Apple TV+  

Boyd recently finished shooting DOWN CEMETERY ROAD for Apple TV+ and will film series two of WE MIGHT REGRET THIS and series five of TRYING in Summer 2025. 

Other notable works include Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s critically acclaimed series KILLING EVE, seasons 1, 2 & 3 of FORTITUDE for Sky Atlantic, seasons 1,2 & 3 of Stan Lee’s LUCKY MAN for Sky 1 and  LUTHER for BBC1.

Credits

FEATURE FILM
Production (role):
ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA
Company:
Baby Cow Films
Project details:
Dir. Declan Lowney
Production (role):
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD (Mr Murdstone)
Company:
Free Range Films
Project details:
Dir. Armando Iannucci
Production (role):
WORLD'S END
Company:
Working Title
Project details:
Dir. Edgar Wright
Production (role):
FOUR LIONS
Company:
Warp / Film 4
Project details:
Dir. Chris Morris
Production (role):
MAGICIANS
Company:
Intermedia / Objective
Project details:
Dir. Andrew O’Connor
Production (role):
iMAGINE ME AND YOU
Company:
Fox Searchlight / Cougar Films
Project details:
Dir. Ol Parker
Production (role):
HIGH HEELS AND LOW LIVES
Company:
Fragile Films / Buena Vista
Project details:
Dir. Mel Smith
TELEVISION
Production (role):
DOWN CEMETERY ROAD (C)
Company:
Apple TV+
Project details:
Dir. Natalie Bailey
Production (role):
WE MIGHT REGRET THIS (Abe)
Company:
Roughcut TV / BBC / Village Roadshow Television
Project details:
Dir. Nick Collett
Production (role):
THE OUTLAWS 1-3 (John)
Company:
Big Talk Productions
Project details:
Dir. Stephen Merchant
Production (role):
SOULMATES (Peter)
Company:
AMC Studios
Project details:
Dir. Various
Production (role):
THE SALISBURY POISONINGS (Dave Minty)
Company:
Dancing Ledge Productions for BBC2
Project details:
Dir. Saul Dibb
Production (role):
FOR LIFE (Peter)
Company:
AMC/Fearless Minds
Project details:
Dir. Rob Savage
Production (role):
TRYING 1-4 (Scott)
Company:
BBC Studios
Project details:
Dir. Jim o'Hanlon
Production (role):
FULL MOON
Company:
Daybreak Pictures / C4
Project details:
Dir. Sean Gray
Production (role):
FLACK (Jeremy)
Company:
KTV & POP TV
Project details:
Dir. George Kane
Production (role):
FORTITUDE 1, 2 & 3
Company:
Tiger Aspect for Sky Atlantic
Project details:
Dir. Various
Production (role):
KILLING EVE (Frank)
Company:
Sid Gentle for BBC America
Project details:
Harry Bradbeer
Production (role):
LUCKY MAN 1, 2 & 3
Company:
Carnival / Sky 1
Project details:
Dirs. Andy de Emmony & Various
Production (role):
NATIONAL TREASURE
Company:
The Forge for Channel 4
Project details:
Dir. Marc Munden
Production (role):
LUTHER
Company:
BBC1
Project details:
Dir. Sam Miller
Production (role):
THE DELIVERY MAN
Company:
ITV
Project details:
Dir. Victoria Pile
Production (role):
VEEP
Company:
HBO
Project details:
Dir. Armando Iannucci
Production (role):
THE GUILTY
Company:
ITV
Project details:
Dir. Ed Bazalgette
Production (role):
DARREN BOYD'S LITTLE CRACKER
Company:
Sky
Project details:
Dir. Darren Boyd
Production (role):
SPY
Company:
Sky (Series 2)
Project details:
Dir. John Henderson
Production (role):
HOLY FLYING CIRCUS
Company:
BBC 4
Project details:
Dir. Owen Harris
Production (role):
SPY
Company:
Sky
Project details:
Dir. Ben Taylor

Winner BAFTA 2012 - Male Performance in a Comedy Programme
Winner of Comedy Award - Best Comedy Actor, 2011
Nominated for Best Comedy Performance - RTS Awards 2012
Production (role):
CASE SENSITIVE
Company:
ITV
Project details:
Dir. Charles Martin
Production (role):
TWENTY TWELVE
Company:
BBC 2
Project details:
Dir. John Morton
Production (role):
DIRKY GENTLY
Company:
BBC 4
Project details:
Dir. Damon Thomas
Production (role):
WHITES
Company:
BBC 2
Project details:
Dir. David Kerr
Production (role):
DAPPERS
Company:
Mammoth Screen
Project details:
Dir. Greg Fay
Production (role):
REV
Company:
Big Talk Productions
Project details:
Dir. Peter Cattaneo
Production (role):
ROYAL WEDDING
Company:
Tiger Aspect / BBC Television
Project details:
Dir. James Griffiths
Production (role):
THE AMAZING DERMOT
Company:
Roughcut / Channel 4
Project details:
Dir. Ash Atalla
Production (role):
WHITES
Company:
BBC Television
Project details:
Dir. Tristram Shapeero
Production (role):
PERSON AFFAIRS
Company:
2am / BBC Television
Project details:
Dir. Ashley Way
Production (role):
LITTLE DORRIT
Company:
BBC Television
Project details:
Dir. Dearbhla Walsh
Production (role):
MAY CONTAIN NUTS
Company:
Tiger Aspect / ITV 1
Project details:
Dir. John Henderson
Production (role):
CHRISTMAS AT THE RIVIERA
Company:
Carnival / ITV 1
Project details:
Dirs. Justin Sbresni & Mark Bussell
Production (role):
BIKE SQUAD
Company:
Hat Trick / ITV 1
Project details:
Dir. Guy Jenkin
Production (role):
SAXONDALE
Company:
Baby Cow / BBC 2 (Series 2)
Project details:
Dir. John Henderson
Production (role):
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
Company:
Talkback / Channel 4
Project details:
Dir. Becky Martin
Production (role):
MODERN MEN
Company:
Talkback / Channel 4 (Pilot)
Project details:
Dir. James Bobin
Production (role):
THE JANE SHOW
Company:
Shaftesbury Films (Series 1 & 2)
Project details:
Dir. George Bonbon
Production (role):
BROKEN NEWS
Company:
BBC (Series)
Project details:
Dir. John Morton
Production (role):
REGENESIS
Company:
Shaftesbury Films (Series 2)
Project details:
Dirs. John L'Ecuyer & Bruce Macdonald
Production (role):
GREENWING
Company:
Talkback / Channel 4 (Series 2)
Project details:
Dir. Tristram Shapeero
Production (role):
LOVE SOUP
Company:
BBC
Project details:
Dir. Chris Gernon
Production (role):
THE LEGEND OF THE TAMWORTH TWO
Company:
Box Television / BBC
Project details:
Dir. Metin Huseyin
Production (role):
WATCHING ELLIE
Company:
NBC (Series 1 & 2)
Project details:
Dir. Various
Production (role):
23 MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS IN THE LIFE OF ELEANOR RIGGS
Company:
Carsey-Werner / NBC / Radford Productions (Pilot)
Project details:
Dir. Ken Kwapis
Production (role):
SMACK THE PONY
Company:
Talkback / Channel 4 (Series 3)
Project details:
Dir. Steve Connelly
Production (role):
FAIRY GODFATHER
Company:
BBC Television
Project details:
Dir. David Garfath
Production (role):
THE JURY
Company:
Granada Television
Project details:
Dir. Peter Travis
Production (role):
LOS DOS BROS (Co-Creator / Co-Writer)
Company:
Talkback / Channel 4 (Series)
Project details:
Dir. John Henderson

Winner of a Silver Rose for Best Sitcom at Montreux 2002
Production (role):
KISS ME KATE
Company:
Carlton / BBC (Series 3)
Project details:
Dir. Nick Wood
Production (role):
HIPPIES
Company:
Talkback / BBC
Project details:
Dir. Martin Dennis
Production (role):
CHANNEL 4 COMEDY LAB - 'LOS DOS BROS'
Company:
Talkback / Channel 4
Project details:
Dir. Victoria Pile
Production (role):
SMACK THE PONY
Company:
Talkback (Series 1 & 2)
Project details:
Dir. Victoria Pile

Winner of the 2000 International Emmy for Best Popular Arts Programme
Production (role):
KISS ME KATE
Company:
Carlton / BBC (Series 1 & 2)
Project details:
Dir. John Stroud
THEATRE
Production (role):
MR KOLPERT
Company:
Royal Court
Project details:
Dir. Richard Wilson
Production (role):
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
Company:
Outsider Productions
Project details:
Dir. Terry Johnson
Production (role):
LES MISERABLES
Company:
Palace Theatre, London
Project details:
Dir. Shaun Kerrison
AWARDS
Date: 2012
Production (role):
BAFTA
Project details:
Winner - Male Performance in a Comedy Programme (SPY)
Date: 2011
Production (role):
Comedy Award
Project details:
Winner - Best Comedy Actor (SPY)
Date: 2012
Production (role):
RTS Awards
Project details:
Nominated - Best Comedy Performance (SPY)

Credits

  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA
    Company: Baby Cow Films
    Project details: Dir. Declan Lowney
  • Production (role): THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD (Mr Murdstone)
    Company: Free Range Films
    Project details: Dir. Armando Iannucci
  • Production (role): WORLD'S END
    Company: Working Title
    Project details: Dir. Edgar Wright
  • Production (role): FOUR LIONS
    Company: Warp / Film 4
    Project details: Dir. Chris Morris
  • Production (role): MAGICIANS
    Company: Intermedia / Objective
    Project details: Dir. Andrew O’Connor
  • Production (role): iMAGINE ME AND YOU
    Company: Fox Searchlight / Cougar Films
    Project details: Dir. Ol Parker
  • Production (role): HIGH HEELS AND LOW LIVES
    Company: Fragile Films / Buena Vista
    Project details: Dir. Mel Smith
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): DOWN CEMETERY ROAD (C)
    Company: Apple TV+
    Project details: Dir. Natalie Bailey
  • Production (role): WE MIGHT REGRET THIS (Abe)
    Company: Roughcut TV / BBC / Village Roadshow Television
    Project details: Dir. Nick Collett
  • Production (role): THE OUTLAWS 1-3 (John)
    Company: Big Talk Productions
    Project details: Dir. Stephen Merchant
  • Production (role): SOULMATES (Peter)
    Company: AMC Studios
    Project details: Dir. Various
  • Production (role): THE SALISBURY POISONINGS (Dave Minty)
    Company: Dancing Ledge Productions for BBC2
    Project details: Dir. Saul Dibb
  • Production (role): FOR LIFE (Peter)
    Company: AMC/Fearless Minds
    Project details: Dir. Rob Savage
  • Production (role): TRYING 1-4 (Scott)
    Company: BBC Studios
    Project details: Dir. Jim o'Hanlon
  • Production (role): FULL MOON
    Company: Daybreak Pictures / C4
    Project details: Dir. Sean Gray
  • Production (role): FLACK (Jeremy)
    Company: KTV & POP TV
    Project details: Dir. George Kane
  • Production (role): FORTITUDE 1, 2 & 3
    Company: Tiger Aspect for Sky Atlantic
    Project details: Dir. Various
  • Production (role): KILLING EVE (Frank)
    Company: Sid Gentle for BBC America
    Project details: Harry Bradbeer
  • Production (role): LUCKY MAN 1, 2 & 3
    Company: Carnival / Sky 1
    Project details: Dirs. Andy de Emmony & Various
  • Production (role): NATIONAL TREASURE
    Company: The Forge for Channel 4
    Project details: Dir. Marc Munden
  • Production (role): LUTHER
    Company: BBC1
    Project details: Dir. Sam Miller
  • Production (role): THE DELIVERY MAN
    Company: ITV
    Project details: Dir. Victoria Pile
  • Production (role): VEEP
    Company: HBO
    Project details: Dir. Armando Iannucci
  • Production (role): THE GUILTY
    Company: ITV
    Project details: Dir. Ed Bazalgette
  • Production (role): DARREN BOYD'S LITTLE CRACKER
    Company: Sky
    Project details: Dir. Darren Boyd
  • Production (role): SPY
    Company: Sky (Series 2)
    Project details: Dir. John Henderson
  • Production (role): HOLY FLYING CIRCUS
    Company: BBC 4
    Project details: Dir. Owen Harris
  • Production (role): SPY
    Company: Sky
    Project details: Dir. Ben Taylor

    Winner BAFTA 2012 - Male Performance in a Comedy Programme
    Winner of Comedy Award - Best Comedy Actor, 2011
    Nominated for Best Comedy Performance - RTS Awards 2012
  • Production (role): CASE SENSITIVE
    Company: ITV
    Project details: Dir. Charles Martin
  • Production (role): TWENTY TWELVE
    Company: BBC 2
    Project details: Dir. John Morton
  • Production (role): DIRKY GENTLY
    Company: BBC 4
    Project details: Dir. Damon Thomas
  • Production (role): WHITES
    Company: BBC 2
    Project details: Dir. David Kerr
  • Production (role): DAPPERS
    Company: Mammoth Screen
    Project details: Dir. Greg Fay
  • Production (role): REV
    Company: Big Talk Productions
    Project details: Dir. Peter Cattaneo
  • Production (role): ROYAL WEDDING
    Company: Tiger Aspect / BBC Television
    Project details: Dir. James Griffiths
  • Production (role): THE AMAZING DERMOT
    Company: Roughcut / Channel 4
    Project details: Dir. Ash Atalla
  • Production (role): WHITES
    Company: BBC Television
    Project details: Dir. Tristram Shapeero
  • Production (role): PERSON AFFAIRS
    Company: 2am / BBC Television
    Project details: Dir. Ashley Way
  • Production (role): LITTLE DORRIT
    Company: BBC Television
    Project details: Dir. Dearbhla Walsh
  • Production (role): MAY CONTAIN NUTS
    Company: Tiger Aspect / ITV 1
    Project details: Dir. John Henderson
  • Production (role): CHRISTMAS AT THE RIVIERA
    Company: Carnival / ITV 1
    Project details: Dirs. Justin Sbresni & Mark Bussell
  • Production (role): BIKE SQUAD
    Company: Hat Trick / ITV 1
    Project details: Dir. Guy Jenkin
  • Production (role): SAXONDALE
    Company: Baby Cow / BBC 2 (Series 2)
    Project details: Dir. John Henderson
  • Production (role): LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
    Company: Talkback / Channel 4
    Project details: Dir. Becky Martin
  • Production (role): MODERN MEN
    Company: Talkback / Channel 4 (Pilot)
    Project details: Dir. James Bobin
  • Production (role): THE JANE SHOW
    Company: Shaftesbury Films (Series 1 & 2)
    Project details: Dir. George Bonbon
  • Production (role): BROKEN NEWS
    Company: BBC (Series)
    Project details: Dir. John Morton
  • Production (role): REGENESIS
    Company: Shaftesbury Films (Series 2)
    Project details: Dirs. John L'Ecuyer & Bruce Macdonald
  • Production (role): GREENWING
    Company: Talkback / Channel 4 (Series 2)
    Project details: Dir. Tristram Shapeero
  • Production (role): LOVE SOUP
    Company: BBC
    Project details: Dir. Chris Gernon
  • Production (role): THE LEGEND OF THE TAMWORTH TWO
    Company: Box Television / BBC
    Project details: Dir. Metin Huseyin
  • Production (role): WATCHING ELLIE
    Company: NBC (Series 1 & 2)
    Project details: Dir. Various
  • Production (role): 23 MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS IN THE LIFE OF ELEANOR RIGGS
    Company: Carsey-Werner / NBC / Radford Productions (Pilot)
    Project details: Dir. Ken Kwapis
  • Production (role): SMACK THE PONY
    Company: Talkback / Channel 4 (Series 3)
    Project details: Dir. Steve Connelly
  • Production (role): FAIRY GODFATHER
    Company: BBC Television
    Project details: Dir. David Garfath
  • Production (role): THE JURY
    Company: Granada Television
    Project details: Dir. Peter Travis
  • Production (role): LOS DOS BROS (Co-Creator / Co-Writer)
    Company: Talkback / Channel 4 (Series)
    Project details: Dir. John Henderson

    Winner of a Silver Rose for Best Sitcom at Montreux 2002
  • Production (role): KISS ME KATE
    Company: Carlton / BBC (Series 3)
    Project details: Dir. Nick Wood
  • Production (role): HIPPIES
    Company: Talkback / BBC
    Project details: Dir. Martin Dennis
  • Production (role): CHANNEL 4 COMEDY LAB - 'LOS DOS BROS'
    Company: Talkback / Channel 4
    Project details: Dir. Victoria Pile
  • Production (role): SMACK THE PONY
    Company: Talkback (Series 1 & 2)
    Project details: Dir. Victoria Pile

    Winner of the 2000 International Emmy for Best Popular Arts Programme
  • Production (role): KISS ME KATE
    Company: Carlton / BBC (Series 1 & 2)
    Project details: Dir. John Stroud
  • Production (role):
    Company:
    Project details:
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): MR KOLPERT
    Company: Royal Court
    Project details: Dir. Richard Wilson
  • Production (role): CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
    Company: Outsider Productions
    Project details: Dir. Terry Johnson
  • Production (role): LES MISERABLES
    Company: Palace Theatre, London
    Project details: Dir. Shaun Kerrison
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Project details
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): BAFTA
    Project details: Winner - Male Performance in a Comedy Programme (SPY)
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): Comedy Award
    Project details: Winner - Best Comedy Actor (SPY)
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): RTS Awards
    Project details: Nominated - Best Comedy Performance (SPY)

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