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Darren John Boyd (born 30 January 1971) is an English actor who starred in the Sky1 series Spy, for which he won a BAFTA award. His work in television and film spans comedy and drama.
Boyd is an only child. He began acting at age 17 in amateur theatre and performed in local productions from 1989 to 1995. 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.
Boyd co-starred in the BBC comedy Kiss Me Kate (1998), which ran for three years. This led to starring roles in British comedies such as Hippies (1999) and Smack the Pony (1999). In 2001, he collaborated with Victoria Pile on a new series Los Dos Bros, a quirky, off-beat sitcom exploring physical comedy and the relationship between Boyd and Cavan Clerkin as the titular (half-)brothers. Boyd was co-creator and co-writer. The show won a silver rose at Montreux in 2002. During this time Boyd was cast in the American NBC series, Watching Ellie, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
John Marwood Cleese (/ˈkliːz/; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
In the mid-1970s, Cleese and his first wife, Connie Booth, co-wrote and starred in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures, both of which he also wrote. He also starred in Clockwise, and has appeared in many other films, including two James Bond films as Q, two Harry Potter films, and the last three Shrek films.
With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded Video Arts, a production company making entertaining training films. In 1976, Cleese co-founded The Secret Policeman's Ball benefit shows to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International.
Programme website: http://bbc.in/1R6FsRv Darren Boyd talks about playing one of Luther’s newest allies – and that exploding fridge.
in Britain, but really in Western Culture
This is an interview with Darren Boyd about Imagine Me & You starring Piper Perabo and Lena Headey.
John Cleese (Darren Boyd) rants to Michael Palin (Charles Edwards) about the importance of free speech in this scene from the biopic "Holy Flying Circus" wich concerns the "Life of Brian" controversy in 1979. Posted here for educational purposes. Purchase the movie here: http://www.bbcshop.com/comedy/holy-flying-circus-dvd/invt/fhed2904/
Easy Like Sunday Morning. Smack the Pony. Darren Boyd, Sally Phillips
http://www.sky.com/spy http://on.fb.me/jXJXk5 (Like on Facebook) http://bit.ly/n1WZm7 (Follow on Twitter) While Darren Boyd, Robert Lindsay and its madcap supporting cast make Spy entertaining to watch, there's one scribbling genius putting the very funny words in their very capable mouths. We sat down with writer and creator Simeon Goulden to discuss where he got his inspiration, his love for the cast and how it's edgier than your normal pre-watershed comedy.
A joint interview with Jeff Boyd, CEO, Priceline Group and Darren Huston, CEO, Booking.com and incoming Priceline Group CEO. Conducted by Lorraine Sileo, Senior Vice President, Research, PhoCusWright. More on-demand video from The PhoCusWright Conference: http://bit.ly/1hN1RCH