Background
Boyd was born in New York City, New York on October 22, 1981 to character actor Guy Boyd and actress, choreographer and producer Sissy Boyd.
Boyd was born in New York City, New York on October 22, 1981 to character actor Guy Boyd and actress, choreographer and producer Sissy Boyd.
Bennington College.
He is best known for starring as Arlo Glass in the eighth and final season of the Fox drama 24. He also co-starred in the Academy Award-winning political thriller Argo (2012) and in 2014, began starring as Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent James Aubrey on the long-running Fox crime procedural comedy-drama Bones, beginning with the show"s 10th season. He has a sister, actress Pauline Boyd.
He is an alumnus of Bennington College.
Boyd began his acting career in 2005, appearing in short films and various minor roles in films and guest-starring on an episode of Law & Order in 2005. Boyd returned to the show in 2006, but as a different character.
In 2010, he was cast in his first starring role on television in the eighth and final season of the Fox drama 24 as Arlo Glass. Following the cancellation of 24, Boyd guest-starred in United States of America legal drama Suits and was scheduled to be cast as Todd in the Fox comedy pilot Iceland in 2011, but it was not picked up by the network.
In 2013, he guest-starred on the short-lived Fox thriller Touch, which reunited Boyd and Kiefer Sutherland.
In 2014, Boyd began starring as Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent James Aubrey in the Fox crime procedural comedy-drama Bones in the tenth season. He was credited as a special guest star during the season premiere and was added to the main cast in the second episode, following the departure of John Francis Daley, who played Doctor Lance Sweets from the show at the end of the season premiere.