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Abraham Boyd

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Abraham Boyd

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  • Born
    November 12, 1962 · San Francisco, California, USA
  • Height
    6′ (1.83 m)

Biography

  • Abraham Maurice Boyd grew up in Northern California. He was born to a Scottish/Dutch father (William) and a Dutch Indonesian/Chinese mother (Josephine). He has two older brothers (Richard and Erland) whom are both talented musicians. Abraham's first stage performance was a small speaking role in Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'. His interest performing on stage grew further and eventually led him into taking acting classes through high school and college. He studied method acting at the renowned Jean Shelton Actors Lab studio in San Francisco.

    After relocating to Hong Kong with his corporate job, he auditioned for the play "Wit" by Pulitzer's winning play-writer Margaret Edson. He accepted the role of five characters and performed in Beijing, Vietnam and Hong Kong. He continued to play 'James Linqk' in 'Glengarry Glen Ross', by David Mamet. Other roles on stage included 'the narrator' in 'Nina in the morning', by Christopher Durant and Arthur Millers 'The Crucible', as 'Judge Hawthorne'. Abraham went on to working in films opposite 'Milla Jovovich' in 'Ultra Violet', and with 'Michael Bien' and 'Maggie Q', in the action police thriller 'Dragon Squad', directed by David Lee. He continued to work in TV commercials and voice dubbing work for 'Infernal Affairs'.
    - IMDb mini biography by: John Lee

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  • He is a member of Hong Kong based theater company Big Bad & Below, along with Howard Paley, Chris Kyme, Duc Luu, Matthew Sturgess, Neil Art and founder Ricardo Mamood-Vega.
  • Played the role of James Lingk in the acclaimed Hong Kong stage premiere of Glengarry Glen Ross produced by Ricardo Mamood-Vega and directed by Duc Luu. (2003)

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