Stephen Boyd was a Northern Irish actor. A native of Glengormley, County Antrim, Boyd appeared in some 60 films, most notably as the villainous Messala in Ben-Hur (1959), a role that earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. He received his second Golden Globe Award nomination for Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962). He also appeared, sometimes as a hero and sometimes as a malefactor, in the major big-screen productions Les bijoutiers du clair de lune (1958), The Bravados (1958), Imperial Venus (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Genghis Khan (1965), Fantastic Voyage (1966) and Shalako (1968).
Stephen Boyd
Active - 1953 - 2021 |
Birth - Jul 4, 1931 |
Death - Jun 2, 1977 |
Genres - Drama, Action-Adventure, Crime, Thriller, History
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Subgenres - Western Film, Epic Film, LGBT-Related Film, Sword-And-Sandal Film, Musical
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