the ginger-haired scot who shot to fame last year as pippin in the fantasy screen blockbuster - will play the voice of a can of lager in the second installment of the award-winning commercials which are aired on friday night
glasgow-born boyd jumped at the chance to join fellow scot ken stott in the hilarious campaign which pokes fun at a string of tv cop shows
billy, 33, provides the voice for walking, talking, pint PC moffat who wears body armour in the shape of a tennants lager can to track down a murderer
the ad begins with stott telling the assembled police pints 'with evidence like this we will catch the murderer tonite. DC mackay will act as a decoy. don't worry mackay, we'll be close by wearing special body armour
''are you in there moffat?''
billy: ''yes sir''
murderer: ''anyone fancy a pint??''
murderers accomplice: ''nah we'll be late for the party - lets get a carry out'' poor billy then comes a cropper when the mysterious murderer leaves him crumpled in the gutter. before his demise, billy shouts ''were doomed - theres thousands of them''