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'.
