Boyd Rolleston is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street portrayed by Sam Bunkall.

Boyd arrives as the hospitals newest surgeon and is portrayed as a no-nonsense doctor, down-to-earth, and unpretentious despite coming from a wealthy and privileged upbringing, making friends regardless of his social-status.

Bunkall was cast as new doctor Boyd Rolleston in 2012,[1] a no-nonsense surgeon from a wealthy family in the farming industry.

[2] His down-to-earth, unpretentious attitude quickly made him peers of all social status' and has a clear track record which has earned him fans in his field.

Boyd arrives and is hired by Rachel McKenna (Angela Bloomfield) as a new surgeon for the hospital, much to the angst of Chris (Michael Galvin) and the pair clash.

Boyd starts to get harassed by Lana Jacobs (Brooke Williams), Kylie Brown (Kerry-Lee Dewing) and Emma Franklin (Amy Usherwood).

It turned out they believed he had killed Kylie's sister but the suspicions ceased when Boyd located Julia (Jessica Joy Wood) alive and well.

Boyd briefly dates Nicole (Sally Martin), but ended up marrying Brooke Freeman (Beth Allen) in an attempt to disown his parentage.

Harper, who was trying to hide her feelings towards Drew (who got shot during the event and was in a critical condition) eventually blew her cover, and Boyd notices that she loves him.

Boyd starts to become close with Bella Durville (Amelia Reid-Meredith), who was devastated over the loss of her mother Wendy Cooper.

Bella ended the relationship between her and Boyd after repeated arguments about a ghost named 'Melissa' who she believed was haunting their home, leaving him and Ferndale with her daughter, Stevie.

Boyd commands Eve to confess the crimes, but not until Remus recovers from congenital hypoxia as he was starved of oxygen and nutrients compared to Romulus.

His first job, however, was to convince his best friend, Drew to help after Stella Reihana (Tatum Warren-Ngata) lost a patient due to previously undetected aneurism in their femoral artery.

Romulus would make a full recovery, and after catching Harper and Phil Grayson (Jane Wills) in a passionate embrace in a supply closet, Boyd would mend bridges with Drew and depart again.

"[5] It was later revealed that the wedding turned to disaster when hospital stalker and gunman, Gareth Hutchins (Jarrod Martin), held multiple characters hostage, including Boyd on the 2015 season finale cliffhanger.

[6] A picture previously released to The New Zealand Herald showed Harper distraught with her wedding dress also covered in blood.

[9] The character has been proven as popular with a viewer commenting they named their wireless network 'Fentich' after the dodgy drug company that spied on Boyd.

[10] Off screen, however, Sam Bunkall helped to write the 2019 rape/sexual violation storyline between Ben King (Jamie Irvine) and Ester Samuels (Ngahuia Piripi), as Bunkall worked as a rape prevention educator, while, as a Shortland Street first, keeps a wronged character in the program to document his full journey to redemption, and the victims' journey to recovery.