Billy Bond is a character in the popular BBC television show Hustle. He is played by Ashley Walters.
Billy Bond was the newest member of the Hustle crew. He joined in series 4 after Michael Stone departed the group. His life before joining the Hustle crew he worked the short con on the streets and claims that Danny Blue was the only con artist able to teach him anything, hence his ambition to join the crew. He describes himself as "a work of art, a force of nature" who can "separate a mark from his money quicker than any man alive".
He spent most of his formative years in and out of foster homes. He fell into a bad crowd and was involved with gangs and drug dealing before finding his skill as a grifter. He feels a sense of injustice about the world and grifting is his way of fighting back.
He can see the beauty that exists in a perfectly executed con and has studied the art of the great con-men. He has the spirit and energy to be a great grifter - now he wants the wisdom that comes with experience.
He did not return for the fifth series, and is not mentioned in any subsequent episode. He was the only crew member not to feature in the final episode.
Famous quotes containing the words billy and/or bond:
“Where the blackbird sings the latest,
Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest,
Where the nestlings chirp and flee,
That’s the way for Billy and me.”
—James Hogg Hoffmann (1770–1835)
“Man’s characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment brutally imposed on him, but by a conscience superior to his own, the superiority of which he feels. Because the greater, better part of his existence transcends the body, he escapes the body’s yoke, but is subject to that of society.”
—Emile Durkheim (1858–1917)