The end of Fox's "Bones" wasn't so bleak as the fans expected. However, his heroes' respective paths to a happy ending are not what you would call easy. Just ask John Boyd's James Aubrey, a young FBI agent who joins the main ensemble in season 10 and eventually establishes himself as the partner of Seely Booth (David Boreanaz).

Over the course of his three seasons on the show, Aubrey starts out as a worried and sometimes distrustful semi-outsider who mostly gets a pass because Lance Sweets (John Francis Daley) vouches for him. Then he gets up on his own after Sweets' untimely death and becomes a key member of the team by the end of the series. During that time, Aubrey sustains serious injuries, deals with serious family troubles, and even ends his high-profile relationship with Jessica Warren (Laura Spencer) just as the series' finale draws to a close - although, true to the series finale's resolve to put an end to things. On a positive note, he is heavily implied to find new love with Karen Delphs (Sarah Roux).

"Bones" is the kind of show that doesn't exactly hurt a young actor's resume, and Boyd already had plenty of experience from big productions when he joined the cast. After all, he has already appeared in major films such as M. Night Shyamalan's 2006 Lady in the Water and Ben Affleck's 2012 Oscar-winning thriller Argo. He was also a part of the main cast of "24" season 8.playing drone expert Arlo Glass. Add "Bones" to all of this, and it's no surprise that Boyd has been working steadily since ending the Fox procedural in 2017. Here's what he was up to.

After "Bones" ended, John Boyd wasn't too long away from law enforcement-themed shows. In 2019, he jumped to CBS procedural great Dick Wolf's latest success story, The FBI. Boyd joined the show in Season 2 and has been part of the main cast ever since. His role is that of FBI Special Agent Stuart Scola, a man who combines street smarts with an Ivy League education and a really strange past as a Wall Street broker - an unusual detail, seeing as Boyd's character "Bones" is a stockbroker. son. In this capacity, Boyd also appeared in occasional episodes of the FBI spinoff FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted.

Aside from his continued success in procedurals, Boyd also appeared in two films in the wake of his Bones success. In 2017, he had a small role in Todd Haynes' ICS Cannes award-winning mystery drama Wonderstruck. Then, in 2018, he appeared in director Pierre Morel's action thriller Peppermint. However, after landing the role of Special Agent Scola, Boyd followed the same career pattern he did with "Bones" and focused on his big TV role.

"Bones" is currently streaming on Hulu.