Peter Capaldi

Birthday:
04/14/1958
Place of birth:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK:
Biography:
Peter Dougan Capaldi (born April 14, 1958) is a Scottish actor, writer and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and Malcolm Tucker the spin doctor in The Thick of It, for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role in In the Loop, Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2012, Capaldi wrote (with Tony Roche), directed and performed in The Cricklewood Greats, an affectionate spoof documentary about a fictitious film studio, which tracks real developments and trends throughout the history of British cinema. Film roles include Oldsen in Local Hero, Angus Flint in Ken Russell's The Lair of the White Worm, and Mr Curry in Paddington and its sequel, Paddington 2. As a director, Capaldi won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life. He went on to write and direct the drama film Strictly Sinatra and helmed two series of sitcom Getting On.

Credits

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Academy of Armando (2025)
as Self
Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
as The Doctor (12) (archive footage)
Riverwoods: An Untold Story (2022)
as Narrator
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life (2021)
as Self
Benediction (2021)
as Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
National Theatre Live: Constellations (2021)
as Roland
But Why? (2021)
as Older Man (uncredited)
The Suicide Squad (2021)
as Thinker
The Big Night In (2020)
as Self
Martin's Close (2019)
as Dolben
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
as Mr. Micawber
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery (2019)
as Narrator
Christopher Robin (2018)
as Rabbit (voice)
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time (2017)
as The Doctor (12)
Paddington 2 (2017)
as Reginald Curry
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016)
as The Doctor
Prison, My Parents & Me (2016)
as Narrator
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future (2016)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation (2015)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)
as The Doctor
Paddington (2014)
as Reginald Curry
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven (2014)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Deep Breath (2014)
as The Doctor (12)
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour (2014)
as Self
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion (2014)
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (2013)
as The Doctor (12)
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli? (2013)
as Self - Presenter
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
as The Doctor (12) (uncredited)
The Fifth Estate (2013)
as Alan Rusbridger
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor (2013)
as Self
World War Z (2013)
as W.H.O. Doctor
Inside the Mind of Leonardo (2013)
as Leonardo da Vinci
The Cricklewood Greats (2012)
as Himself
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011)
as Peter Van Gellis
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite (2011)
The Murder at Road Hill House (2011)
as Samuel Kent
The Madness of Peter Howson (2010)
as Narrator
Bistro (2010)
as Max
A Portrait of Scotland (2009)
as Self - Presenter
In the Loop (2009)
as Malcolm Tucker
Spinners and Losers (2007)
as Malcolm Tucker
Magicians (2007)
as Mike Francis
The Rise of the Nutters (2007)
as Malcolm Tucker
Aftersun (2006)
as Jim
Pinochet in Suburbia (2006)
as Andy McEntee
Wild Country (2005)
as Father Steve
Michael Powell (2005)
as Narrator
The Best Man (2005)
as Priest
House of 9 (2005)
as Max Roy
Salvage (2004)
as James Mulwray
Napoleon's Waterloo (2004)
as Narrator
Modigliani (2004)
as Jean Cocteau
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) (2004)
as John
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2003)
as Derek
Unconditional Love (2003)
as DI Terry Machin
Max (2002)
as David Cohn
Solid Geometry (2002)
as David Hunter
Hotel! (2001)
as Hilton Gilfoyle
The Greatest Store in the World (1999)
as Mr. Whiskers
What Rats Won't Do (1998)
as Tony
Boswell's Boswell (1998)
as James Boswell (voice)
I Hate Christmas Too (1997)
as Man
Shooting Fish (1997)
as Mr Gilzean
Bean (1997)
as Gareth
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
as Birgo Lander
The Treasure Seekers (1996)
as Jellicoe
Giving Tongue (1996)
as Duncan Fielding
Lost for Words (1996)
as The Tourist
Runway One (1995)
as Mick Galligan
Captives (1994)
as Simon
Jealousy (1993)
as John
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love (1993)
as David Critchley
Selling Hitler (1993)
as Thomas Walde
Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1993)
as Gavin Bellini
The Secret Agent (1992)
as Mr Vladimir
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade (1992)
as Luke Wakefield
The Cloning of Joanna May (1992)
as Isaac
Do Not Disturb (1991)
as Bruce
December Bride (1990)
as Young Sorleyson
Rosie the Great (1989)
as The British Ambassador
Dream Baby (1989)
as Willie
Communicators From Hell (1989)
Colleagues From Hell (1989)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
as Azolan
The Love Child (1988)
as Dillon
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
as Angus Flint
The Story of a Recluse (1987)
as Jamie Kirkwood
Up Line (1987)
as Scott Dare
God's Chosen Car Park (1986)
as Everard
Turtle Diary (1985)
as Assistant Keeper
John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985)
as George Harrison
Local Hero (1983)
as Danny Oldsen
Living Apart Together (1982)
as Joe
The Cricklewood Greats
Writer
The Cricklewood Greats
Director
Strictly Sinatra
Director
Strictly Sinatra
Writer
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Director
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Writer
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Writer
Triple Scotch & Wry
Writer

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