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Peter Capaldi

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1958-04-14 (67 years old)

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 ing 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.

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Filmography

all 159

Movies 99

TV Shows 60

self 18

Narrator 10

Voice 5

Director 2

Writer 2

Producer 1

Creator 1

Self

Peter Capaldi

Biography

Filmography

all 159

Movies 99

TV Shows 60

self 18

Narrator 10

Voice 5

Director 2

Writer 2

Producer 1

Creator 1

The Academy of Armando (2025)

Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)

Criminal Record (2024)

The Devil's Hour (2022)

Riverwoods: An Untold Story (2022)

Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life (2021)

Benediction (2021)

National Theatre Live: Constellations (2021)

But Why? (2021)

The Suicide Squad (2021)

Martin's Close (2019)

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery (2019)

Jo Brand: No Holds Barred (2019)

Watership Down (2018)

Christopher Robin (2018)

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time (2017)

Paddington 2 (2017)

Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016)

Prison, My Parents & Me (2016)

Class (2016)

Aliens: The Big Think (2016)

Friend from the Future (2016)

BBC Horizon: Project Greenglow - The Quest for Gravity Control (2016)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)

Doctor Who : Under the Lake / Before The Flood (2015)

Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation (2015)

Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)

Paddington (2014)

Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven (2014)

Doctor Who Extra (2014)

Doctor Who: Deep Breath (2014)

Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour (2014)

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion (2014)

The Musketeers (2014)

Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (2013)

Who's Afraid of Machiavelli? (2013)

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)

The Fifth Estate (2013)

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor (2013)

World War Z (2013)

Inside the Mind of Leonardo (2013)

Punk Britannia (2012)

The Cricklewood Greats (2012)

Black Mirror (2011)

Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011)

The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite (2011)

The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite (2011)

The Hour (2011)

The Field of Blood (2011)

The Murder at Road Hill House (2011)

The Nativity (2010)

The Madness of Peter Howson (2010)

Accused (2010)

Bistro (2010)

10 Minute Tales (2009)

A Portrait of Scotland (2009)

Getting On (2009)

In the Loop (2009)

The Penguins of Madagascar (2008)

The Devil's Whore (2008)

Cold Blood (2008)

Midnight Man (2008)

Spinners and Losers (2007)

Magicians (2007)

Fallen Angel (2007)