Peter Capaldi
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(93 total)
World War Z
as W.H.O. Doctor
The Suicide Squad
as Thinker
Paddington
as Reginald Curry
Christopher Robin
as Rabbit (voice)
Paddington 2
as Reginald Curry
Bean
as Gareth
Dangerous Liaisons
as Azolan
The Fifth Estate
as Alan Rusbridger
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (12) (uncredited)
In the Loop
as Malcolm Tucker
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as Mr. Micawber
Local Hero
as Danny Oldsen
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
as The Doctor (12)
The Lair of the White Worm
as Angus Flint
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
as The Doctor
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Birgo Lander
House of 9
as Max Roy
Modigliani
as Jean Cocteau
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
as The Doctor (12)
TV Shows
(65 total)
Black Mirror
as Older Cameron Walker
Doctor Who
as Caecilius
Doctor Who
as The Doctor
Skins
as Mark
Torchwood
as John Frobisher
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Claude Langton
The Penguins of Madagascar
as Uncle Nigel (voice)
Peep Show
as Professor Alistair MacLeish
Midsomer Murders
as Laurence Barker
The Devil's Hour
as Gideon Shepherd
Conan
as Self - Guest
The Thick of It
as Malcolm Tucker
The Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
Class
as The Doctor
Criminal Record
as DCI Daniel Hegarty
Foyle's War
as Raymond Carter
The Hour
as Randall Brown
Prime Suspect
as Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds