
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

