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Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Birthday: 1958-04-14 | Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Capaldi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Benediction

as    Siegfried Sassoon (Older)

2021
But Why?

as    Older Man

2021
Constellations

as    Roland

2021
Genesis of the Cybermen

as    The Doctor

2020
2019
Martin's Close

as    Dolben

2018
Watership Down

as    Kehaar (voice)

2018
Christopher Robin

as    Rabbit (voice)

2017
Doctor Who: Twice Upon A Time

as    The Doctor

2016
2015
Paddington

as    Reginald Curry

2015
2014
Doctor Who: Last Christmas

as    The Doctor

2014
Doctor Who: Deep Breath

as    The Doctor (12)

2013
The Fifth Estate

as    Alan Rusbridger

2013
Inside the Mind of Leonardo

as    Leonardo da Vinci

2013
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor

as    The Doctor (12)

2012
The Cricklewood Greats

as    Himself

2012
Punk Britannia

as    Narrator

2012
Punk Britannia

as    Narrator

2011
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster

as    Peter Van Gellis

2011
The Hour

as    Randall Brown

2011
The Murder at Road Hill House

as    Samuel Kent

2010
The Nativity

as    Balthazar