Peter Capaldi
Acting
1958-04-14 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography
TFI Unplugged
2026 · Series
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025 · Movie
The Academy of Armando
2025 · Movie
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 · Movie
Criminal Record
2024 · Series
The Devil's Hour
2022 · Series
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · Series
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
2022 · Movie
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021 · Movie
Benediction
2021 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021 · Movie
But Why?
2021 · Movie
The Suicide Squad
2021 · Movie
Being Beethoven
2020 · Series
The Big Night In
2020 · Movie
Martin's Close
2019 · Movie
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019 · Movie
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
2019 · Movie
Watership Down
2018 · Series
Christopher Robin
2018 · Movie
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018 · Series
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017 · Movie
Paddington 2
2017 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
2016 · Movie
Prison, My Parents & Me
2016 · Movie
Class
2016 · Series
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
2016 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
2015 · Movie
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
2014 · Movie
Paddington
2014 · Movie
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014 · Movie
Doctor Who Extra
2014 · Series
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
2014 · Movie
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
2014 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014 · Movie
The Musketeers
2014 · Series
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
2013 · Movie
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
2013 · Movie
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 · Movie
The Fifth Estate
2013 · Movie
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013 · Movie
World War Z
2013 · Movie
Inside the Mind of Leonardo
2013 · Movie
Punk Britannia
2012 · Series
The Cricklewood Greats
2012 · Movie
Black Mirror
2011 · Series
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
2011 · Movie
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011 · Series
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011 · Movie
The Hour
2011 · Series
The Field of Blood
2011 · Series
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011 · Movie
The Nativity
2010 · Series
The Madness of Peter Howson
2010 · Movie
Accused
2010 · Series
Conan
2010 · Series
Bistro
2010 · Movie
10 Minute Tales
2009 · Series
A Portrait of Scotland
2009 · Movie
Getting On
2009 · Series
In the Loop
2009 · Movie
The Penguins of Madagascar
2008 · Series
The Devil's Whore
2008 · Series
Cold Blood
2008 · Series
Midnight Man
2008 · Series
Spinners and Losers
2007 · Movie
Magicians
2007 · Movie
Fallen Angel
2007 · Series
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Skins
2007 · Series
The Rise of the Nutters
2007 · Movie
The Martians and Us
2006 · Series
Torchwood
2006 · Series
Aftersun
2006 · Series
Aftersun
2006 · Movie
The One Show
2006 · Series
Trawlermen
2006 · Series
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006 · Movie
Wild Country
2005 · Movie
Michael Powell
2005 · Movie
The Best Man
2005 · Movie
House of 9
2005 · Movie
The Thick of It
2005 · Series
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
Salvage
2004 · Movie
Napoleon's Waterloo
2004 · Movie
Modigliani
2004 · Movie
Sea of Souls
2004 · Series
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
2004 · Movie
Peep Show
2003 · Series
Fortysomething
2003 · Series
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003 · Movie
The Afternoon Play
2003 · Series
Unconditional Love
2003 · Movie
Foyle's War
2002 · Series
Max
2002 · Movie
Solid Geometry
2002 · Movie
Judge John Deed
2001 · Series
Strictly Sinatra
2001 · Movie
Waking the Dead
2001 · Series
In Deep
2001 · Series
Hotel!
2001 · Movie
My Family
2000 · Series
The Greatest Store in the World
1999 · Movie
Psychos
1999 · Series
What Rats Won't Do
1998 · Movie
Boswell's Boswell
1998 · Movie
I Hate Christmas Too
1997 · Movie
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997 · Series
Shooting Fish
1997 · Movie
Bean
1997 · Movie
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997 · Movie
The Treasure Seekers
1996 · Movie
The Crow Road
1996 · Series
Neverwhere
1996 · Series
Giving Tongue
1996 · Movie
Lost for Words
1996 · Movie
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
1995 · Movie
Runway One
1995 · Movie
The Vicar of Dibley
1994 · Series
Chandler & Co
1994 · Series
Captives
1994 · Movie
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994 · Series
Jealousy
1993 · Movie
Rik Mayall Presents
1993 · Series
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993 · Movie
Selling Hitler
1993 · Movie
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993 · Movie
The Secret Agent
1992 · Movie
The Secret Agent
1992 · Series
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992 · Movie
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992 · Series
Titmuss Regained
1991 · Series
Selling Hitler
1991 · Series
Prime Suspect
1991 · Series
Do Not Disturb
1991 · Movie
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Series
Chain
1990 · Series
December Bride
1990 · Movie
Triple Scotch & Wry
1990 · Movie
Stay Lucky
1989 · Series
Rosie the Great
1989 · Movie
Dream Baby
1989 · Movie
Shadow of the Noose
1989 · Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
Colleagues From Hell
1989 · Movie
Communicators From Hell
1989 · Movie
Dangerous Liaisons
1988 · Movie
This Morning
1988 · Series
The Love Child
1988 · Movie
The Lair of the White Worm
1988 · Movie
The Story of a Recluse
1987 · Movie
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Series
Up Line
1987 · Movie
God's Chosen Car Park
1986 · Movie
Turtle Diary
1985 · Movie
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985 · Movie
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Travelling Man
1984 · Series
Spectrum
1984 · Series
Natural World
1983 · Series
Dramarama
1983 · Series
Local Hero
1983 · Movie
Living Apart Together
1982 · Movie
Minder
1979 · Series
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971 · Series
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