Peter Capaldi

Known for ActingBorn 1958-04-14 (age 68)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.Read more

Movies & web series

National Theatre Live: Constellations

Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life

Bistro

The Big Night In

The Nativity

Shadow of the Noose

Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation

The Secret Agent

Black Mirror

The Rise of the Nutters

Spinners and Losers

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion

Accused

Being Beethoven

Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

Skins

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven

The Thick of It

Peep Show

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Aftersun

Sea of Souls

In Deep

Doctor Who: Deep Breath

Chandler & Co

Selling Hitler

Titmuss Regained

Doctor Who: Last Christmas

Living Apart Together

Foyle's War

Prime Suspect

The Suicide Squad

Doctor Who

Paddington 2

Punk Britannia

10 Minute Tales

The Devil's Hour

Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio

Fortysomething

The Penguins of Madagascar

The Hour

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

Christopher Robin

Midsomer Murders

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling