Peter Capaldi
Known For
Acting
Born
1958-04-14 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Laurence Barker
Doctor Who
as Caecilius
Doctor Who
as The Doctor
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Claude Langton
Black Mirror
as Older Cameron Walker
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The One Show
as Self
The Penguins of Madagascar
as Uncle Nigel (voice)
Have I Got News for You
as Self
Skins
as Mark
Foyle's War
as Raymond Carter
Minder
as Ozzie
Waking the Dead
as Lucien Calvin
The Suicide Squad
as Thinker
Prime Suspect
as Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds
Torchwood
as John Frobisher
Natural World
as Narrator
World War Z
as W.H.O. Doctor
Peep Show
as Professor Alistair MacLeish
The Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu