Peter Capaldi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 14, 1958 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Credits
- 168
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.
Known for
Filmography
TFI Unplugged
2026TV
Self
Criminal Record
2024TV
DCI Daniel Hegarty
The Devil's Hour
2022TV
Gideon Shepherd
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022TV
Self
Being Beethoven
2020TV
Beethoven (voice)
Watership Down
2018TV
Kehaar (voice)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018TV
Self
Class
2016TV
The Doctor
Doctor Who Extra
2014TV
Self
The Musketeers
2014TV
Cardinal Richelieu
Punk Britannia
2012TV
Narrator
Black Mirror
2011TV
Older Cameron Walker
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011TV
voice actor
The Hour
2011TV
Randall Brown
The Field of Blood
2011TV
Dr. Pete
The Nativity
2010TV
Balthazar
Accused
2010TV
Frank Ryland
Conan
2010TV
Self - Guest
10 Minute Tales
2009TV
The Man
Getting On
2009TV
Peter Healy
The Penguins of Madagascar
2008TV
Uncle Nigel (voice)
The Devil's Whore
2008TV
King Charles I
Cold Blood
2008TV
Self - Narrator
Midnight Man
2008TV
Trevor
Fallen Angel
2007TV
Henry Appleton
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Skins
2007TV
Mark
The Martians and Us
2006TV
Narrator
Torchwood
2006TV
John Frobisher
Aftersun
2006TV
The One Show
2006TV
Self
Trawlermen
2006TV
Narrator (voice)
The Thick of It
2005TV
Malcolm Tucker
Doctor Who
2005TV
Caecilius, The Doctor
Sea of Souls
2004TV
Gordon Fleming
Peep Show
2003TV
Professor Alistair MacLeish
Fortysomething
2003TV
Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey
The Afternoon Play
2003TV
Billy Shannon
Foyle's War
2002TV
Raymond Carter
Judge John Deed
2001TV
Waking the Dead
2001TV
Lucien Calvin
In Deep
2001TV
Jeremy Church
My Family
2000TV
Colin Judd
Psychos
1999TV
Mark Collins
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997TV
Lord Fellamar
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Laurence Barker
The Crow Road
1996TV
Rory McHoan
Neverwhere
1996TV
Islington
The Vicar of Dibley
1994TV
Chandler & Co
1994TV
Larry
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994TV
Rik Mayall Presents
1993TV
David Critchley
The Secret Agent
1992TV
Mr. Vladimir
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992TV
Isaac
Titmuss Regained
1991TV
Ken Cracken
Selling Hitler
1991TV
Thomas Walde
Prime Suspect
1991TV
Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds, Vera Reynolds
Have I Got News for You
1990TV
Self
Chain
1990TV
Robert McRae
Stay Lucky
1989TV
Shadow of the Noose
1989TV
Robert Wood
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989TV
Claude Langton
This Morning
1988TV
Self - Guest
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987TV
Zeno Vedast
Up Line
1987TV
Scott Dare
Screen Two
1985TV
Bruce Coldfield, Simon
Travelling Man
1984TV
John
Spectrum
1984TV
Himself
Natural World
1983TV
Narrator
Dramarama
1983TV
The British Ambassador
Minder
1979TV
Ozzie
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971TV
Dolben
Doctor Who
TV
The Twelfth Doctor