
Acting
Born April 14, 1958 · 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.

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025

The Academy of Armando
2025

Doctor Who at the Proms
2024

Riverwoods: An Untold Story
2022

Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021

Benediction
2021

National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021

The Suicide Squad
2021

The Big Night In
2020

Martin's Close
2019

The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019

How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
2019

Christopher Robin
2018

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017

Paddington 2
2017

Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
2016

Prison, My Parents & Me
2016

Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
2016

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015

Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
2015

Doctor Who: Last Christmas
2014

Paddington
2014

Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014

Doctor Who: Deep Breath
2014

Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
2014

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014

Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
2013

Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
2013

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013

The Fifth Estate
2013

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013

World War Z
2013

Inside the Mind of Leonardo
2013

The Cricklewood Greats
2012

Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
2011

The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011

The Murder at Road Hill House
2011
Bistro
2010
A Portrait of Scotland
2009

In the Loop
2009

Spinners and Losers
2007

Magicians
2007

The Rise of the Nutters
2007

Aftersun
2006

Pinochet in Suburbia
2006

Wild Country
2005

Michael Powell
2005

The Best Man
2005

House of 9
2005

Salvage
2004

Napoleon's Waterloo
2004

Modigliani
2004

Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
2004

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003

Unconditional Love
2003

Max
2002

Solid Geometry
2002

Hotel!
2001

The Greatest Store in the World
1999

What Rats Won't Do
1998
Boswell's Boswell
1998

I Hate Christmas Too
1997

Shooting Fish
1997

Bean
1997

Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997

The Treasure Seekers
1996
Giving Tongue
1996

Lost for Words
1996
Runway One
1995

Captives
1994

Jealousy
1993

Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993

Selling Hitler
1993

Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993

The Secret Agent
1992

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992

The Cloning of Joanna May
1992
Do Not Disturb
1991

December Bride
1990

Rosie the Great
1989

Dream Baby
1989

Communicators From Hell
1989

Colleagues From Hell
1989

Dangerous Liaisons
1988

The Love Child
1988

The Lair of the White Worm
1988

The Story of a Recluse
1987

Up Line
1987
God's Chosen Car Park
1986

Turtle Diary
1985

John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985

Local Hero
1983
Living Apart Together
1982