Peter Capaldi
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.
Acting (93)
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