Peter Capaldi
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK — Apr 14 1958
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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 affe…
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Peter Capaldi's Credits
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Doctor Who
Caecilius
Midsomer Murders
Laurence Barker
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Claude Langton
Black Mirror
Older Cameron Walker
Minder
Ozzie
Skins
Mark
The Penguins of Madagascar
Uncle Nigel (voice)
Foyle's War
Raymond Carter
Torchwood
John Frobisher
Waking the Dead
Lucien Calvin
Natural World
Narrator
Peep Show
Professor Alistair MacLeish
Prime Suspect
Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds
The Thick of It
Malcolm Tucker
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Zeno Vedast
Accused
Frank Ryland
The Musketeers
Cardinal Richelieu
The Suicide Squad
Thinker
World War Z
W.H.O. Doctor
Judge John Deed
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Dolben
Sea of Souls
Gordon Fleming
The Afternoon Play
Billy Shannon
Criminal Record
DCI Daniel Hegarty
The Vicar of Dibley
Paddington 2
Reginald Curry
The Hour
Randall Brown
Doctor Who Extra
Self
The Devil's Hour
Gideon Shepherd
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Lord Fellamar
Paddington
Reginald Curry
Shadow of the Noose
Robert Wood
10 Minute Tales
The Man
Bean
Gareth
In the Loop
Malcolm Tucker
Local Hero
Danny Oldsen
Chandler & Co
Larry
Class
The Doctor
In Deep
Jeremy Church
Watership Down
Kehaar (voice)
Stay Lucky
Dangerous Liaisons
Azolan
Neverwhere
Islington
Rik Mayall Presents
David Critchley
Getting On
Peter Healy
Christopher Robin
Rabbit (voice)
The Lair of the White Worm
Angus Flint
The Devil's Whore
King Charles I
The Crow Road
Rory McHoan
Fallen Angel
Henry Appleton
Midnight Man
Trevor
The Fifth Estate
Alan Rusbridger
The Field of Blood
Dr. Pete
Fortysomething
Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (12) (uncredited)
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
Punk Britannia
Narrator
The Nativity
Balthazar
Travelling Man
John
Trawlermen
Narrator (voice)
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Mr. Micawber
Benediction
Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
Psychos
Mark Collins
Cold Blood
Self - Narrator
Selling Hitler
Thomas Walde
The Best Man
Priest
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (12) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
The Doctor (12)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Birgo Lander
Turtle Diary
Assistant Keeper
Max
David Cohn
Captives
Simon
House of 9
Max Roy
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor
Titmuss Regained
Ken Cracken
Shooting Fish
Mr Gilzean
Selling Hitler
Thomas Walde
Magicians
Mike Francis
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
The Doctor (12)
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
What Rats Won't Do
Tony
Spectrum
Himself
Modigliani
Jean Cocteau
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
Peter Van Gellis
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
The Big Night In
Self
Being Beethoven
Beethoven (voice)
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
The Doctor
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Luke Wakefield
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Up Line
Scott Dare
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
John
The Love Child
Dillon
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Directing
Solid Geometry
David Hunter
Strictly Sinatra
Directing
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Derek
Jealousy
John
Hotel!
Hilton Gilfoyle
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
David Critchley
Wild Country
Father Steve
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
The Doctor
The Murder at Road Hill House
Samuel Kent
The Treasure Seekers
Jellicoe
Dream Baby
Willie
National Theatre Live: Constellations
Roland
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
The Doctor
December Bride
Young Sorleyson
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Gavin Bellini
The Cloning of Joanna May
Isaac
Spinners and Losers
Malcolm Tucker
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
The Doctor
The Secret Agent
Mr Vladimir
Pinochet in Suburbia
Andy McEntee
Aftersun
Unconditional Love
DI Terry Machin
Aftersun
Jim
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Doctor (12)
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
The Doctor
I Hate Christmas Too
Man
Michael Powell
Narrator
The Martians and Us
Narrator
John and Yoko: A Love Story
George Harrison
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
Self - Presenter
The Rise of the Nutters
Malcolm Tucker
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
voice actor
Runway One
Mick Galligan
Giving Tongue
Duncan Fielding
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
Narrator
Communicators From Hell
Rosie the Great
The British Ambassador
The Cricklewood Greats
Himself
The Greatest Store in the World
Mr. Whiskers
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
Narrator
The Academy of Armando
Self
Lost for Words
The Tourist
Martin's Close
Dolben
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
Self
God's Chosen Car Park
Everard
Prison, My Parents & Me
Narrator
Bistro
Max
Inside the Mind of Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci
Living Apart Together
Joe
Boswell's Boswell
James Boswell (voice)
The Story of a Recluse
Jamie Kirkwood
Napoleon's Waterloo
Narrator
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Self
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
Triple Scotch & Wry
Writing
Do Not Disturb
Salvage
James Mulwray
Colleagues From Hell
A Portrait of Scotland
Self - Presenter
Doctor Who
The Twelfth Doctor