Peter Capaldi
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.
Acting (83 movies)
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
Bean
1997
The Lair of the White Worm
1988
Local Hero
1983
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021
Aftersun
2006
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
2014
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011
I Hate Christmas Too
1997
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021
The Suicide Squad
2021
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
2004
December Bride
1990
Rosie the Great
1989
Salvage
2004
House of 9
2005
In the Loop
2009
World War Z
2013
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
2011
Wild Country
2005
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
Solid Geometry
2002
What Rats Won't Do
1998
The Fifth Estate
2013
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985
The Cricklewood Greats
2012
Inside the Mind of Leonardo
2013
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
2015
Selling Hitler
1993
Up Line
1987
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003
Jealousy
1993
Paddington
2014
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
2014
Captives
1994
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
Max
2002
The Greatest Store in the World
1999
Hotel!
2001
Modigliani
2004
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
2014
The Rise of the Nutters
2007
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
2016
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014
Paddington 2
2017
The Story of a Recluse
1987
Living Apart Together
1982
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992
Unconditional Love
2003
Turtle Diary
1985
Dream Baby
1989
The Love Child
1988
The Best Man
2005
Shooting Fish
1997
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
2013
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
Christopher Robin
2018
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
Magicians
2007
Prison, My Parents & Me
2016
The Treasure Seekers
1996
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
2019
Martin's Close
2019
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
2016
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
Benediction
2021
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
2013
Spinners and Losers
2007
The Secret Agent
1992
Napoleon's Waterloo
2004
Communicators From Hell
1989
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
2022
Michael Powell
2005
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
The Academy of Armando
2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Triple Scotch & Wry | 1990 | Writer |
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | 1993 | Writer |
| Soft Top Hard Shoulder | 1993 | Writer |
| Strictly Sinatra | 2001 | Writer |
| The Cricklewood Greats | 2012 | Writer |