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Peter Capaldi

Acting

Born April 14, 1958 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

Peter Dougan Capaldi is a Scottish actor, director, singer and guitarist. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2013–2017) and Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It (2005–2012), for which he received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010.

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Awards & recognition

  • British Academy Television Award — Best Male Comedy Performance · 2010
  • Chlotrudis Award — Best Cast · 2010
  • Chlotrudis Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2010
  • Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1995
  • BAFTA Award — Best Short Film · 1994
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  • British Academy Television Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2013 · nominated
  • British Academy Television Award — Best Male Comedy Performance · 2013 · nominated
  • British Academy Television Award — Best Comedy · 2012 · nominated
  • British Academy Television Award — Best Male Comedy Performance · 2010 · nominated
  • Chlotrudis Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2010 · nominated
  • Chlotrudis Award — Best Cast · 2010 · nominated
  • British Independent Film Award — Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film · 2009 · nominated
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2009 · nominated
  • London Film Critics Circle Award — Actor of the Year · 2009 · nominated
  • Online Film Critics Society Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2009 · nominated
  • British Academy Television Award — Best Comedy Performance · 2008 · nominated
  • British Academy Television Award — Best Comedy Performance · 2006 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1995 · nominated
  • BAFTA Award — Best Short Film · 1994 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Nativity

2010as Balthazar

The Secret Agent

1992as Mr Vladimir

Only Murders in the Building

2021

Black Mirror

2011as Older Cameron Walker

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013as The Doctor (12) (uncredited)

Accused

2010as Frank Ryland

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Claude Langton

Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor

2013as The Doctor (12)

Skins

2007as Mark

The Thick of It

2005as Malcolm Tucker

Being Beethoven

2020as Beethoven (voice)

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

2017as The Doctor (12)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015as The Doctor

Peep Show

2003as Professor Alistair MacLeish

Foyle's War

2002as Raymond Carter

Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room

2011as Narrator

Prime Suspect

1991as Vera Reynolds

Doctor Who: Last Christmas

2014as The Doctor

Doctor Who

2005as Caecilius

Paddington 2

2017as Reginald Curry

The Hour

2011as Randall Brown

The Penguins of Madagascar

2008as Uncle Nigel (voice)

Midsomer Murders

1997as Laurence Barker

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

1997as Lord Fellamar

The Suicide Squad

2021as Thinker

Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio

2016as The Doctor

The Vicar of Dibley

1994

Natural World

1983as Narrator

The Devil's Hour

2022as Gideon Shepherd

Christopher Robin

2018as Rabbit (voice)

Torchwood

2006as John Frobisher

Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour

2014as Self

Conan

2010as Self - Guest

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Waking the Dead

2001as Lucien Calvin

Dangerous Liaisons

1988as Azolan

The Musketeers

2014as Cardinal Richelieu

Paddington

2014as Reginald Curry

My Family

2000as Colin Judd

In the Loop

2009as Malcolm Tucker

Getting On

2009as Peter Healy

Modigliani

2004as Jean Cocteau

Watership Down

2018as Kehaar (voice)

World War Z

2013as W.H.O. Doctor

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018as Self

Cold Blood

2008as Self - Narrator

The Devil's Mistress

2008as King Charles I

Local Hero

1983as Danny Oldsen

Neverwhere

1996as Islington

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987as Zeno Vedast