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Peter Dougan Capaldi is a Scottish actor, writer, director, and singer. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who (2013–2017) and Malcolm Tucker 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 of Tucker in the feature film In the Loop, Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
Birth Name
Peter Dougan Capaldi
Born
Monday, 14 April 1958
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Criminal Record | DCI Daniel Hegarty | 2024 |
Doctor Who: Unleashed | The Doctor | 2023 |
The Devil's Hour | Gideon / Gideon Shepherd | 2022 |
Benediction | Siegfried Sassoon (Older) | 2021 |
The Suicide Squad | Thinker / Gaius Grieves / The Thinker | 2021 |
The Personal History of David Copperfield | Mr Micawber / Mr. Micawber | 2020 |
Martin's Close | Dolben | 2019 |
Watership Down | Kehaar / Kehaar (voice) | 2018 |
Christopher Robin | Rabbit / Rabbit (voice) | 2018 |
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Self | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Criminal Record | DCI Daniel Hegarty | 2024 |
Doctor Who: Unleashed | The Doctor | 2023 |
The Devil's Hour | Gideon / Gideon Shepherd | 2022 |
Benediction | Siegfried Sassoon (Older) | 2021 |
The Suicide Squad | Thinker / Gaius Grieves / The Thinker | 2021 |
The Personal History of David Copperfield | Mr Micawber / Mr. Micawber | 2020 |
Martin's Close | Dolben | 2019 |
Watership Down | Kehaar / Kehaar (voice) | 2018 |
Christopher Robin | Rabbit / Rabbit (voice) | 2018 |
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Self | 2018 |
Paddington 2 | Mr Curry / Reginald Curry | 2017 |
Big Mouth | Seamus MacGregor | 2017 |
Prison, My Parents & Me | Self - Narrator / Narrator | 2016 |
Class | The Doctor | 2016 |
Aliens: The Big Think | Self - Narrator | 2016 |
Paddington | Mr Curry / Reginald Curry | 2014 |
The Timey Wimey Show | Self | 2014 |
Doctor Who Extra | Self | 2014 |
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Self - The Twelfth Doctor | 2014 |
The Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 2014 |
The Fifth Estate | Alan Rusbridger | 2013 |
World War Z | W.H.O. Doctor | 2013 |
Murdoch | Narrator | 2013 |
Inside the Mind of Leonardo | Leonardo Da Vinci | 2013 |
Shetland | Weather Reporter | 2013 |
Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
Sunday Brunch | Self - Guest / Himself - Guest | 2012 |
The Cricklewood Greats | Leslie Grangely / Peter Capaldi / Himself | 2012 |
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster | Therapist / Peter Van Gellis | 2011 |
The Hour | Randall Brown | 2011 |
The Field of Blood | Dr. Pete / Dr Pete | 2011 |
The Murder at Road Hill House | Samuel Kent | 2011 |
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher | Samuel Kent | 2011 |
The Nativity | Balthazar | 2010 |
Accused | Frank Ryland | 2010 |
Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
Doctor Who Greatest Moments | Lucius Caecillus Ivcundus | 2009 |
Getting On | Peter Healy | 2009 |
In the Loop | Malcolm Tucker | 2009 |
The Penguins of Madagascar | Uncle Nigel | 2008 |
The Devil's Mistress | King Charles I | 2008 |
Cold Blood | Self - Narrator | 2008 |
Midnight Man | Trevor | 2008 |
Magicians | Mike Francis | 2007 |
Fallen Angel | Henry / Henry Appleton | 2007 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
Skins | Mark / Mark Jenkins | 2007 |
Haunted Hogmanay | Jeff Wylie | 2006 |
Torchwood | John Frobisher | 2006 |
Aftersun | Jim | 2006 |
Trawlermen | Narrator | 2006 |
Pinochet's Last Stand | Andy McEntee | 2006 |
Wild Country | Father Steve | 2006 |
Unhitched | Priest | 2005 |
House of 9 | Max Roy | 2005 |
The Thick of It | Malcolm Tucker | 2005 |
Doctor Who | The Doctor / Caecilius | 2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
Modigliani | Jean Cocteau / Cocteau | 2004 |
Passer By | Defence Barrister | 2004 |
Sea of Souls | Gordon Fleming | 2004 |
Donovan | Dr. Angus Baldwin | 2004 |
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) | John | 2004 |
Peep Show | Professor Alistair MacLeish | 2003 |
Fortysomething | Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey | 2003 |
imagine… | Self / Self - Presenter | 2003 |
The Afternoon Play | Billy Shannon | 2003 |
Foyle's War | Raymond Carter | 2002 |
Max | David Cohn | 2002 |
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | Derek | 2002 |
In Deep | Jeremy Church | 2001 |
Hotel! | Hilton Gilfoyle | 2001 |
Judge John Deed | Alan Roxborough, M.P. | 2001 |
My Family | Colin Judd | 2000 |
Waking the Dead | Lucien Calvin | 2000 |
Psychos | Mark Collins | 1999 |
The Greatest Store in the World | Mr. Whiskers | 1999 |
What Rats Won't Do | Tony | 1998 |
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | Lord Fellamar | 1997 |
Shooting Fish | Mr. Gilzean / Mr Gilzean | 1997 |
Bean | Gareth | 1997 |
Midsomer Murders | Laurence Barker | 1997 |
Smilla's Sense of Snow | Birgo Lander | 1997 |
The Crow Road | Rory McHoan | 1996 |
Neverwhere | Islington | 1996 |
Giving Tongue | Duncan Fielding | 1996 |
The Treasure Seekers | Jellicoe | 1996 |
The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1995 |
The Vicar of Dibley | Tristan Campbell | 1994 |
Reputations | Self - Narrator | 1994 |
Captives | Simon | 1994 |
The All New Alexei Sayle Show | Doug Hatton in 'Drunk in Time' / Sherlock Holmes | 1994 |
Prime Suspect 3 | Vera Reynolds | 1993 |
Soft Top Hard Shoulder | Gavin Bellini | 1993 |
The Secret Agent | Mr Vladimir | 1992 |
The Secret Agent | Mr. Vladimir | 1992 |
The Cloning of Joanna May | Isaac | 1992 |
Prime Suspect | 1991 | |
Have I Got News for You | Self | 1990 |
December Bride | Young Sorleyson | 1990 |
Stay Lucky | Robin | 1989 |
Shadow of the Noose | Robert Wood | 1989 |
Poirot | Claude Langton | 1989 |
Dangerous Liaisons | Azolan | 1988 |
The Lair of the White Worm | Angus Flint | 1988 |
Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Zeno Vedast | 1987 |
Up Line | Scott Dare | 1987 |
Turtle Diary | Assistant Keeper | 1985 |
John and Yoko: A Love Story | George Harrison | 1985 |
C.A.T.S. Eyes | Caldicott | 1985 |
Screen Two | Bruce Coldfield | 1985 |
Travelling Man | John | 1984 |
Natural World | Narrator | 1983 |
Dramarama | The British Ambassador | 1983 |
Local Hero | Oldsen | 1983 |
Living Apart Together | Joe | 1982 |
The Comic Strip Presents | John | 1982 |
See Hear | Self | 1981 |
Children in Need | The Doctor | 1980 |
Minder | Ozzie | 1979 |
Crown Court | Eamonn Donnelly | 1972 |
Whodunnit? | Self - Audience Member | 1972 |
Horizon | Self - Narrator | 1964 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Cricklewood Greats | 2012 |
Getting On | 2009 |
Strictly Sinatra | 2001 |
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | 1993 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Criminal Record | 2024 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1995 | Oscar | Best Short Film, Live Action | Won |