
Peter Capaldi
Peter Dougan Capaldi 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025 · The Academy of Armando as Self
- 2024 · Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (12) (archive footage)
- 2024 · Criminal Record as DCI Daniel Hegarty
- 2022 · The Devil's Hour as Gideon Shepherd
- 2021 · Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life as Self
- 2021 · Benediction as Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
- 2021 · National Theatre Live: Constellations as Roland
- 2021 · The Suicide Squad as Thinker
- 2019 · Martin's Close as Dolben
- 2019 · The Personal History of David Copperfield as Mr. Micawber
- 2018 · Watership Down as Kehaar (voice)
- 2018 · Christopher Robin as Rabbit (voice)
- 2018 · James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- 2017 · Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time as The Doctor (12)
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Reginald Curry
- 2016 · Class as The Doctor
- 2015 · Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor
- 2015 · Doctor Who: Sleep No More as Twelfth Doctor
- 2014 · Doctor Who: Last Christmas as The Doctor
- 2014 · Paddington as Reginald Curry
- 2014 · Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven as The Doctor
- 2014 · Doctor Who: Deep Breath as The Doctor (12)
- 2014 · Doctor Who Extra as Self
- 2014 · Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour as Self
- 2014 · Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
- 2014 · The Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu
- 2013 · Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor as The Doctor (12)
- 2013 · Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (12) (uncredited)
- 2013 · The Fifth Estate as Alan Rusbridger
- 2013 · Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor as Self
- 2013 · World War Z as W.H.O. Doctor
- 2012 · Punk Britannia as Narrator
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Older Cameron Walker
- 2011 · The Hour as Randall Brown
- 2011 · The Field of Blood as Dr. Pete
- 2010 · The Nativity as Balthazar
- 2010 · Accused as Frank Ryland
- 2009 · 10 Minute Tales as
- 2009 · Getting On as Peter Healy
- 2009 · In the Loop as Malcolm Tucker
- 2008 · The Penguins of Madagascar as Uncle Nigel (voice)
- 2008 · The Devil's Whore as King Charles I
- 2008 · Cold Blood as Self - Narrator
- 2008 · Midnight Man as Trevor
- 2007 · Spinners and Losers as Malcolm Tucker
- 2007 · Magicians as Mike Francis
- 2007 · Fallen Angel as Henry Appleton
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Skins as Mark
- 2007 · The Rise of the Nutters as Malcolm Tucker
- 2006 · Torchwood as John Frobisher
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Pinochet in Suburbia as Andy McEntee
- 2005 · Wild Country as Father Steve
- 2005 · The Best Man as Priest
- 2005 · House of 9 as Max Roy
- 2005 · The Thick of It as Malcolm Tucker
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Caecilius
- 2005 · Doctor Who as The Doctor
- 2004 · Modigliani as Jean Cocteau
- 2004 · Sea of Souls as Gordon Fleming
- 2003 · Peep Show as Professor Alistair MacLeish
- 2003 · Fortysomething as Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey
- 2003 · Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War as Derek
- 2003 · Unconditional Love as DI Terry Machin
- 2002 · Foyle's War as Raymond Carter
- 2002 · Max as David Cohn
- 2002 · Solid Geometry as David Hunter
- 2001 · Judge John Deed as
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Lucien Calvin
- 2001 · In Deep as Jeremy Church
- 2001 · Hotel! as Hilton Gilfoyle
- 1999 · Psychos as
- 1998 · What Rats Won't Do as Tony
- 1997 · The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Lord Fellamar
- 1997 · Shooting Fish as Mr Gilzean
- 1997 · Bean as Gareth
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Laurence Barker
- 1997 · Smilla's Sense of Snow as Birgo Lander
- 1996 · The Treasure Seekers as Jellicoe
- 1996 · The Crow Road as Rory McHoan
- 1996 · Neverwhere as Islington
- 1996 · Giving Tongue as Duncan Fielding
- 1995 · Runway One as Mick Galligan
- 1994 · The Vicar of Dibley as
- 1994 · Chandler & Co. as
- 1994 · Captives as Simon
- 1994 · The All New Alexei Sayle Show as
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents as David Critchley
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love as David Critchley
- 1993 · Soft Top Hard Shoulder as Gavin Bellini
- 1992 · The Cloning of Joanna May as Isaac
- 1991 · Selling Hitler as Thomas Walde
- 1991 · Prime Suspect as Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1990 · December Bride as Young Sorleyson
- 1989 · Stay Lucky as
- 1989 · Dream Baby as Willie
- 1989 · Shadow of the Noose as Robert Wood
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Claude Langton
- 1988 · Dangerous Liaisons as Azolan
- 1988 · This Morning as Self - Guest
- 1988 · The Love Child as Dillon
- 1988 · The Lair of the White Worm as Angus Flint
- 1987 · The Story of a Recluse as Jamie Kirkwood
- 1987 · The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Zeno Vedast
- 1985 · John and Yoko: A Love Story as George Harrison
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Local Hero as Danny Oldsen
- 1982 · Living Apart Together as Joe
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as John
- Future · Lost for Words as The Tourist
- 2022 · Riverwoods: An Untold Story as Narrator
- 2019 · How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery as Narrator
- 2016 · Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio as The Doctor
- 2016 · Prison, My Parents & Me as Narrator
- 2016 · Friend from the Future as The Doctor
- 2015 · Doctor Who : Under the Lake / Before The Flood as Twelfth Doctor
- 2015 · Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation as The Doctor
- 2013 · Who's Afraid of Machiavelli? as Self - Presenter
- 2013 · Inside the Mind of Leonardo as Leonardo da Vinci
- 2012 · The Cricklewood Greats as Himself
- 2011 · Big Fat Gypsy Gangster as Peter Van Gellis
- 2011 · The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite as voice actor
- 2011 · The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite as
- 2011 · The Murder at Road Hill House as Samuel Kent
- 2010 · Bistro as Max
- 2009 · A Portrait of Scotland as Self - Presenter
- 2006 · The Martians and Us as Narrator
- 2006 · Aftersun as
- 2006 · Aftersun as Jim
- 2006 · Trawlermen as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Michael Powell as Narrator
- 2004 · Salvage as James Mulwray
- 2004 · Napoleon's Waterloo as Narrator
- 2004 · Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) as John
- 1999 · The Greatest Store in the World as Mr. Whiskers
- 1998 · Boswell's Boswell as James Boswell (voice)
- 1997 · I Hate Christmas Too as Man
- 1993 · Jealousy as John
- 1993 · Selling Hitler as Thomas Walde
- 1992 · The Secret Agent as Mr Vladimir
- 1992 · Mr. Wakefield's Crusade as Luke Wakefield
- 1991 · Titmuss Regained as Ken Cracken
- 1991 · Do Not Disturb as
- 1989 · Rosie the Great as The British Ambassador
- 1989 · Communicators From Hell as
- 1987 · Up Line as Scott Dare
- 1986 · God's Chosen Car Park as Everard
- 1985 · Turtle Diary as Assistant Keeper
- 1979 · Minder as Ozzie