Peter Capaldi
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.
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Movies (98)
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025 · The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Academy of Armando
2025 · Self
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 · The Doctor (12) (archive footage)
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
2022 · Narrator
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021 · Self
Benediction
2021 · Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021 · Roland
But Why?
2021 · Older Man (uncredited)
El Escuadrón Suicida
2021 · Thinker
The Big Night In
2020 · Self
Martin's Close
2019 · Dolben
La historia de David Copperfield
2019 · Mr. Micawber
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
2019 · Narrator
Christopher Robin: Un Reencuentro Inolvidable
2018 · Rabbit (voice)
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017 · The Doctor (12)
Paddington 2
2017 · Reginald Curry
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
2016 · The Doctor
Prison, My Parents & Me
2016 · Narrator
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
2016 · The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015 · The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
2015 · The Doctor
Doctor Who: La última Navidad
2014 · The Doctor
Paddington
2014 · Reginald Curry
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014 · The Doctor (12)
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
2014 · The Doctor (12)
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
2014 · Self
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014 · Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
2013 · The Doctor (12)
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
2013 · Self - Presenter
Doctor Who: El día del Doctor
2013 · The Doctor (12) (uncredited)
El quinto poder
2013 · Alan Rusbridger
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013 · Self
Guerra mundial Z
2013 · W.H.O. Doctor
Inside the Mind of Leonardo
2013 · Leonardo da Vinci
The Cricklewood Greats
2012 · Himself, Writer, Director
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
2011 · Peter Van Gellis
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011 · Samuel Kent
The Madness of Peter Howson
2010 · Self - Narrator (Voice)
Bistro
2010 · Max
A Portrait of Scotland
2009 · Self - Presenter
In the Loop
2009 · Malcolm Tucker
Spinners and Losers
2007 · Malcolm Tucker
Magicians
2007 · Mike Francis
The Rise of the Nutters
2007 · Malcolm Tucker
Aftersun
2006 · Jim
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006 · Andy McEntee
Wild Country
2005 · Father Steve
Michael Powell
2005 · Narrator
The Best Man
2005 · Priest
House of 9
2005 · Max Roy
Salvage
2004 · James Mulwray
Napoleon's Waterloo
2004 · Narrator
Modigliani
2004 · Jean Cocteau
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
2004 · John
Unconditional Love
2003 · DI Terry Machin
Max
2002 · David Cohn
Solid Geometry
2002 · David Hunter
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2002 · Derek
Strictly Sinatra
2001 · Director, Writer
Hotel!
2001 · Hilton Gilfoyle
The Greatest Store in the World
1999 · Mr. Whiskers
What Rats Won't Do
1998 · Tony
Boswell's Boswell
1998 · James Boswell (voice)
I Hate Christmas Too
1997 · Man
Shooting Fish
1997 · Mr Gilzean
Bean: El nombre del desastre
1997 · Gareth
Presentimiento
1997 · Birgo Lander
The Treasure Seekers
1996 · Jellicoe
Giving Tongue
1996 · Duncan Fielding
Lost for Words
1996 · The Tourist
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
1995 · Director, Writer
Runway One
1995 · Mick Galligan
Captives
1994 · Simon
Jealousy
1993 · John
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993 · David Critchley
Selling Hitler
1993 · Thomas Walde
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993 · Gavin Bellini, Writer
The Secret Agent
1992 · Mr Vladimir
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992 · Luke Wakefield
Do Not Disturb
1991 · Bruce
December Bride
1990 · Young Sorleyson
Triple Scotch & Wry
1990 · Writer
Rosie the Great
1989 · The British Ambassador
Dream Baby
1989 · Willie
Communicators From Hell
1989
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Dangerous Liaisons
1988 · Azolan
Rab C. Nesbitt: Seasonal Greet
1988 · Preacher
The Love Child
1988 · Dillon
The Lair of the White Worm
1988 · Angus Flint
The Story of a Recluse
1987 · Jamie Kirkwood
Up Line
1987 · Scott Dare
God's Chosen Car Park
1986 · Everard
Turtle Diary
1985 · Assistant Keeper
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985 · George Harrison
Local Hero
1983 · Danny Oldsen
Living Apart Together
1982 · Joe
TV shows (74)
100 Questions with Tom Simons
2026 · Self - Guest
TFI Unplugged
2026 · Self
Criminal Record
2024 · DCI Daniel Hegarty, Executive Producer
La Hora del Diablo
2022 · Gideon Shepherd
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · Self
Being Beethoven
2020 · Beethoven (voice)
La Colina de Watership
2018 · Kehaar (voice)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018 · Self
Class
2016 · The Doctor
Doctor Who Extra
2014 · Self
Los Mosqueteros
2014 · Cardinal Richelieu
Punk Britannia
2012 · Narrator
Black Mirror
2011 · Older Cameron Walker
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011 · voice actor, Creator
The Hour
2011 · Randall Brown
The Field of Blood
2011 · Dr. Pete
The Nativity
2010 · Balthazar
Acusados
2010 · Frank Ryland
Conan
2010 · Self - Guest
10 Minute Tales
2009 · The Man
Getting On
2009 · Peter Healy
Los Pingüinos de Madagascar
2008 · Uncle Nigel (voice)
The Devil's Whore
2008 · King Charles I
Cold Blood
2008 · Self - Narrator
Midnight Man
2008 · Trevor
Fallen Angel
2007 · Henry Appleton
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
Skins
2007 · Mark
The Martians and Us
2006 · Narrator
Torchwood: El día del milagro
2006 · John Frobisher
Aftersun
2006
The One Show
2006 · Self
Trawlermen
2006 · Narrator (voice)
The Thick of It
2005 · Malcolm Tucker
Doctor Who
2005 · Caecilius, The Doctor
Sea of Souls
2004 · Gordon Fleming
Peep Show
2003 · Professor Alistair MacLeish
Coming Up
2003 · Joe
Fortysomething
2003 · Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey
The Afternoon Play
2003 · Billy Shannon
Foyle's War
2002 · Raymond Carter
Judge John Deed
2001
Waking the Dead
2001 · Lucien Calvin
In Deep
2001 · Jeremy Church
My Family
2000 · Colin Judd
Psychos
1999 · Mark Collins
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997 · Lord Fellamar
Los asesinatos de Midsomer
1997 · Laurence Barker
The Crow Road
1996 · Rory McHoan
Neverwhere
1996 · Islington
The Vicar of Dibley
1994
Chandler & Co
1994 · Larry
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994
Rik Mayall Presents
1993 · David Critchley
The Secret Agent
1992 · Mr. Vladimir
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992 · Isaac
Titmuss Regained
1991 · Ken Cracken
Selling Hitler
1991 · Thomas Walde
Prime Suspect
1991 · Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds, Vera Reynolds
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Self
Chain
1990 · Robert McRae
Stay Lucky
1989
Shadow of the Noose
1989 · Robert Wood
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Claude Langton
This Morning
1988 · Self - Guest
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Zeno Vedast
Up Line
1987 · Scott Dare
Screen Two
1985 · Bruce Coldfield, Simon
Travelling Man
1984 · John
Spectrum
1984 · Himself
Natural World
1983 · Narrator
Dramarama
1983 · The British Ambassador
Minder
1979 · Ozzie
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971 · Dolben