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.
Personal Details
Movies (37)
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
The Academy of Armando
as Self
2025
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (12) (archive footage)
2024
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
as Narrator
2022
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
2021
Martin's Close
as Dolben
2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as Mr. Micawber
2019
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
as Narrator
2019
Christopher Robin
as Rabbit (voice)
2018
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
as The Doctor (12)
2017
Paddington 2
as Reginald Curry
2017
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
as The Doctor
2016
Prison, My Parents & Me
as Narrator
2016
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
as The Doctor
2016
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor
2015
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent & Hell Bent
as The Doctor
2015
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
as The Doctor
2015
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: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
as Self
2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
as The Doctor (12)
2013
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
as Self - Presenter
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
2013
Inside the Mind of Leonardo
as Leonardo da Vinci
2013
The Cricklewood Greats
as Himself
2012
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
as Peter Van Gellis
2011
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011
The Murder at Road Hill House
as Samuel Kent
2011
TV Shows (13)
Criminal Record
as DCI Daniel Hegarty
2024
The Devil's Hour
as Gideon Shepherd
2022
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice)
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
2018
Class
as The Doctor
2016
Doctor Who Extra
as Self
2014
The Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
2014
Punk Britannia
as Narrator
2012
Black Mirror
as Older Cameron Walker
2011
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
as voice actor
2011
The Hour
as Randall Brown
2011
The Field of Blood
as Dr. Pete
2011
The Nativity
as Balthazar
2010