Actor
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Peter Capaldi
Born 1958-04-14
📍 Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography 151
TFI Unplugged
as Self
2026
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
Criminal Record
as DCI Daniel Hegarty
2024
The Devil's Hour
as Gideon Shepherd
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self
2022
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
Being Beethoven
as Beethoven (voice)
2020
The Big Night In
as Self
2020
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
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice)
2018
Christopher Robin
as Rabbit (voice)
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
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
Class
as The Doctor
2016
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
as The Doctor
2016
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor
2015
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
as The Doctor
2015
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
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 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
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
Punk Britannia
as Narrator
2012
The Cricklewood Greats
as Himself
2012
Black Mirror
as Older Cameron Walker
2011
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
as Peter Van Gellis
2011
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
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 Murder at Road Hill House
as Samuel Kent
2011
The Nativity
as Balthazar
2010
Accused
as Frank Ryland
2010
Conan
as Self - Guest
2010
10 Minute Tales
as The Man
2009
Getting On
as Peter Healy
2009
In the Loop
as Malcolm Tucker
2009
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
2008
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
2007
The Martians and Us
as Narrator
2006
Torchwood
as John Frobisher
2006
Aftersun
as Jim
2006
The One Show
as Self
2006
Trawlermen
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Andy McEntee
2006
Wild Country
as Father Steve
2005
Michael Powell
as Narrator
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
2005
Salvage
as James Mulwray
2004
Napoleon's Waterloo
as Narrator
2004
Modigliani
as Jean Cocteau
2004
Sea of Souls
as Gordon Fleming
2004
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
as John
2004
Peep Show
as Professor Alistair MacLeish
2003
Fortysomething
as Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey
2003
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
as Derek
2003
The Afternoon Play
as Billy Shannon
2003
Unconditional Love
as DI Terry Machin
2003
Foyle's War
as Raymond Carter
2002
Max
as David Cohn
2002
Solid Geometry
as David Hunter
2002
Judge John Deed
2001
Waking the Dead
as Lucien Calvin
2001
In Deep
as Jeremy Church
2001
Hotel!
as Hilton Gilfoyle
2001
My Family
as Colin Judd
2000
The Greatest Store in the World
as Mr. Whiskers
1999
Psychos
as Mark Collins
1999
What Rats Won't Do
as Tony
1998
I Hate Christmas Too
as Man
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
1997
The Treasure Seekers
as Jellicoe
1996
The Crow Road
as Rory McHoan
1996
Neverwhere
as Islington
1996
Lost for Words
as The Tourist
1996
The Vicar of Dibley
1994
Chandler & Co
as Larry
1994
Captives
as Simon
1994
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994
Jealousy
as John
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
as David Critchley
1993
Rik Mayall Presents
as David Critchley
1993
Selling Hitler
as Thomas Walde
1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
as Gavin Bellini
1993
The Secret Agent
as Mr Vladimir
1992
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
as Luke Wakefield
1992
The Cloning of Joanna May
as Isaac
1992
Titmuss Regained
as Ken Cracken
1991
Selling Hitler
as Thomas Walde
1991
Prime Suspect
as Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds
1991
Have I Got News for You
as Self
1990
December Bride
as Young Sorleyson
1990
Stay Lucky
1989
Rosie the Great
as The British Ambassador
1989
Dream Baby
as Willie
1989
Shadow of the Noose
as Robert Wood
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Claude Langton
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
Colleagues From Hell
1989
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
1988
The Story of a Recluse
as Jamie Kirkwood
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Zeno Vedast
1987
Up Line
as Scott Dare
1987
Turtle Diary
as Assistant Keeper
1985
John and Yoko: A Love Story
as George Harrison
1985
Travelling Man
as John
1984
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
Local Hero
as Danny Oldsen
1983
Minder
as Ozzie
1979
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as Dolben
1971