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Peter Capaldi
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 d…
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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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2026
TFI Unplugged
TV show Self
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2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Movie The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2025
The Academy of Armando
Movie Self
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2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie The Doctor (12) (archive footage)
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2024
Criminal Record
TV show DCI Daniel Hegarty
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2022
The Devil's Hour
TV show Gideon Shepherd
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2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV show Self
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2022
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
Movie Narrator
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2021
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Movie Self
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2021
Benediction
Movie Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
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2021
National Theatre Live: Constellations
Movie Roland
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2021
But Why?
Movie Older Man (uncredited)
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2021
The Suicide Squad
Movie Thinker
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2020
Being Beethoven
TV show Beethoven (voice)
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2020
The Big Night In
Movie Self
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2019
Martin's Close
Movie Dolben
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2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Movie Mr. Micawber
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2019
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
Movie Narrator
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2018
Watership Down
TV show Kehaar (voice)
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2018
Christopher Robin
Movie Rabbit (voice)
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2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
TV show Self
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2017
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Movie The Doctor (12)
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2017
Paddington 2
Movie Reginald Curry
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2016
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
Movie The Doctor
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2016
Prison, My Parents & Me
Movie Narrator
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2016
Class
TV show The Doctor
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2016
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
Movie The Doctor
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2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Movie The Doctor
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2015
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
Movie The Doctor
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2014
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
Movie The Doctor
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2014
Paddington
Movie Reginald Curry
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2014
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Movie The Doctor (12)
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2014
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
Movie The Doctor (12)
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2014
Doctor Who Extra
TV show Self
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2014
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
Movie Self
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2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Movie Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
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2014
The Musketeers
TV show Cardinal Richelieu
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2013
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
Movie The Doctor (12)
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2013
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
Movie Self - Presenter
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2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Movie The Doctor (12) (uncredited)
