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.
Known For
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Max
Shooting Fish
The Best Man
Cold Blood
House of 9
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
Psychos
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
Turtle Diary
Midnight Man
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
Doctor Who at the Proms
Punk Britannia
The Murder at Road Hill House
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
Hotel!
Magicians
Selling Hitler
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Secret Agent
What Rats Won't Do
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Aftersun
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