Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Known for
Acting
Born
April 14, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
TFI Unplugged poster

TFI Unplugged

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2026
100 Questions with Tom Simons poster

100 Questions with Tom Simons

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2025
The Academy of Armando poster

The Academy of Armando

Movie · as Self

2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War poster

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as The Doctor (12) (archive footage)

2024
Criminal Record poster

Criminal Record

TV · as DCI Daniel Hegarty · 16 eps

2022
Riverwoods: An Untold Story poster

Riverwoods: An Untold Story

Movie · as Narrator

2022
The Devil's Hour poster

The Devil's Hour

TV · as Gideon Shepherd · 12 eps

2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
National Theatre Live: Constellations poster

National Theatre Live: Constellations

Movie · as Roland

2021
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life poster

Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life

Movie · as Self

2021
The Suicide Squad poster

The Suicide Squad

Movie · as Thinker

2021
Benediction poster

Benediction

Movie · as Siegfried Sassoon (Older)

2021
But Why?

But Why?

Movie · as Older Man (uncredited)

2020
The Big Night In poster

The Big Night In

Movie · as Self

2020
Being Beethoven poster

Being Beethoven

TV · as Beethoven (voice) · 3 eps

2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield poster

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Movie · as Mr. Micawber

2019
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery poster

How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery

Movie · as Narrator

2019
Martin's Close poster

Martin's Close

Movie · as Dolben

2018
Christopher Robin poster

Christopher Robin

Movie · as Rabbit (voice)

2018
Watership Down poster

Watership Down

TV · as Kehaar (voice) · 2 eps

2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction poster

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2017
Paddington 2 poster

Paddington 2

Movie · as Reginald Curry

2017
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time poster

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

Movie · as The Doctor (12)

2016
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future poster

Doctor Who: Friend from the Future

Movie · as The Doctor

2016
Prison, My Parents & Me poster

Prison, My Parents & Me

Movie · as Narrator

2016
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio poster

Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio

Movie · as The Doctor

2016
Class poster

Class

TV · as The Doctor · 1 ep

2015
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation poster

Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation

Movie · as The Doctor

2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song poster

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Movie · as The Doctor

2014
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour poster

Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour

Movie · as Self

2014
Paddington poster

Paddington

Movie · as Reginald Curry

2014
Doctor Who: Last Christmas poster

Doctor Who: Last Christmas

Movie · as The Doctor

2014
Doctor Who: Deep Breath poster

Doctor Who: Deep Breath

Movie · as The Doctor (12)

2014
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven poster

Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven

Movie · as The Doctor (12)

2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion poster

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion

Movie · as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)

2014
The Musketeers poster

The Musketeers

TV · as Cardinal Richelieu · 10 eps

2014
Doctor Who Extra poster

Doctor Who Extra

TV · as Self · 12 eps

2013
World War Z poster

World War Z

Movie · as W.H.O. Doctor

2013
The Fifth Estate poster

The Fifth Estate

Movie · as Alan Rusbridger

2013
Inside the Mind of Leonardo poster

Inside the Mind of Leonardo

Movie · as Leonardo da Vinci

2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (12) (uncredited)

2013
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (12)

2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor poster

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

Movie · as Self

2013
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli? poster

Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2012
The Cricklewood Greats poster

The Cricklewood Greats

Movie · as Himself

2012
Punk Britannia poster

Punk Britannia

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

2011
The Murder at Road Hill House poster

The Murder at Road Hill House

Movie · as Samuel Kent

2011
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster poster

Big Fat Gypsy Gangster

Movie · as Peter Van Gellis

2011
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite poster

The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite

Movie

2011
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite poster

The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite

TV · as voice actor · 1 ep

2011
The Hour poster

The Hour

TV · as Randall Brown · 6 eps

2011
The Field of Blood poster

The Field of Blood

TV · as Dr. Pete · 2 eps

2011
Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror

TV · as Older Cameron Walker · 1 ep

2010
Bistro poster

Bistro

Movie · as Max

2010
The Madness of Peter Howson poster

The Madness of Peter Howson

Movie · as Self - Narrator (Voice)

2010
Accused poster

Accused

TV · as Frank Ryland · 1 ep

2010
The Nativity poster

The Nativity

TV · as Balthazar · 4 eps

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
In the Loop poster

In the Loop

Movie · as Malcolm Tucker

2009
A Portrait of Scotland

A Portrait of Scotland

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2009
Getting On poster

Getting On

TV · as Peter Healy · 3 eps

2009
10 Minute Tales poster

10 Minute Tales

TV · as The Man · 1 ep

2008
The Penguins of Madagascar poster

The Penguins of Madagascar

TV · as Uncle Nigel (voice) · 1 ep

2008
Midnight Man poster

Midnight Man

TV · as Trevor · 3 eps

2008
Cold Blood poster

Cold Blood

TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep

2008
The Devil's Whore poster

The Devil's Whore

TV · as King Charles I · 3 eps

2007
The Rise of the Nutters poster

The Rise of the Nutters

Movie · as Malcolm Tucker

2007
Magicians poster

Magicians

Movie · as Mike Francis

2007
Spinners and Losers poster

Spinners and Losers

Movie · as Malcolm Tucker

2007
Skins poster

Skins

TV · as Mark · 4 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2007
Fallen Angel poster

Fallen Angel

TV · as Henry Appleton · 3 eps

2006
Aftersun poster

Aftersun

Movie · as Jim

2006
Pinochet in Suburbia poster

Pinochet in Suburbia

Movie · as Andy McEntee

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Aftersun

Aftersun

TV · 2 eps

2006
Trawlermen poster

Trawlermen

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 19 eps

2006
Torchwood poster

Torchwood

TV · as John Frobisher · 5 eps

2006
The Martians and Us poster

The Martians and Us

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

2005
House of 9 poster

House of 9

Movie · as Max Roy

2005
Wild Country poster

Wild Country

Movie · as Father Steve

2005
The Best Man poster

The Best Man

Movie · as Priest

2005
Michael Powell poster

Michael Powell

Movie · as Narrator

2005
The Thick of It poster

The Thick of It

TV · as Malcolm Tucker · 21 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Caecilius, The Doctor · 1 ep

2004
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) poster

Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)

Movie · as John

2004
Salvage poster

Salvage

Movie · as James Mulwray

2004
Modigliani poster

Modigliani

Movie · as Jean Cocteau

2004
Napoleon's Waterloo poster

Napoleon's Waterloo

Movie · as Narrator

2004
Sea of Souls poster

Sea of Souls

TV · as Gordon Fleming · 2 eps

2003
Unconditional Love poster

Unconditional Love

Movie · as DI Terry Machin

2003
Peep Show poster

Peep Show

TV · as Professor Alistair MacLeish · 1 ep

2003
Fortysomething poster

Fortysomething

TV · as Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey · 6 eps

2003
The Afternoon Play poster

The Afternoon Play

TV · as Billy Shannon · 1 ep

2003
Coming Up poster

Coming Up

TV · as Joe · 1 ep

2002
Solid Geometry poster

Solid Geometry

Movie · as David Hunter

2002
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War poster

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

Movie · as Derek

2002
Max poster

Max

Movie · as David Cohn

2002
Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War

TV · as Raymond Carter · 1 ep

2001
Hotel! poster

Hotel!

Movie · as Hilton Gilfoyle

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · 1 ep

2001
In Deep poster

In Deep

TV · as Jeremy Church · 2 eps

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Lucien Calvin · 2 eps

2000
My Family poster

My Family

TV · as Colin Judd · 1 ep

1999
The Greatest Store in the World poster

The Greatest Store in the World

Movie · as Mr. Whiskers

1999
Psychos poster

Psychos

TV · as Mark Collins · 1 ep

1998
What Rats Won't Do poster

What Rats Won't Do

Movie · as Tony

1998
Boswell's Boswell

Boswell's Boswell

Movie · as James Boswell (voice)

1997
Bean poster

Bean

Movie · as Gareth

1997
I Hate Christmas Too poster

I Hate Christmas Too

Movie · as Man

1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow poster

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Movie · as Birgo Lander

1997
Shooting Fish poster

Shooting Fish

Movie · as Mr Gilzean

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Laurence Barker · 1 ep

1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling poster

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

TV · as Lord Fellamar · 3 eps

1996
Giving Tongue

Giving Tongue

Movie · as Duncan Fielding

1996
Lost for Words poster

Lost for Words

Movie · as The Tourist

1996
The Treasure Seekers poster

The Treasure Seekers

Movie · as Jellicoe

1996
Neverwhere poster

Neverwhere

TV · as Islington · 5 eps

1996
The Crow Road poster

The Crow Road

TV · as Rory McHoan · 4 eps

1995
Runway One

Runway One

Movie · as Mick Galligan

1994
Captives poster

Captives

Movie · as Simon

1994
The Vicar of Dibley poster

The Vicar of Dibley

TV · 1 ep

1994
The All New Alexei Sayle Show poster

The All New Alexei Sayle Show

TV · 6 eps

1994
Chandler & Co poster

Chandler & Co

TV · as Larry · 6 eps

1993
Selling Hitler poster

Selling Hitler

Movie · as Thomas Walde

1993
Jealousy poster

Jealousy

Movie · as John

1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder poster

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

Movie · as Gavin Bellini

1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love poster

Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love

Movie · as David Critchley

1993
Rik Mayall Presents poster

Rik Mayall Presents

TV · as David Critchley · 1 ep

1992
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade poster

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

Movie · as Luke Wakefield

1992
The Secret Agent poster

The Secret Agent

Movie · as Mr Vladimir

1992
The Cloning of Joanna May poster

The Cloning of Joanna May

TV · as Isaac · 2 eps

1992
The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

TV · as Mr. Vladimir · 3 eps

1991
Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb

Movie · as Bruce

1991
Prime Suspect poster

Prime Suspect

TV · as Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds, Vera Reynolds

1991
Selling Hitler poster

Selling Hitler

TV · as Thomas Walde · 5 eps

1991
Titmuss Regained poster

Titmuss Regained

TV · as Ken Cracken · 3 eps

1990
December Bride poster

December Bride

Movie · as Young Sorleyson

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Chain

Chain

TV · as Robert McRae · 4 eps

1989
Rosie the Great poster

Rosie the Great

Movie · as The British Ambassador

1989
Dream Baby poster

Dream Baby

Movie · as Willie

1989
Communicators From Hell poster

Communicators From Hell

Movie

1989
Colleagues From Hell poster

Colleagues From Hell

Movie

1989
Stay Lucky poster

Stay Lucky

TV · 1 ep

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Claude Langton · 1 ep

1989
Shadow of the Noose poster

Shadow of the Noose

TV · as Robert Wood · 1 ep

1988
Dangerous Liaisons poster

Dangerous Liaisons

Movie · as Azolan

1988
The Lair of the White Worm poster

The Lair of the White Worm

Movie · as Angus Flint

1988
The Love Child poster

The Love Child

Movie · as Dillon

1988
Rab C. Nesbitt: Seasonal Greet poster

Rab C. Nesbitt: Seasonal Greet

Movie · as Preacher

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1987
Up Line poster

Up Line

Movie · as Scott Dare

1987
The Story of a Recluse poster

The Story of a Recluse

Movie · as Jamie Kirkwood

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

TV · as Zeno Vedast · 3 eps

1987
Up Line

Up Line

TV · as Scott Dare · 4 eps

1986
God's Chosen Car Park

God's Chosen Car Park

Movie · as Everard

1985
John and Yoko: A Love Story poster

John and Yoko: A Love Story

Movie · as George Harrison

1985
Turtle Diary poster

Turtle Diary

Movie · as Assistant Keeper

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Bruce Coldfield, Simon · 1 ep

1984
Spectrum

Spectrum

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

1984
Travelling Man poster

Travelling Man

TV · as John · 1 ep

1983
Local Hero poster

Local Hero

Movie · as Danny Oldsen

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

1983
Dramarama poster

Dramarama

TV · as The British Ambassador · 1 ep

1982
Living Apart Together

Living Apart Together

Movie · as Joe

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Ozzie · 1 ep

1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas poster

A Ghost Story for Christmas

TV · as Dolben · 1 ep