पीटर कैपल्डी

Film & TV

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…

Known for

• TFI Unplugged — Self2026
• The Academy of Armando — Self2025
• Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War — The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)2025
• Doctor Who at the Proms — The Doctor (12) (archive footage)2024
• Criminal Record — DCI Daniel Hegarty2024
• Riverwoods: An Untold Story — Narrator2022
• The Devil's Hour — Gideon Shepherd2022
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self2022
• National Theatre Live: Constellations — Roland2021
• Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life — Self2021

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Key facts

Born

Peter Dougan Capaldi , ( 1958-04-14 ) 14 April 1958 (age 68) , Glasgow , Scotland

Citizenship

United Kingdom Italy

Education

Glasgow School of Art ( BA )

Occupations

Actor director writer musician producer

Years active

1974–present

Known for

Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who

Works

Filmography

Spouse

Elaine Collins ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 ) ​

Relatives

Lewis Capaldi (cousin)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Peter

Gender

male

Citizenship

Italy

Place of birth

Glasgow

Occupation

executive producer

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

British English

Instrument

synthesizer

Image

Peter Capaldi by Gage Skidmore.jpg

Height

1.83

Number of children

1

Residence

Muswell Hill

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