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Peter Capaldi
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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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- Commons category
- Peter Capaldi
- date of birth
- 1958-04-14
- nominated for
- BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- birth name
- Peter Dougan Capaldi
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Peter Capaldi
- relative
- Lewis Capaldi
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Dougan Capaldi (/kəˈpældi/; born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, director, singer and guitarist. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2013–2017) and Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It (2005–2012), for which he received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010.
Capaldi won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his 1993 short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life. He went on to write and direct the drama film Strictly Sinatra (2001) and directed two series of the sitcom Getting On (2009–2010). Capaldi also played Mr Curry in the family film Paddington (2014) and its sequel Paddington 2 (2017), as well as the Thinker in The Suicide Squad (2021).
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