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.
Filmography (168 titles)
Show100 Questions with Tom Simons
Self · 2026
ShowTFI Unplugged
Self · 2026
5.0MovieDoctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2025
1.0MovieThe Academy of Armando
Self · 2025
7.2MovieDoctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (12) (archive footage) · 2024
6.5ShowCriminal Record
DCI Daniel Hegarty · 2024
7.2ShowThe Devil's Hour
Gideon Shepherd · 2022
2.8ShowSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self · 2022
MovieRiverwoods: An Untold Story
Narrator · 2022
10.0MovieQuentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Self · 2021
6.2MovieBenediction
Siegfried Sassoon (Older) · 2021
10.0MovieNational Theatre Live: Constellations
Roland · 2021
But Why?
Older Man (uncredited) · 2021
7.5MovieThe Suicide Squad
Thinker · 2021
8.0ShowBeing Beethoven
Beethoven (voice) · 2020
9.0MovieThe Big Night In
Self · 2020
5.6MovieMartin's Close
Dolben · 2019
6.4MovieThe Personal History of David Copperfield
Mr. Micawber · 2019
7.0MovieHow to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
Narrator · 2019
6.9ShowWatership Down
Kehaar (voice) · 2018
7.3MovieChristopher Robin
Rabbit (voice) · 2018
6.8ShowJames Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self · 2018
8.0MovieDoctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Doctor (12) · 2017
7.5MoviePaddington 2
Reginald Curry · 2017
7.4MovieDoctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
The Doctor · 2016
MoviePrison, My Parents & Me
Narrator · 2016
6.4ShowClass
The Doctor · 2016
7.0MovieDoctor Who: Friend from the Future
The Doctor · 2016
8.0MovieDoctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor · 2015
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent
The Doctor · 2015