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Peter Capaldi
Known for: ActingPeter 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 44
World War Z
as W.H.O. Doctor 
The Suicide Squad
as Thinker 
Criminal Record
as DCI Daniel Hegarty 
The Thick of It
as Malcolm Tucker 
Paddington 2
as Reginald Curry 
Paddington
as Reginald Curry 
The Devil's Hour
as Gideon Shepherd 
Christopher Robin
as Rabbit (voice) 
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice) 
The Hour
as Randall Brown 
Bean
as Gareth 
Dangerous Liaisons
as Azolan 
The Fifth Estate
as Alan Rusbridger 
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as Mr. Micawber 
Local Hero
as Danny Oldsen 
The Lair of the White Worm
as Angus Flint 
In the Loop
as Malcolm Tucker 
The Nativity
as Balthazar 
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (12) (uncredited) 
The Best Man
as Priest 
Benediction
as Siegfried Sassoon (Older) 
Fallen Angel
as Henry Appleton 
Selling Hitler
as Thomas Walde 
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Birgo Lander 
House of 9
as Max Roy 
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
as The Doctor (12) 
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
as The Doctor 
Midnight Man
as Trevor 
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
as The Doctor (12) 
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (12) (archive footage) 
Modigliani
as Jean Cocteau 
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor 
Captives
as Simon 
Max
as David Cohn 
The Murder at Road Hill House
as Samuel Kent 
The Treasure Seekers
as Jellicoe 
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
as The Doctor 
What Rats Won't Do
as Tony 
The Secret Agent
as Mr Vladimir 
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
as Peter Van Gellis 
Wild Country
as Father Steve 
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
as Narrator 
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Andy McEntee 
Martin's Close
as Dolben