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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
+6
as W.H.O. Doctor 
The Suicide Squad
+3
as Thinker 
Criminal Record
as DCI Daniel Hegarty 
The Thick of It
+1
as Malcolm Tucker 
Paddington 2
+5
as Reginald Curry 
Paddington
+4
as Reginald Curry 
Christopher Robin
+3
as Rabbit (voice) 
The Devil's Hour
as Gideon Shepherd 
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice) 
Dangerous Liaisons
+5
as Azolan 
The Fifth Estate
+3
as Alan Rusbridger 
The Hour
as Randall Brown 
Bean
+3
as Gareth 
The Personal History of David Copperfield
+2
as Mr. Micawber 
The Lair of the White Worm
+3
as Angus Flint 
Local Hero
+1
as Danny Oldsen 
In the Loop
as Malcolm Tucker 
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (12) (uncredited) 
The Best Man
as Priest 
Benediction
+2
as Siegfried Sassoon (Older) 
The Nativity
as Balthazar 
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
+2
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
+2
as Father Steve 
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
+2
as Narrator 
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Andy McEntee 
Martin's Close
as Dolben