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.
Born: 14 April 1958
Played In
TV Show
Apr 2026
100 Questions with Tom Simons
Self
TV Show
Apr 2026
TFI Unplugged
Self
Movie
May 2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie
Mar 2025
The Academy of Armando
Self
Movie
Dec 2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (12) (archive footage)
TV Show
Jan 2024
Criminal Record
DCI Daniel Hegarty
TV Show
Oct 2022
The Devil's Hour
Gideon Shepherd
TV Show
Sep 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
Movie
Mar 2022
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
Narrator
Movie
Dec 2021
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Self
Movie
Dec 2021
Benediction
Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
Movie
Oct 2021
National Theatre Live: Constellations
Roland
Movie
Aug 2021
But Why?
Older Man (uncredited)
Movie
Jul 2021
The Suicide Squad
Thinker
TV Show
Jul 2020
Being Beethoven
Beethoven (voice)
Movie
Apr 2020
The Big Night In
Self
Movie
Dec 2019
Martin's Close
Dolben
Movie
Nov 2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Mr. Micawber
Movie
Apr 2019
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
Narrator
TV Show
Dec 2018
Watership Down
Kehaar (voice)
Movie
Aug 2018
Christopher Robin
Rabbit (voice)
TV Show
Apr 2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
Movie
Dec 2017
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Doctor (12)
Movie
Nov 2017
Paddington 2
Reginald Curry
Movie
Dec 2016
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
The Doctor
Movie
Nov 2016
Prison, My Parents & Me
Narrator
TV Show
Oct 2016
Class
The Doctor
Movie
Apr 2016
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
The Doctor
Movie
Dec 2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor
Movie
Sep 2015
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
The Doctor
TV Show
May 2015
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
Movie
Dec 2014
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
The Doctor
Movie
Nov 2014
Paddington
Reginald Curry
Movie
Nov 2014
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
The Doctor
Movie
Aug 2014
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
The Doctor (12)
TV Show
Aug 2014
Doctor Who Extra
Self
Movie
Aug 2014
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
Self
Movie
Aug 2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
TV Show
Jan 2014
The Musketeers
Cardinal Richelieu
Movie
Dec 2013
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
The Doctor (12)
Movie
Dec 2013
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
Self - Presenter
Movie
Nov 2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (12) (uncredited)
Movie
Oct 2013
The Fifth Estate
Alan Rusbridger
Movie
Aug 2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
Movie
Jun 2013
World War Z
W.H.O. Doctor
Movie
Mar 2013
Inside the Mind of Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci
TV Show
Jun 2012
Punk Britannia
Narrator
Movie
Feb 2012
The Cricklewood Greats
Himself
TV Show
Dec 2011
Black Mirror
Older Cameron Walker
Movie
Sep 2011
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
Peter Van Gellis
Movie
Aug 2011
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
TV Show
Aug 2011
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
voice actor
TV Show
Jul 2011
The Hour
Randall Brown
TV Show
May 2011
The Field of Blood
Dr. Pete
Movie
Apr 2011
The Murder at Road Hill House
Samuel Kent
TV Show
Dec 2010
The Nativity
Balthazar
Movie
Nov 2010
The Madness of Peter Howson
Narrator
TV Show
Nov 2010
Accused
Frank Ryland
TV Show
Nov 2010
Conan
Self - Guest
Movie
Oct 2010
Bistro
Max
TV Show
Dec 2009
10 Minute Tales
The Man
Movie
Sep 2009
A Portrait of Scotland
Self - Presenter
TV Show
Jul 2009
Getting On
Peter Healy
Movie
Jan 2009
In the Loop
Malcolm Tucker
TV Show
Nov 2008
The Penguins of Madagascar
Uncle Nigel (voice)
TV Show
Nov 2008
The Devil's Whore
King Charles I
TV Show
Oct 2008
Cold Blood
Self - Narrator
TV Show
May 2008
Midnight Man
Trevor
Movie
Jul 2007
Spinners and Losers
Malcolm Tucker
Movie
May 2007
Magicians
Mike Francis
TV Show
Mar 2007
Fallen Angel
Henry Appleton
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
TV Show
Jan 2007
Skins
Mark
Movie
Jan 2007
The Rise of the Nutters
Malcolm Tucker
TV Show
Nov 2006
The Martians and Us
Narrator
TV Show
Oct 2006
Torchwood
John Frobisher
Movie
Sep 2006
Aftersun
Jim
TV Show
Sep 2006
Aftersun
TV Show
Aug 2006
The One Show
Self
TV Show
Jul 2006
Trawlermen
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Mar 2006
Pinochet in Suburbia
Andy McEntee
Movie
Oct 2005
Wild Country
Father Steve
Movie
Aug 2005
Michael Powell
Narrator
Movie
Jul 2005
The Best Man
Priest
Movie
Jun 2005
House of 9
Max Roy
TV Show
May 2005
The Thick of It
Malcolm Tucker
TV Show
Mar 2005
Doctor Who
Caecilius
TV Show
Mar 2005
Doctor Who
The Doctor
Movie
Dec 2004
Salvage
James Mulwray
Movie
Sep 2004
Napoleon's Waterloo
Narrator
Movie
May 2004
Modigliani
Jean Cocteau
TV Show
Feb 2004
Sea of Souls
Gordon Fleming
Movie
Jan 2004
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
John
TV Show
Sep 2003
Peep Show
Professor Alistair MacLeish
TV Show
Jun 2003
Fortysomething
Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey
Movie
Jan 2003
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Derek
TV Show
Jan 2003
The Afternoon Play
Billy Shannon
Movie
Jan 2003
Unconditional Love
DI Terry Machin
TV Show
Oct 2002
Foyle's War
Raymond Carter
Movie
Sep 2002
Max
David Cohn
Movie
Aug 2002
Solid Geometry
David Hunter
TV Show
Nov 2001
Judge John Deed
TV Show
Jun 2001
Waking the Dead
Lucien Calvin
TV Show
Feb 2001
In Deep
Jeremy Church
Movie
Feb 2001
Hotel!
Hilton Gilfoyle
TV Show
Sep 2000
My Family
Colin Judd
Movie
Dec 1999
The Greatest Store in the World
Mr. Whiskers
TV Show
May 1999
Psychos
Mark Collins
Movie
Jul 1998
What Rats Won't Do
Tony
Movie
May 1998
Boswell's Boswell
James Boswell (voice)
Movie
Dec 1997
I Hate Christmas Too
Man
TV Show
Nov 1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Lord Fellamar
Movie
Aug 1997
Shooting Fish
Mr Gilzean
Movie
Jul 1997
Bean
Gareth
TV Show
Mar 1997
Midsomer Murders
Laurence Barker
Movie
Feb 1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Birgo Lander
Movie
Dec 1996
The Treasure Seekers
Jellicoe
TV Show
Nov 1996
The Crow Road
Rory McHoan
TV Show
Sep 1996
Neverwhere
Islington
Movie
Sep 1996
Giving Tongue
Duncan Fielding
Movie
Jan 1996
Lost for Words
The Tourist
Movie
Aug 1995
Runway One
Mick Galligan
TV Show
Nov 1994
The Vicar of Dibley
TV Show
Jul 1994
Chandler & Co
Larry
Movie
May 1994
Captives
Simon
TV Show
Jan 1994
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
Movie
May 1993
Jealousy
John
Movie
May 1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
David Critchley
TV Show
May 1993
Rik Mayall Presents
David Critchley
Movie
Apr 1993
Selling Hitler
Thomas Walde
Movie
Jan 1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Gavin Bellini
Movie
Oct 1992
The Secret Agent
Mr Vladimir
Movie
Apr 1992
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Luke Wakefield
Movie
Jan 1992
The Cloning of Joanna May
Isaac
TV Show
Sep 1991
Titmuss Regained
Ken Cracken
TV Show
Jun 1991
Selling Hitler
Thomas Walde
TV Show
Apr 1991
Prime Suspect
Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds
Movie
Mar 1991
Do Not Disturb
Bruce
TV Show
Sep 1990
Have I Got News for You
Self
TV Show
May 1990
Chain
Robert McRae
Movie
May 1990
December Bride
Young Sorleyson
TV Show
Dec 1989
Stay Lucky
Movie
Jul 1989
Rosie the Great
The British Ambassador
Movie
May 1989
Dream Baby
Willie
TV Show
Feb 1989
Shadow of the Noose
Robert Wood
TV Show
Jan 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Claude Langton
Movie
Jan 1989
Communicators From Hell
Movie
Jan 1989
Colleagues From Hell
Movie
Dec 1988
Dangerous Liaisons
Azolan
TV Show
Oct 1988
This Morning
Self - Guest
Movie
Sep 1988
The Love Child
Dillon
Movie
Sep 1988
The Lair of the White Worm
Angus Flint
Movie
Dec 1987
The Story of a Recluse
Jamie Kirkwood
TV Show
Aug 1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Zeno Vedast
Movie
Feb 1987
Up Line
Scott Dare
Movie
Dec 1986
God's Chosen Car Park
Everard
Movie
Dec 1985
Turtle Diary
Assistant Keeper
Movie
Dec 1985
John and Yoko: A Love Story
George Harrison
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Bruce Coldfield
TV Show
Jan 1985
Screen Two
Simon
TV Show
Nov 1984
Travelling Man
John
TV Show
Jan 1984
Spectrum
Himself
TV Show
Oct 1983
Natural World
Narrator
TV Show
Sep 1983
Dramarama
The British Ambassador
Movie
Feb 1983
Local Hero
Danny Oldsen
Movie
Nov 1982
Living Apart Together
Joe
TV Show
Oct 1979
Minder
Ozzie
TV Show
Dec 1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Dolben
TV Show
Doctor Who
The Twelfth Doctor