Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Birth name: Peter Dougan Capaldi
Born: April 14, 1958
Age: 65
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
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Biography

Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, writer and director, best known for being the twelfth and current actor to play the title role in the long-running BBC One sci-fi series Doctor Who. He has played numerous roles in film and television including the role of Malcolm Tucker, a spin doctor in the BBC comedy series The Thick of It and its film spinoff In the Loop, for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. As a director, he won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film as well as the British Academy Film Award for Best Short Film the year before for his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life.

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Early life

Capaldi was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Nancy (née Soutar) and Gerald John Capaldi. His paternal grandfather was Italian while the rest of his ancestry is Scottish and Irish. His parents ran an ice cream business. He was educated at St Teresa's Primary School in Possilpark, St Matthew's Primary School in Bishopbriggs, and St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch, before attending the Glasgow School of Art.

Capaldi displayed an early talent for performance by putting on a puppet show in primary school. While at high school, he was a member of the Antonine Players, who performed at the Fort Theatre in Bishopbriggs. As an art student, he was the lead singer and guitarist in a punk rock band called The Dreamboys, whose drummer was future comedian Craig Ferguson.

Career

Various acting roles

Capaldi has appeared in over 40 films and television shows since his appearance as Danny Oldsen in Local Hero (1983). He had a role in The Lair of the White Worm (1988) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988), and was featured as Ozzy in a 1985 episode of Minder. He voiced Chief Petty Officer Grieves in the BBC Radio Ministry of Defence comedy Our Brave Boys. Capaldi's first starring role on television was as Luke Wakefield, a closeted gay man who imagines he has witnessed a crime, in the BBC drama series Mr Wakefield's Crusade. He played fictional Songs of Praise producer Tristan Campbell in two episodes of the sitcom Vicar of Dibley, and a transvestite in ITV's Prime Suspect 3. In Neil Gaiman's gothic fantasy Neverwhere, he portrayed the angel Islington.

Capaldi is also an audiobook narrator, and his many titles include several of the works of Iain Banks. He starred as Rory in the 1996 television version of Banks's The Crow Road.

In the 1999 Channel 4 series Psychos, he played a mathematician with bipolar disorder. Capaldi made an appearance as a university professor in the sitcom Peep Show, and played a prime suspect in the 2007 series of Waking the Dead. In 2007, Capaldi appeared as Mark Jenkins (Sid's dad) in the E4 teen comedy drama series Skins. He returned for a second series in 2008, only to be killed off in the third episode. He appeared in the Midsomer Murders episode "Death in Chorus" and ITV1's Fallen Angel. He also appeared in the 2007 British comedy film Magicians.

He appeared as King Charles I in the Channel 4 series The Devil's Whore, aired in 2008. Capaldi provided his voice for the animated film Haunted Hogmanay in 2006. He played Balthazar, one of the Biblical Magi, in the 2010 BBC adaptation of The Nativity.

In November 2011, he began playing Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse, then transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in London. The original run closed at the Gielgud on 14 April 2012. He appeared in The Field of Blood as Dr. Pete, for which he received a BAFTA Scotland nomination in the TV actor/actress category; he was beaten by his co-star Jayd Johnson. He had a small role as a therapist in Big Fat Gypsy Gangster, written by and starring his Getting On co-star Ricky Grover. In 2012, Capaldi played Randall Brown, the new Head of News, on the BBC2 drama The Hour. He appeared as a WHO doctor in World War Z (2013), and had a role in Maleficent (2014), but his part in the latter movie was cut during post-production.

He starred in Inside the Mind of Leonardo, a documentary about Leonardo da Vinci. In 2013 he portrayed Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian in The Fifth Estate. In 2014 he starred in a new adaptation of The Three Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu on BBC One.

The Thick of It and In the Loop

Prior to taking over the lead role in Doctor Who, Capaldi was best known for playing spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the BBC sitcom The Thick of It, which he played from 2005 to 2012. Tucker is said to be largely, if loosely, based upon Tony Blair's right-hand man Alastair Campbell, although Capaldi has said that he based his performance more on Hollywood power players, such as the often abrasive Harvey Weinstein. A film spin-off from The Thick of It called In the Loop (in which Capaldi returned to the role of Tucker), was released in 2009.

The role of Tucker won Capaldi several awards. In 2006, 2008 and 2010 he was nominated for the BAFTA and RTS Best Comedy Actor Awards. He won the 2010 BAFTA Television Award for Male Performance in a Comedy Role. He also won the 2010 and 2012 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor. He received another BAFTA Award nominaton in 2013.

Doctor Who

Capaldi was cast in 2013 as the Doctor in the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who. His casting was announced on 4 August 2013 in a special BBC programme hosted by Zoë Ball. Capaldi first appeared as the Doctor in a cameo in the 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", before appearing in the 2013 Christmas special, "The Time of the Doctor". A lifelong fan of the series, Capaldi had previously played Lobus Caecilius in the 2008 episode "The Fires of Pompeii" with the Tenth Doctor and his companion Donna Noble, as well as playing civil servant John Frobisher in the 2009 spin-off Torchwood: Children of Earth.

Before taking the role, Capaldi stated that he had to seriously consider the increased level of visibility that would come with the part. He revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that he had been invited to audition for the role of the Eighth Doctor in 1995 prior to the production of the 1996 TV film but didn't go, stating: "I didn't go. I loved the show so much, and I didn't think I would get it, and I didn't want to just be part of a big cull of actors."

In 2014, Capaldi voiced the Doctor on the CBBC website's game, The Doctor and the Dalek and in 2015 voiced him in Lego Dimensions.

Work as director, presenter and writer

In 1992, Capaldi wrote and starred in the road movie Soft Top, Hard Shoulder, which won the audience award at the London Film Festival. In 1995, he won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for his film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, which was tied with fellow nominee Trevor, leading to both films being announced as joint winners, and won BAFTA Award for Best Short Film a year before that. He also wrote and directed Strictly Sinatra in 2001, and in 2009 he wrote and presented A Portrait of Scotland, a documentary detailing 500 years' history of Scottish portrait painting.

Capaldi directed several episodes of the 2009 BBC Four sitcom Getting On (one episode of which he appeared in as a doctor).

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, including silent movies, horror and bawdy comedy, and a disastrous Terry Gilliam epic (Gilliam appears as himself).

In 2013, Capaldi wrote and directed Born to be King.

Personal life

Capaldi is a patron of Worldwide Cancer Research, and the Scottish children's charity, the Aberlour Child Care Trust. He married Elaine Collins in Strathblane near his home city of Glasgow in 1991. Collins is an actress and writer, they met in 1983 in a touring production for the Paines Plough Theatre Company. They both live in Muswell Hill with their daughter.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1982 Living Apart Together Joe
1983 Local Hero Danny Oldsen
1984 Bless My Soul
1985 Turtle Diary Assistant keeper
1987 The Love Child Dillon Flynn
1988 The Lair of the White Worm Angus Flint
1988 Dangerous Liaisons Azolan
1991 December Bride Young Sorleyson
1991 Straight Talking Short film
1992 The Lake Max Short film
1993 Soft Top Hard Shoulder Gavin Bellini Writer
1993 Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life Writer/director
1994 Captives Simon
1996 The Grapevine Short film
1997 Smilla's Sense of Snow Birgo Lander
1997 Bean Gareth
1997 Shooting Fish Mr. Gilzean
1998 What Rats Won't Do Tony
2001 Strictly Sinatra Writer/director
2002 Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War Derek
2002 Max David Cohn
2003 Shotgun Dave Rides East Rob Short film
2004 House of 9 Max Roy
2004 Niceland John
2004 Modigliani Jean Cocteau
2005 Wild Country Father Steve
2005 The Best Man Priest
2007 Salvage James Mulwray Short film
2007 Magicians Mike Francis
2009 In the Loop Malcolm Tucker
2010 Bistro Max Short film
2011 Big Fat Gypsy Gangster Peter VanGellis
2013 World War Z W.H.O. Doctor
2013 The Fifth Estate Alan Rusbridger
2014 Maleficent King Kinloch Deleted scenes
2014 Paddington Mr. Curry
2014 From The Doctor to my son Thomas The Doctor, also writer/director Viral video
2016 The Complete Walk Titus Andronicus Anthology film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Crown Court Eamonn Donnelly Series 13, Episode 31: "Big Deal: Part 1"
1985 The Personal Touch Dominic Television film
1985 Minder Ozzie Series 6, Episode 2: "Life in the Fast Food Lane"
1985 Travelling Man John Series 2, Episode 6: "Blow-Up"
1985 John and Yoko: A Love Story George Harrison Television film
1986 C.A.T.S. Eyes Caldicott Series 2, Episode 2: "Powerline"
1986 God's Chosen Car Park Everard Television film
1987 Up Line Scott Dare
1987 The Story of a Recluse Jamie Television film
1988 Rab C. Nesbitt John Episode: "Seasonal Greet"
1989 Shadow of the Noose Robert Wood Series 1, Episode 7: "The Camden Town Murder"
1989 Dream Baby Willie Television film
1989 Dramarama Tony Series 7, Episode 7: "Rosie the Great"
1990 Chain Robert McRae
1990 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Zeno Vedast 3 episodes: "Some Lie and Some Die"
1991 Agatha Christie's Poirot Claude Langton Series 3, Episode 5: "Wasps' Nest"
1991 Screen Two Bruce Coldfield Series 7, Episode 10: "Do Not Disturb"
1991 Selling Hitler Thomas Walde
1991 Titmuss Regained Ken Cracken
1992 The Cloning of Joanna May Isaac
1992 Mr. Wakefield's Crusade Luke Wakefield
1992 Early Travellers in North America Robert Louis Stevenson 3 episodes
1992 The Secret Agent Mr. Vladimir
1993 Micky Love David Critchley
1993 The Comic Strip Presents... John Series 7, Episode 6: "Jealousy"
1993 Stay Lucky Robin Series 4, Episode 2: "The Driving Instructor"
1993 Prime Suspect Vera Reynolds Series 3
1994-95 The All New Alexei Sayle Show Doug Hatton/Various characters 7 episodes
1994 Chandler & Co Larry Blakeson
1994-96 The Vicar of Dibley Tristan Campbell 2 episodes
1995 Runaway One Mick Galligan
1996 Delta Wave Dinsdale Draco 2 episodes: "The Light Fantastic"
1996 The Treasure Seekers Jellicoe Television film
1996 Lost for Words Hiker Short film
1996 Neverwhere The Angel Islington
1996 Giving Tongue Duncan Fielding Television film
1996 The Crow Road Rory McHoan
1997 Biography Narrator Episode: "John Wayne: The Unquiet American"
1997 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Lord Fellamar 3 episodes
1997 I Hate Christmas Too Short film
1998-16 Horizon Narrator 6 episodes
1998 Bookmark James Boswell Episode: "Boswell's Boswell"; voice
1999 Psychos Mark Collins Series 1, Episode 6
1999 The Greatest Store in the World Mr. Whiskers Television film
2001 Hotel! Hilton Gilfoyle Television film
2001 High Stakes Michael Calderwood Series 1, Episode 6: "Dream Team"
2001
2011
BBC Breakfast Guest 2 episodes
2002 Solid Geometry David Hunter Short film
2003 Unconditional Love DI Terry Machin Television drama
2003 In Deep Jeremy Church 2 episodes: "Character Assassination"
2003 Fortysomething Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey
2003 Judge John Deed Alan Roxborough, MP Series 3, Episode 3: "Conspiracy"
2004 Sea of Souls Gordon Fleming 2 episodes: "Seeing Double"
2004 Passer By Defence barrister
2004 My Family Colin Judd Series 5, Episode 11: "Dentist to the Stars"
2004 Foyle's War Raymond Carter Series 3, Episode 4: "A War of Nerves"
2004 Peep Show Professor Alistair MacLeish Series 2, Episode 4: "University Challenge"
2005 The Afternoon Play Billy Shannon Series 3, Episode 5: "The Singing Cactus"
2005-12 The Thick of It Malcolm Tucker
2005-11 Artworks Scotland Narrator/Himself 3 episodes
2006 Submarine Rescue Narrator Documentary
2006 Pinochet in Suburbia Andy McEntee Television docudrama
2006 Have I Got News for You Himself Series 31, Episode 2
2006 Donovan Dr. Angus Baldwin Series 1, Episode 3
2006 Trawlermen Narrator
2006 Midsomer Murders Laurence Barker Series 9, Episode 7: "Death in Chorus"
2006 Aftersun Jim Television film
2006 The Martians and Us Narrator
2006 Haunted Hogmanay Jeff Wylie Voice
2007 Waking the Dead Lucien Calvin 2 episodes: "The Fall"
2007-08 Skins Mark Jenkins 4 episodes
2007 Fallen Angel Henry Appleton
2007 Coming Up Joe Series 5, Episode 6: "Brussels"
2008 Doctor Who Lobus Caecilius Series 4, Episode 2: "The Fires of Pompeii"
2008 Midnight Man Trevor
2008 Glendogie Bogey Jeff Wylie Voice
2008 Cold Blood Narrator 6 episodes
2008 The Man Who Cycled the World Narrator Documentary
2008 The Devil's Whore King Charles I
2008 The Perfect TV Detective Narrator Documentary
2009 The Paul O'Grady Show Guest 1 episode
2009 This Morning Guest 1 episode
2009 Torchwood John Frobisher
2009 The One Show Himself 1 episode
2009-10 Getting On Dr. Peter Healey 4 episodes; director of Series 1 and 2
2009 A Portrait of Scotland Presenter Documentary; writer
2009 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Guest 1 episode
2010 10 Minute Tales The Man Series 1, Episode 9: "Syncing"
2010 Bloody Foreigners Narrator Series 1, Episode 4: "The Untold Invasion of Britain"
2010 Accused Frank Ryland Series 1, Episode 3: "Helen's Story"
2010 The Nativity Balthazar
2011 How to Command a Nuclear Submarine Narrator
2011 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Samuel Kent Television film
2011 The Field of Blood Dr. Pete
2011 The Penguins of Madagascar Uncle Nigel Season 2, Episode 49: "A Visit from Uncle Nigel"
2011 Natural World Narrator Series 30, Episode 4: "Komodo: Secrets of the Dragon"
2011 The Andrew Marr Show Himself 1 episode
2012 The Cricklewood Greats Himself (presenter)/Leslie Grangely Spoof documentary; co-writer and director
2012 Punk Britannia Narrator
2012 Excerpt of Black Drop Narrator Short film
2012 The Hour Randall Brown
2013 Sunday Brunch Guest Series 2, Episode 4
2013 Inside the Mind of Leonardo Leonardo da Vinci Documentary
2013 Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor Himself
2013 Imagine Presenter Series 22, Episode 6: "Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?"
2013-present Doctor Who The Doctor Series 8-present
2014 The Musketeers Cardinal Richelieu
2014 Unlock Art: Exploring the Surreal Presenter Short film
2014 Shetland Weather reporter Series 2, Episode 5: "Blue Lightning: Part 1"; voice
2014 Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion Himself/The Doctor Documentary
2014 Blue Peter Himself Episode: "The 12th Doctor"
2014 Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour Himself Documentary
2014-present Doctor Who Extra Himself/The Doctor
2014-15 The Graham Norton Show Guest 2 episodes
2015 Conan Guest 1 episode
2015 Larry King Now Guest Series 4, Episode 28
2016 Lorraine Guest 1 episode
2016 Aliens: The Big Think Narrator Documentary
2016 Class The Doctor

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
1974 An Inspector Calls Fort Theatre
1983 John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert John Lennon Young Vic
1983 Twelfth Night Fabian
1983 The Duenna
1984 Blood Brothers Eddie UK tour
1984 Dracula Jonathan Harker Half Moon Theatre
1985 Songs for Stray Cats and Other Living Creatures Graeme Paines Plough Theatre
1986 All the Fun of the Fair Half Moon Theatre
1988 The Tom and Sammy Jo Show Tom Tron Theatre
1989 Valued Friends Howard Hampstead Theatre
1989 Treats
1993 Murder Is Easy Luke Fitzwilliam Duke of York's Theatre
1998 The Judas Kiss Robbie Ross Almeida Theatre
Playhouse Theatre
Broadhurst Theatre
2001 Feelgood Paul Garrick Theatre
2007 Absurdia Various characters Donmar Warehouse
2011-12 The Ladykillers Professor Marcus Liverpool Playhouse
Gielgud Theatre

Radio

Year Title Role Notes
1995 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich David BBC Radio 4
1995 Medical Detectives Dr. Peter Allen BBC Radio 4
1996 Emotion Pictures Wim Wenders BBC Radio 3
1998 The Afternoon Play: The Road Back Gordon Cruikshank BBC Radio 4
1998 Christmas Panto Louise BBC Radio 4
2000 Fantastic Tales Reader BBC Radio 4
2001-05 Our Brave Boys Officer Grieves BBC Radio 4
2005-06 Baggage Alistair BBC Radio 4
2005 A Certain Age Andy BBC Radio 4
2007 The Making of Modern Medicine Reader BBC Radio 4
2007 Sputnik Reader BBC Radio 4
2008 Dr. No The Armourer BBC Radio 4
2008 The Further Adventures of the First King of Mars Reader BBC Radio 4
2009 The Heart of Saturday Night Reader BBC Radio 4
2009-10 The News at Bedtime Jim Tweedledee BBC Radio 4

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Doctor and the Dalek The Doctor
2015 Lego Dimensions The Doctor

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
1993 BAFTA Scotland Award Best Actor Soft Top Hard Shoulder Won
Best Short Film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life Won
1994 Angers European First Film Festival Audience Award Short Film Won
BAFTA Film Award Best Short Film Won
1995 Academy Award Live Action Short Film Won
2006 RTS Television Award Best Comedy Performance The Thick of It Nominated
BAFTA TV Award Best Comedy Performance Nominated
2008 Best Comedy Performance Nominated
RTS Television Award Best Comedy Performance Nominated
2009 BAFTA Scotland Award Best Acting Performance in Film In the Loop Won
British Independent Film Award Best Actor Nominated
NYFCO Award Best Ensemble Cast Won
LAFCA Award Best Supporting Actor 2nd place
NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actor 3rd place
CFCA Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated
ICP Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated
VVFP Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated
Gold Derby Film Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2010 OFCS Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated
COFCA Award Best Supporting Actor 2nd place
Evening Standard British Film Award Peter Sellers Award for Comedy Nominated
OFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated
Best Ensemble Nominated
ICS Award Best Supporting Actor 2nd place
Best Ensemble Won
ALFS Award British Actor of the Year Nominated
Chlotrudis Award Best Supporting Actor Won
Best Ensemble Cast Won
SFX Award Best Actor Torchwood Nominated
BAFTA TV Award Best Male Comedy Performance The Thick of It Won
RTS Television Award Best Comedy Performance Nominated
Broadcasting Press Guild Award Best Actor Won
Golden Nymph Outstanding Actor - Comedy Series Nominated
British Comedy Award Best TV Comedy Actor Won
2011 BAFTA Scotland Award Best Actor - Television The Field of Blood Nominated
2012 BAFTA TV Award Best Comedy (Programme or Series) The Cricklewood Greats Nominated
British Comedy Award Best TV Comedy Actor The Thick of It Won
2013 BAFTA TV Award Best Male Comedy Performance Nominated
Best Supporting Actor The Hour Nominated
Broadcasting Press Guild Award Best Actor The Thick of It and The Hour Nominated
2014 RTS Scotland Award Special Award N/A Won
GQ Men of the Year Award TV Personality of the Year Doctor Who Won
2015 TV Choice Award Best Actor Nominated
OFTA Television Award Best Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
BAFTA Cymru Award Best Actor Nominated
2016 Anglophile Award Best Actor in a Television Series Nominated

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