Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/14/1958
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Peter Capaldi
Biography
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 ficti...
Known For
The Suicide Squad
as Thinker
World War Z
as W.H.O. Doctor
Dangerous Liaisons
as Azolan
Shooting Fish
as Mr Gilzean
Modigliani
as Jean Cocteau
Paddington
as Reginald Curry
Captives
as Simon
Bean
as Gareth
Wild Country
as Father Steve
Dream Baby
as Willie
Jealousy
as John
Paddington 2
as Reginald Curry
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent & Hell Bent
as The Doctor
Solid Geometry
as David Hunter
Turtle Diary
as Assistant Keeper
Magicians
as Mike Francis
The Fifth Estate
as Alan Rusbridger
The Lair of the White Worm
as Angus Flint
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Birgo Lander
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
as The Doctor
Career Timeline
2025
2024
2021
2019
2018
2016
2015
2014
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
as The Doctor
Paddington
as Reginald Curry
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
as The Doctor (12)
Doctor Who Extra
as Self
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
as Self
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
The Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
2013
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
as The Doctor (12)
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
as Self - Presenter
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (12) (uncredited)
The Fifth Estate
as Alan Rusbridger
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
as Self
World War Z
as W.H.O. Doctor
Inside the Mind of Leonardo
as Leonardo da Vinci
2011
Black Mirror
as Older Cameron Walker
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
as Peter Van Gellis
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
Role unknown
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
as voice actor
The Hour
as Randall Brown
The Field of Blood
as Dr. Pete
The Murder at Road Hill House
as Samuel Kent