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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.
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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.
Known For
Black Mirror
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
Foyle's War
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Waking the Dead
Midsomer Murders
Skins
Judge John Deed
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Prime Suspect
The Penguins of Madagascar
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Shadow of the Noose
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Accused
The Vicar of Dibley
In Deep
The Devil's Hour
Class
Getting On
Torchwood
Giving Tongue
Doctor Who: Unleashed - 20 Years of New Who in Wales
Bean
The Hour
The Suicide Squad
Paddington 2
World War Z
The Fifth Estate
Paddington
Christopher Robin
Dangerous Liaisons
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Field of Blood
Captives
Max
The Musketeers
Local Hero
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Watership Down
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
The Thick of It
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Benediction
Boswell's Boswell
Friend from the Future
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Prison, My Parents & Me
The Cricklewood Greats
Criminal Record
Trawlermen
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
I Hate Christmas Too
The Martians and Us
Spinners and Losers
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent / Hell Bent
The Rise of the Nutters
Do Not Disturb
Punk Britannia
Jealousy
Martin's Close
Production Credits
The Cricklewood Greats
Criminal Record
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
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