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Capaldi at the 2019 GalaxyCon Richmond
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Peter Dougan Capaldi
14 April 1958 Glasgow, Scotland
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| Education | Glasgow School of Art (BA) |
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Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, director, singer, and guitarist. He is famous for playing the Twelfth Doctor in the science fiction show Doctor Who. He also played Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It, a role that won him a Best Male Comedy Performance award in 2010.
Capaldi won an Academy Award for his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life in 1993. He also wrote and directed the movie Strictly Sinatra. He directed two seasons of the TV show Getting On. You might also know him as Mr. Curry in the family movies Paddington and Paddington 2. He also played The Thinker in The Suicide Squad.
He won a BAFTA Scotland award for his great work in film and television. Capaldi also wrote a rock album called St. Christopher. He is married to actress Elaine Collins and they have one child.
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Early Life and Talents
Peter Capaldi was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His family ran an ice cream business. His grandfather was Italian, and the rest of his family is Scottish and Irish. He went to the Glasgow School of Art.
Peter showed his acting talent early on. He put on a puppet show in primary school. In high school, he was part of a drama group called the Antonine Players. As an art student, he was the lead singer and guitarist in a punk rock band called The Dreamboys. The band's drummer was future comedian Craig Ferguson.
Peter Capaldi's Career
Starting Out: 1974–1991
Peter Capaldi's first acting job was in a play called An Inspector Calls in 1974. In 1981, he first appeared on screen in the movie Living Apart Together.
In 1983, he played John Lennon in a play. The same year, he was in the movie Local Hero. In 1985, he played Beatles member George Harrison in a TV movie. He also appeared in the films Dangerous Liaisons and The Lair of the White Worm in 1988.
TV and Directing: 1992–2004
In 1992, Capaldi got his first main TV role in Mr Wakefield's Crusade. He also played a spy chief in The Secret Agent. In 2003, he was Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey in Fortysomething. He was also a regular in shows like The Crow Road and Neverwhere.
Capaldi was asked to try out for the role of the Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who in 1995. But he decided not to go. He loved the show so much and didn't want to be disappointed.
During these years, Capaldi also started writing and directing. He wrote and starred in the comedy film Soft Top Hard Shoulder in 1992. He also directed the short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, which won awards. He also wrote and directed the movie Strictly Sinatra in 2001.
Becoming Famous: 2005–2012
Before becoming the Doctor, Peter Capaldi was best known for playing Malcolm Tucker. This character was a tough political advisor in the BBC comedy show The Thick of It. He played Tucker from 2005 to 2012. A movie based on the show, In the Loop, came out in 2009. Capaldi played Tucker again in the film.
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His role as Malcolm Tucker was very popular and won him many awards. He won the 2010 BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Role. He also won the British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor in 2010 and 2012.
Other important roles during this time included Dr. Pete in the crime show The Field of Blood in 2011. He also played Randall Brown in the BBC drama The Hour in 2012.
Capaldi wrote and presented a documentary called A Portrait of Scotland in 2009. In 2012, he co-wrote, directed, and acted in The Cricklewood Greats. This was a funny fake documentary about a made-up film studio.
The Doctor Who Years: 2013–2017
In 2013, Capaldi played the editor of The Guardian newspaper in the movie The Fifth Estate. He also starred in Inside the Mind of Leonardo, a documentary about Leonardo da Vinci. He appeared as a doctor in the movie World War Z. Capaldi also wrote and directed the comedy film Born to be King. He directed several episodes of the TV show Getting On.
In August 2013, it was announced that Peter Capaldi would be the next Doctor in Doctor Who. He took over from Matt Smith. Capaldi first appeared briefly as the Doctor in the 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor". Then he appeared in the 2013 Christmas special, "The Time of the Doctor".
In 2014, he starred as Cardinal Richelieu in a TV show based on The Three Musketeers. Later that year, Capaldi made his first full appearance as the Doctor in the episode "Deep Breath".
In 2015, he voiced the Doctor in the video game Lego Dimensions. The same year, he played Paddington Bear's neighbor Mr. Curry in the movie Paddington. He played this role again in the sequel Paddington 2 two years later. In 2016, Capaldi played the Twelfth Doctor again in the Doctor Who spin-off show Class.
On 30 January 2017, Capaldi said that the tenth series of Doctor Who would be his last. His final episode was the Christmas special, "Twice Upon a Time". After him, Jodie Whittaker became the next Doctor.
After Doctor Who: 2018–Present
After Doctor Who, Capaldi has done a lot of voice acting. In 2018, he voiced Rabbit in the Disney movie Christopher Robin. The next year, he narrated audiobooks like Watership Down. He also narrated an audiobook of Nineteen Eighty-Four in 2021. In 2022, he voiced Seamus McGregor in the Netflix show Big Mouth.
Capaldi's live-action roles include playing Mr Micawber in The Personal History of David Copperfield in 2019. He also played the writer Siegfried Sassoon in the movie Benediction in 2021. He starred as the Thinker in the superhero movie The Suicide Squad in 2021. While filming, Capaldi wrote and recorded rock music for his first solo album, St. Christopher, which came out in November 2021.
Since 2022, he has been starring in the TV series The Devil's Hour. In 2024, he started starring in the Apple TV+ crime thriller series Criminal Record, which he also helps produce.
Personal Life
Peter Capaldi married Elaine Collins in 1991. They have one daughter and two grandchildren. Capaldi and Collins live in Muswell Hill, London. Singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi is his distant cousin. They even worked together on a music video for Lewis's song "Someone You Loved". This video helped raise awareness for organ donation.
Capaldi grew up Catholic but is now an atheist.
In 2015, Capaldi supported the United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR. He helped raise awareness about the global refugee crisis. He appeared in a video called "What They Took With Them". In the video, actors read a poem inspired by stories from refugees.
In October 2022, he said he supports Scottish independence. He also has Italian citizenship because of his paternal grandfather.
Music Albums
Studio Albums
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| St. Christopher |
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| Sweet Illusions |
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Singles
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| "Bela Lugosi's Birthday / Outer Limits / Shall We Dance" (as Dreamboys) |
1980 | non-album single | |
| "Goodbye Farewell" (with Jim Cummings, Brad Garrett, Toby Jones, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Mohammed, and Sara Sheen) |
2018 | Christopher Robin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
| "If I Could Pray" (Monks Road Social featuring Peter Capaldi) |
2020 | Humanism | |
| "St. Christopher" (Edit) | 2021 | St. Christopher | |
| "In Person" | 2022 | ||
| "Bin Night" | 2024 | Sweet Illusions | |
| "Is It Today" |
Awards and Nominations
Peter Capaldi has won many awards for his work. He won a British Academy Television Award for playing Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It. He also won an Academy Award for his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life. He received an award for "Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television" at the Scottish BAFTAs.
Images for kids
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Capaldi at the 2019 GalaxyCon Richmond
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Capaldi in 2009
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Capaldi in 2014
See also
In Spanish: Peter Capaldi para niños
