Acting · Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Born April 14, 1958
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.
What has the BBC ever done for me?
2026
as Self
TV100 Questions with Tom Simons
2026
as Self
TVTFI Unplugged
2026
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Academy of Armando
2025
as Self
MovieDoctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (12) (archive footage)
TVCriminal Record
2024
as DCI Daniel Hegarty
TVThe Devil's Hour
2022
as Gideon Shepherd
TVSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self
MovieRiverwoods: An Untold Story
2022
as Narrator
MovieQuentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021
as Self
MovieBenediction
2021
as Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
MovieNational Theatre Live: Constellations
2021
as Roland
But Why?
2021
as Older Man (uncredited)
MovieThe Suicide Squad
2021
as Thinker
TVBeing Beethoven
2020
as Beethoven (voice)
MovieThe Big Night In
2020
as Self
MovieMartin's Close
2019
as Dolben
MovieThe Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
as Mr. Micawber
MovieHow to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
2019
as Narrator
TVWatership Down
2018
as Kehaar (voice)
MovieChristopher Robin
2018
as Rabbit (voice)
TVJames Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
as The Doctor (12)
MoviePaddington 2
2017
as Reginald Curry
MovieDoctor Who: Extremis & The Pyramid at the End of the World & The Lie of the Land
2017
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
2016
as The Doctor
MoviePrison, My Parents & Me
2016
as Narrator
TVClass
2016
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: Friend from the Future
2016
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: Face the Raven & Heaven Sent & Hell Bent
2015
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: The Zygon Invasion & The Zygon Inversion
2015
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: Heaven Sent
2015
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: The Girl Who Died & The Woman Who Lived
2015
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: Under the Lake & Before the Flood
2015
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: The Magician's Apprentice & The Witch's Familiar
2015
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
2015
as The Doctor
TVDoctor Who: The Fan Show
2015
MovieDoctor Who: Last Christmas
2014
as The Doctor
MoviePaddington
2014
as Reginald Curry
MovieDoctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014
as The Doctor
MovieDoctor Who: Deep Breath
2014
as The Doctor (12)
TVDoctor Who Extra
2014
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
2014
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
TVThe Musketeers
2014
as Cardinal Richelieu
MovieDoctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (12)
MovieWho's Afraid of Machiavelli?
2013
as Self - Presenter
MovieDoctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (12) (uncredited)
MovieThe Fifth Estate
2013
as Alan Rusbridger
MovieDoctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self
MovieWorld War Z
2013
as W.H.O. Doctor
MovieInside the Mind of Leonardo
2013
as Leonardo da Vinci
TVPunk Britannia
2012
as Narrator
MovieThe Cricklewood Greats
2012
as Himself
TVBlack Mirror
2011
as Older Cameron Walker
MovieBig Fat Gypsy Gangster
2011
as Peter Van Gellis
MovieThe Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011
TVThe Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011
as voice actor
TVThe Hour
2011
as Randall Brown
TVThe Field of Blood
2011
as Dr. Pete
MovieThe Murder at Road Hill House
2011
as Samuel Kent
TVThe Nativity
2010
as Balthazar
MovieThe Madness of Peter Howson
2010
as Narrator
TVAccused
2010
as Frank Ryland
TVConan
2010
as Self - Guest
Bistro
2010
as Max
TV10 Minute Tales
2009
as The Man
A Portrait of Scotland
2009
as Self - Presenter
TVGetting On
2009
as Peter Healy
MovieIn the Loop
2009
as Malcolm Tucker
TVThe Penguins of Madagascar
2008
as Uncle Nigel (voice)
TVThe Devil's Whore
2008
as King Charles I
TVCold Blood
2008
as Self - Narrator
TVMidnight Man
2008
as Trevor
MovieSpinners and Losers
2007
as Malcolm Tucker
MovieMagicians
2007
as Mike Francis
TVFallen Angel
2007
as Henry Appleton
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TVSkins
2007
as Mark
MovieThe Rise of the Nutters
2007
as Malcolm Tucker
TVThe Martians and Us
2006
as Narrator
TVTorchwood
2006
as John Frobisher
MovieAftersun
2006
as Jim
Aftersun
2006
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
TVTrawlermen
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MoviePinochet in Suburbia
2006
as Andy McEntee
MovieWild Country
2005
as Father Steve
MovieMichael Powell
2005
as Narrator
MovieThe Best Man
2005
as Priest
MovieHouse of 9
2005
as Max Roy
TVThe Thick of It
2005
as Malcolm Tucker
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Caecilius
MovieSalvage
2004
as James Mulwray
MovieNapoleon's Waterloo
2004
as Narrator
MovieModigliani
2004
as Jean Cocteau
TVSea of Souls
2004
as Gordon Fleming
MovieNiceland (Population. 1.000.002)
2004
as John
TVPeep Show
2003
as Professor Alistair MacLeish
TVFortysomething
2003
as Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey
MovieMrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003
as Derek
TVThe Afternoon Play
2003
as Billy Shannon
MovieUnconditional Love
2003
as DI Terry Machin
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Raymond Carter
MovieMax
2002
as David Cohn
MovieSolid Geometry
2002
as David Hunter
TVJudge John Deed
2001
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Lucien Calvin
TVIn Deep
2001
as Jeremy Church
MovieHotel!
2001
as Hilton Gilfoyle
TVMy Family
2000
as Colin Judd
MovieThe Greatest Store in the World
1999
as Mr. Whiskers
TVPsychos
1999
as Mark Collins
MovieWhat Rats Won't Do
1998
as Tony
Boswell's Boswell
1998
as James Boswell (voice)
MovieI Hate Christmas Too
1997
as Man
TVThe History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Lord Fellamar
MovieShooting Fish
1997
as Mr Gilzean
MovieBean
1997
as Gareth
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Laurence Barker
MovieSmilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as Birgo Lander
MovieThe Treasure Seekers
1996
as Jellicoe
TVThe Crow Road
1996
as Rory McHoan
TVNeverwhere
1996
as Islington
Giving Tongue
1996
as Duncan Fielding
MovieLost for Words
1996
as The Tourist
Runway One
1995
as Mick Galligan
TVThe Vicar of Dibley
1994
TVChandler & Co
1994
as Larry
MovieCaptives
1994
as Simon
TVThe All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994
MovieJealousy
1993
as John
MovieRik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
as David Critchley
TVRik Mayall Presents
1993
as David Critchley
MovieSelling Hitler
1993
as Thomas Walde
MovieSoft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
as Gavin Bellini
MovieThe Secret Agent
1992
as Mr Vladimir
MovieMr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
as Luke Wakefield
MovieThe Cloning of Joanna May
1992
as Isaac
TVThe Cloning of Joanna May
1992
as Isaac
TVTitmuss Regained
1991
as Ken Cracken
TVSelling Hitler
1991
as Thomas Walde
TVPrime Suspect
1991
as Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds
Do Not Disturb
1991
as Bruce
TVHave I Got News for You
1990
as Self
Chain
1990
as Robert McRae
MovieDecember Bride
1990
as Young Sorleyson
TVStay Lucky
1989
MovieRosie the Great
1989
as The British Ambassador
MovieDream Baby
1989
as Willie
TVShadow of the Noose
1989
as Robert Wood
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Claude Langton
MovieCommunicators From Hell
1989
MovieColleagues From Hell
1989
MovieDangerous Liaisons
1988
as Azolan
TVThis Morning
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Love Child
1988
as Dillon
MovieThe Lair of the White Worm
1988
as Angus Flint
MovieThe Story of a Recluse
1987
as Jamie Kirkwood
TVThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Zeno Vedast
MovieUp Line
1987
as Scott Dare
God's Chosen Car Park
1986
as Everard
MovieTurtle Diary
1985
as Assistant Keeper
MovieJohn and Yoko: A Love Story
1985
as George Harrison
TVScreen Two
1985
as Bruce Coldfield
TVTravelling Man
1984
as John
Spectrum
1984
as Himself
TVNatural World
1983
as Narrator
TVDramarama
1983
as The British Ambassador
MovieLocal Hero
1983
as Danny Oldsen
Living Apart Together
1982
as Joe
TVMinder
1979
as Ozzie
TVA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Dolben
MovieDoctor Who: World Enough and Time & The Doctor Falls
as The Doctor
Doctor Who
as The Twelfth Doctor
