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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Capaldi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Capaldi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Black Mirror
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Waking the Dead
Midsomer Murders
Skins
Judge John Deed
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Penguins of Madagascar
Prime Suspect
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Foyle's War
Shadow of the Noose
Accused
The Vicar of Dibley
In Deep
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Class
Getting On
Giving Tongue
The Devil's Hour
Doctor Who: Unleashed - 20 Years of New Who in Wales
Bean
The Hour
World War Z
The Suicide Squad
Paddington 2
The Fifth Estate
Paddington
Dangerous Liaisons
Christopher Robin
The Field of Blood
Doctor Who at the Proms
Max
Captives
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: Sleep No More
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Boswell's Boswell
Benediction
I Hate Christmas Too
Martin's Close
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent / Hell Bent
Prison, My Parents & Me
Jealousy
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Rise of the Nutters
Spinners and Losers
The Martians and Us
Punk Britannia
Criminal Record
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Friend from the Future
Do Not Disturb
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
The Cricklewood Greats
Trawlermen
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Production Credits
Criminal Record
The Cricklewood Greats
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
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