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Peter Capaldi
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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.
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Black Mirror
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
Foyle's War
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Doctor Who
Waking the Dead
Midsomer Murders
Skins
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Judge John Deed
The Penguins of Madagascar
Prime Suspect
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
Getting On
Class
Giving Tongue
Torchwood
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
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
Benediction
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Boswell's Boswell
The Devil's Hour
Friend from the Future
The Rise of the Nutters
I Hate Christmas Too
Trawlermen
Criminal Record
Jealousy
The Martians and Us
Prison, My Parents & Me
Do Not Disturb
Spinners and Losers
Punk Britannia
Martin's Close
The Cricklewood Greats
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Production Credits
The Cricklewood Greats
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Criminal Record
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