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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. 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.
Known For
Black Mirror
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
Foyle's War
Agatha Christie's Poirot
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
Accused
The Vicar of Dibley
In Deep
Getting On
Class
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Doctor Who at the Proms
Giving Tongue
Doctor Who: Unleashed - 20 Years of New Who in Wales
Bean
The Hour
The Suicide Squad
World War Z
Paddington 2
The Fifth Estate
Paddington
The Field of Blood
Christopher Robin
Dangerous Liaisons
Captives
Max
The Musketeers
Local Hero
Watership Down
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
The Thick of It
Boswell's Boswell
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Devil's Hour
Doctor Who: Sleep No More
Benediction
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Doctor Who
Trawlermen
Jealousy
Spinners and Losers
The Cricklewood Greats
The Martians and Us
I Hate Christmas Too
Martin's Close
Punk Britannia
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
Prison, My Parents & Me
Criminal Record
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Friend from the Future
Do Not Disturb
The Rise of the Nutters
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent / Hell Bent
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Production Credits
The Cricklewood Greats
Criminal Record
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
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