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Born | Peter Dougan Capaldi 14 Aprile 1958 Springburn, Glesga, Scotland |
Alma mater | Glesga Schuil o Airt |
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Hauf-marrae(s) | Elaine Collins (m. 1991) |
Bairns | 1 |
Kin | Lewis Capaldi (seicont cousin ance remuived) |
Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 Aprile 1958 in Glesga) is an Academy Awaird– an BAFTA Awaird–winnin Scots actor an film director o Italian strynd. He is kent fur bein the 12t actor tae play the Doctor in the science feection series Doctor Who fae 2013 tae 2017, when he wis succeedit in the role bi Jodie Whittaker, an fur playin Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of it, a programme that is on spin doctors.
Capaldi wis born in Glesga, Scotland, tae Nancy (née Soutar) an Gerald John Capaldi.[citation needit] His paternal grandfaither wis Italian, whauras the lave o his ancestry is Scots an Erse.[2] His parents haed an ice cream van in Springburn, whaur thay war neebours wi an kent the faimlie Armando Iannucci, the creautor o The Thick of It, awtho the twa didnae ken ilka-ither as bairns.[3][4] He wis taucht at St Teresa's Primar Schuil in Possilpark,[5] St Matthew's Primar Schuil in Bishopbriggs,[5] an St Ninian's Heich Schuil, Kirkintilloch,[6] afore gaun tae the Glesga Schuil o Airt.
Capaldi shawed aff an early talent fur performance bi pittin on a puppet show in the primar schuil. Whaur at the seicontar schuil, he wis a memmer o the Antonine Players, thit performt at the Fort Theatre in Bishopbriggs. As an airt student, he wis the heid sangster an guitarist in a punk rock band cried The Dreamboys, whaur the drummer wis Craig Ferguson, thit went on tae be a comedian.[7][8] The pair performt a cabaret act thegither as Bing & Dean Hitler[9] an pit on an alternative pantomime o Sleeping Beauty.[10][11] Capaldi went on tae perform musical comedy cabaret guisin as "bank clerk about town" (Bank clerk aboot toun) Gavin Meekie[12][13][14] an as ae hauf o husband-an-wifie TV evangelists Tom & Sammy Jo.[15][16]
Capaldi haes bin in ower 40 films an television programmes fae his kythin as Danny Oldsen in Local Hero (1983). He played Beatles memmer George Harrison in John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985), haed roles in The Lair of the White Worm (1988) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988), an wis featurt as Ozzy in a 1985 episode o Minder. In 1992 he auditionit fur, the role fur Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but he nivver got it.[17]
Capaldi's first star role on the television wis Luke Wakefield, an unco man thit imagines he has seen a crime, in the BBC drama series Mr Wakefield's Crusade. He played fictional Songs of Praise producer Tristan Campbell in twa episodes frae the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, an a transgender woman in ITV's Prime Suspect. In Neil Gaiman's gothic fantasy Neverwhere, he played the angel Islington.
Capaldi is an audiobook vyce actor an aw, an haes mony titles includin twa-three o the works frae Iain Banks. He starred as Rory in the 1996 television version o Banks's The Crow Road.
In the 1999 Channel 4 series Psychos, he played a mathematician wi bipolar disorder.[18] Capaldi kythed as a university professor in the sitcom Peep Show, an played a prime suspect in the 2007 series o Waking the Dead. He vyced Chief Petty Officer Grieves in the BBC Radio Ministry of Defence comedy Our Brave Boys. In 2007, Capaldi kythed as Mark Jenkins (Sid's da) in the E4 teen comedy drama series Skins. He came back fur a seicont series in 2008, awtho his chairacter died in the third episode. He kythed in the Midsomer Murders episode "Death in Chorus" an ITV1's Fallen Angel. He kythed in the 2007 Breetish comedy film Magicians an aw.
He kythed as King Charles I in the Channel 4 series The Devil's Whore, aired in 2008. Capaldi gied his vyce fur the animatit film Haunted Hogmanay in 2006. He played Balthazar, ane o the Biblical Magi, in the 2010 BBC version o The Nativity.[19]
In November 2011, he stairtit playin Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse, than muived tae the Gielgud Theatre in Lunnon. The first run endit at the Gielgud on 14 Aprile 2012. He wis in The Field of Blood as Dr Pete, thit he got nominatit fur a BAFTA Scotland awaird in the TV actor/actress category; he wis beat aff o his co-star Jayd Johnson. He haed a wee role as a therapist in Big Fat Gypsy Gangster, wrocht bi an starrin his Getting On co-star Ricky Grover. In 2012, Capaldi played Randall Brown, the new Head of News, on the BBC2 drama The Hour. He kythed as a WHO doctor in World War Z (2013),[20] an haed a role in Maleficent (2014), but his pairt in the seicont film wis cut durin post-production.[21]
He starred in Inside the Mind of Leonardo, a documentary aboot Leonardo da Vinci. In 2013 he played Alan Rusbridger, the editor o The Guardian in The Fifth Estate. In 2014 he starred in a new version o The Three Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu on BBC One.[22]
He appeared as Paddington Bear's neebour Mr Curry in the family comedy film Paddington an its sequel Paddington 2. In 2018, he vyced Rabbit in the Disney film Christopher Robin.
Capaldi was castit in 2013 as the Doctor in the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who. Capaldi first came on as the Doctor in a cameo in the 50t anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", afore bein on the 2013 Christmas special, "The Time of the Doctor". A fan o the series fur aw his life, Capaldi played Lobus Caecilius in the 2008 episode "The Fires of Pompeii" afore, wi the Tenth Doctor an his companion Donna Noble, as weel as playin civil servant John Frobisher in the 2009 spin-aff Torchwood: Children of Earth.[23][24]
Afore takin on the role, Capaldi statit thit he haed tae sairiously think aboot the heicher level o visibility thit wad come wi the pairt.[25] He said in an interview wi Entertainment Weekly thit he haed bin inveetit tae audition fur the role as the Eighth Doctor in 1995 fur the production of the 1996 TV film, sayin: "A didnae gae. A luved the programme that much, an a didnae hink thit a wad git it, an a didnae want tae juist be a pairt o a big cull o actors."[26]
In 2014, Capaldi vyced the Doctor on the CBBC wabsite's gemm The Doctor and the Dalek an in 2015 vyced him in Lego Dimensions. In 2016, Capaldi went back tae his role as the Twelfth Doctor in the Doctor Who spin-aff programme Class, wrocht bi young-adult author Patrick Ness.
On 30 Januar 2017, in an interview wi BBC Radio 2, Capaldi confirmit thit the tenth series wad be his last.[27] His final episode wis the 2017 Christmas special, "Twice Upon a Time", whaur he wis replacit bi Jodie Whittaker.
In 1992, Capaldi wrocht an starred in the road film Soft Top, Hard Shoulder, thit won the audience awaird at the London Film Festival. In 1995, he won an Oscar fur Best Live Action Short Film fur his film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, thit tied wi fellae nominee Trevor, leadin tae baith films bein annooncit as jynt winners, an won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film a year afore that. He wrocht an directit Strictly Sinatra in 2001 an aw, an in 2009 he wrocht an presentit A Portrait of Scotland, a documentar gaein intae detail 500 year's history o Scottish portrait pentin.[28]
Capaldi directit twa-three episode o the 2009 BBC Four sitcom Getting On.
In 2012, Capaldi wrocht (wi Tony Roche), directit and performt in The Cricklewood Greats, an affectionate spoof documentar aboot a fictitious film studio, thit tracks real developments an trends oothrou the history o Breetish cinema, includin silent films, horror an bawdy comedy, an a disastrous Terry Gilliam epic (Gilliam appears as hissel).
In 2013, Capaldi wrocht an directit Born to be King.[29][30]
Capaldi marriet tae Elaine Collins in Strathblane near his hame ceety o Glesgae in 1991. Collins is an actress an scriever; thay met in 1983 in a tourin production fur the Paines Plough Theatre Company.[31] Thegether, thay'v got a dauchter, Cecily (b. August 1993). Thay bide in Muswell Hill, Lunnon.[32]
Capaldi grew up Catholic but became an atheist.[33]
On 12 September 2016, Capaldi, wi Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jesse Eisenberg, Douglas Booth, Neil Gaiman, Keira Knightley, Juliet Stevenson, Kit Harington an Stanley Tucci, wis featurt in a video frae the United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR tae help raise awareness aboot the global refugee crisis. "Whit Thay Teuk Wi Thaim" haes the actors readin a poem, wrocht bi Jenifer Toksvig an takkin inspiratrion frae primary accoonts o refugees, an is pairt o UNHCR's #WithRefugees campaign, thit includes a petition tae governments tae rax oot asylum tae gie mair shelter an aw, includin job opportunities, an eddication.[34][35]
Capaldi's seicont cousin ance remuived is sangster Lewis Capaldi.[36] The twa wirked thegether in the video fur "Someone You Loved".
Capaldi is a patron o Worldwide Cancer Research, an the Scots children's charity, the Aberlour Child Care Trust.[37]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Living Apart Together | Joe | |
1983 | Local Hero | Danny Oldsen | |
1984 | Bless My Soul | Guest | |
1985 | Turtle Diary | Assistant keeper | |
1987 | The Love Child | Dillon Flynn | |
1988 | The Lair of the White Worm | Angus Flint | |
Dangerous Liaisons | Azolan | ||
1991 | December Bride | Young Sorleyson | |
Straight Talking | Colin Withers | Short film | |
1992 | The Lake | Max | Short film |
1993 | Soft Top Hard Shoulder | Gavin Bellini | Writer |
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | – | Writer/director | |
1994 | Captives | Simon | |
1996 | The Grapevine | Short film | |
1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Birgo Lander | |
Bean | Gareth | ||
Shooting Fish | Mr. Gilzean | ||
1998 | What Rats Won't Do | Tony | |
2001 | Strictly Sinatra | – | Writer/director |
2002 | Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | Derek | |
Max | David Cohn | ||
2003 | Shotgun Dave Rides East | Rob | Short film |
2004 | House of 9 | Max Roy | |
Niceland | John | ||
Modigliani | Jean Cocteau | ||
2005 | Wild Country | Father Steve | |
The Best Man | Priest | ||
2007 | Salvage | James Mulwray | Short film |
Magicians | Mike Francis | ||
2009 | In the Loop | Malcolm Tucker | |
2010 | Bistro | Max | Short film |
2011 | Big Fat Gypsy Gangster | Peter VanGellis | |
2013 | World War Z | W.H.O. Doctor | |
The Fifth Estate | Alan Rusbridger | ||
2014 | Paddington | Mr. Curry | |
From the Doctor to My Son Thomas | Twelfth Doctor | Also writer/director; viral video | |
2016 | The Complete Walk: Titus Andronicus | Titus Andronicus[38] | Short film |
2017 | Paddington 2 | Mr. Curry[39] | |
2018 | Christopher Robin | Rabbit[40] | Voice |
2019 | The Personal History of David Copperfield | Mr. Micawber[41] | |
2021 | The Suicide Squad | Clifford DeVoe / The Thinker[42] | Post-production |
TBA | Benediction | Siegfried Sassoon | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | Crown Court | Eamonn Donnelly | Series 13, episode 31: "Big Deal: Part 1" |
1985 | The Personal Touch | Dominic | Television film |
Minder | Ozzie | Series 6, episode 2: "Life in the Fast Food Lane" | |
Travelling Man | John | Series 2, episode 6: "Blow-Up" | |
John and Yoko: A Love Story | George Harrison | Television film | |
1986 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | Caldicott | Series 2, episode 2: "Powerline" |
God's Chosen Car Park | Everard | Television film | |
The Ballad of Johnny Vanguard | Punk Rocker | Television film | |
1987 | Up Line | Scott Dare | |
The Story of a Recluse | Jamie | Television film | |
1988 | Rab C. Nesbitt | John | Episode: "Seasonal Greet" |
1989 | Shadow of the Noose | Robert Wood | Series 1, episode 7: "The Camden Town Murder" |
Dream Baby | Willie | Television film | |
Dramarama | Tony | Series 7, episode 7: "Rosie the Great" | |
1990 | Chain | Robert McRae | |
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Zeno Vedast | 3 episodes: "Some Lie and Some Die" | |
1991 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Claude Langton | Series 3, episode 5: "Wasps' Nest" |
Screen Two | Bruce Coldfield | Series 7, episode 10: "Do Not Disturb" | |
Selling Hitler | Thomas Walde | ||
Titmuss Regained | Ken Cracken | ||
1992 | The Cloning of Joanna May | Isaac | |
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade | Luke Wakefield | ||
Early Travellers in North America | Robert Louis Stevenson | 3 episodes | |
The Secret Agent | Mr. Vladimir | ||
1993 | Micky Love | David Critchley | Television film |
The Comic Strip Presents... | John | Series 7, episode 6: "Jealousy" | |
Stay Lucky | Robin | Series 4, episode 2: "The Driving Instructor" | |
Prime Suspect | Vera Reynolds | Series 3 | |
1994–95 | The All New Alexei Sayle Show | Doug Hatton / Sherlock Holmes | |
1994 | Chandler & Co | Larry Blakeson | |
1994–96 | The Vicar of Dibley | Tristan Campbell | 2 episodes |
1995 | Runaway One | Mick Galligan | Television film |
1996 | Delta Wave | Dinsdale Draco | 2 episodes: "The Light Fantastic" |
The Treasure Seekers | Jellicoe | Television film | |
Lost for Words | Hiker | Short film | |
Neverwhere | The Angel Islington | ||
Giving Tongue | Duncan Fielding | Television film | |
The Crow Road | Rory McHoan | ||
1997 | Biography | Narrator | Episode: "John Wayne: The Unquiet American" |
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Lord Fellamar | ||
I Hate Christmas Too | Short film | ||
James Stewart: The Last of the Good Guys | Narrator | Documentary | |
1998–16 | Horizon | Narrator | 6 episodes |
1998 | Bookmark | James Boswell | Episode: "Boswell's Boswell"; voice |
Discovering Science | Narrator | 4 episodes | |
1999 | Psychos | Mark Collins | Series 1, episode 6 |
The Greatest Store in the World | Mr. Whiskers | Television film | |
2001 | Hotel! | Hilton Gilfoyle | Television film |
High Stakes | Michael Calderwood | Series 1, episode 6: "Dream Team" | |
2001–11 | BBC Breakfast | Guest | 2 episodes |
2002 | Solid Geometry | David Hunter | Short film |
2003 | Unconditional Love | DI Terry Machin | Television film |
In Deep | Jeremy Church | 2 episodes: "Character Assassination" | |
Fortysomething | Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey | ||
Judge John Deed | Alan Roxborough, MP | Series 3, episode 3: "Conspiracy" | |
2004 | Sea of Souls | Gordon Fleming | 2 episodes: "Seeing Double" |
Passer By | Defence barrister | Television film | |
My Family | Colin Judd | Series 5, episode 11: "Dentist to the Stars" | |
Foyle's War | Raymond Carter | Series 3, episode 4: "A War of Nerves" | |
Peep Show | Professor Alistair MacLeish | Series 2, episode 4: "University Challenge" | |
2005 | The Afternoon Play | Billy Shannon | Series 3, episode 5: "The Singing Cactus" |
2005–12 | The Thick of It | Malcolm Tucker | |
2005 | Destination Scotland | Narrator | Documentary |
2005–11 | Artworks Scotland | Narrator/Himself | 4 episodes |
2006 | Submarine Rescue | Narrator | Documentary |
Pinochet in Suburbia | Andy McEntee | Television film | |
Donovan | Dr. Angus Baldwin | Series 1, episode 3 | |
Trawlermen | Narrator | ||
Midsomer Murders | Laurence Barker | Series 9, episode 7: "Death in Chorus" | |
Aftersun | Jim | Television film | |
The Martians and Us | Narrator | ||
Haunted Hogmanay | Jeff Wylie | Voice | |
2007 | Waking the Dead | Lucien Calvin | 2 episodes: "The Fall" |
2007–08 | Skins | Mark Jenkins | 4 episodes |
2007 | Fallen Angel | Henry Appleton | |
Coming Up | Joe | Series 5, episode 6: "Brussels" | |
2008 | Inside Hamas | Narrator | Documentary |
Doctor Who | Lobus Caecilius | Series 4, episode 2: "The Fires of Pompeii" | |
Midnight Man | Trevor | ||
Glendogie Bogey | Jeff Wylie | Voice | |
Cold Blood | Narrator | 6 episodes | |
The Man Who Cycled the World | Narrator | Documentary | |
The Devil's Whore | King Charles I | ||
The Perfect TV Detective | Narrator | Documentary | |
2009 | Torchwood | John Frobisher | |
2009–10 | Getting On | Dr. Peter Healey | 4 episodes; director of Series 1 and 2 |
2009 | A Portrait of Scotland | Presenter | Documentary; writer |
10 Minute Tales | The Man | Series 1, episode 9: "Syncing" | |
2010–11 | The Football Years | Narrator | |
2010 | Bloody Foreigners | Narrator | Series 1, episode 4: "The Untold Invasion of Britain" |
Accused | Frank Ryland | Series 1, episode 3: "Helen's Story" | |
The Nativity | Balthazar | ||
2011 | How to Command a Nuclear Submarine | Narrator | |
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher | Samuel Kent | Television film | |
The Field of Blood | Dr. Pete | ||
The Penguins of Madagascar | Uncle Nigel | Season 2, episode 49: "A Visit from Uncle Nigel" | |
2011–18 | Natural World | Narrator | 2 episodes |
2012 | The Cricklewood Greats | Himself (presenter) / Leslie Grangely | Spoof documentary; co-writer and director |
Punk Britannia | Narrator | ||
Excerpt of Black Drop | Narrator | Short film | |
The Hour | Randall Brown | ||
2013 | Inside the Mind of Leonardo | Leonardo da Vinci | Documentary |
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor | Himself | ||
Imagine | Presenter | Series 22, episode 6: "Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?" | |
2013–17 | Doctor Who | Twelfth Doctor | Series 8, 9, and 10 |
2014 | The Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | |
Unlock Art: Exploring the Surreal | Presenter | Short film | |
Shetland | Weather reporter | Series 2, episode 5: "Blue Lightning: Part 1"; voice | |
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | Himself | Documentary | |
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest – The World Tour | Himself | Documentary | |
2014–15 | Doctor Who Extra | Himself | |
2016 | Aliens: The Big Think | Narrator | Documentary |
Richard E. Grant on Ealing Comedies | Himself | ||
Class | Twelfth Doctor[43] | Series 1, episode 1: "For Tonight We Might Die" | |
Prison, My Parents and Me | Narrator | Documentary | |
2018 | Zoe Ball's Hardest Road Home | Narrator | Documentary |
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Himself | ||
The South Bank Show | Himself | Episode: "Making of Local Hero" | |
Watership Down | Kehaar[44] | Voice | |
2019 | How to See a Black Hole | Narrator | Documentary |
Martin's Close | Dolben[45] | Short film | |
2020 | Being Beethoven | Ludwig van Beethoven | Voice |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1974 | An Inspector Calls | Fort Theatre | |
1976 | Whaur's yer Willie Wallace noo? | Strathclyde Theatre Group | |
1983 | John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert | John Lennon | Young Vic |
Twelfth Night | Fabian | ||
The Duenna | |||
Doom Doom Doom | Royal Court Theatre | ||
Othello | |||
1984 | Blood Brothers | Eddie | UK tour |
Dracula | Jonathan Harker | Half Moon Theatre | |
1985 | Songs for Stray Cats and Other Living Creatures | Graeme | Paines Plough Theatre |
1986 | All the Fun of the Fair | Half Moon Theatre | |
1987 | Cabaret Downstairs | Mr. Meekie | Traverse Theatre |
1988 | The Tom and Sammy Jo Show | Tom | Tron Theatre |
1989 | Valued Friends | Howard | Hampstead Theatre |
Treats | Patrick | ||
1993 | Murder Is Easy | Luke Fitzwilliam | Duke of York's Theatre |
1998 | The Judas Kiss | Robbie Ross | Almeida Theatre |
Playhouse Theatre | |||
Broadhurst Theatre | |||
2001 | Feelgood | Paul | Garrick Theatre |
2007 | Absurdia | Various characters | Donmar Warehouse |
2011–12 | The Ladykillers | Professor Marcus | Liverpool Playhouse |
Gielgud Theatre |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich | David | BBC Radio 4 |
Medical Detectives | Dr. Peter Allen | BBC Radio 4 | |
1996 | Emotion Pictures | Wim Wenders | BBC Radio 3 |
Crime and Punishment | Reader | BBC Radio Scotland | |
1998 | The Afternoon Play: The Road Back | Gordon Cruikshank | BBC Radio 4 |
Christmas Panto | Louise | BBC Radio 4 | |
2000 | Fantastic Tales | Reader | BBC Radio 4 |
2002–05 | Our Brave Boys | Officer Grieves | BBC Radio 4 |
2005–06 | Baggage | Alistair | BBC Radio 4 |
2005 | A Certain Age | Andy | BBC Radio 4 |
2007 | The Making of Modern Medicine | Reader | BBC Radio 4 |
The First King of Mars | Reader | BBC Radio 4 | |
2008 | Dr. No | The Armourer | BBC Radio 4 |
The Further Adventures of the First King of Mars | Reader | BBC Radio 4 | |
2009 | The Heart of Saturday Night | Reader | BBC Radio 4 |
2009–10 | The News at Bedtime | Jim Tweedledee | BBC Radio 4 |
2019 | Alexei Sayle's The Absence of Normal | Joseph Stalin | BBC Radio 4 |
2020 | Beethoven Can Hear You | Ludwig van Beethoven | BBC Radio 3 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | The Doctor and the Dalek | Twelfth Doctor | [46] |
2015 | Doctor Who Game Maker | [47] | |
Lego Dimensions | [48][49] |
Year | Artist | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Lewis Capaldi | "Someone You Loved" | David Simon | [50] |