After Years In The TARDIS, Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi Is Reclaiming His Time
“'Doctor Who' was very busy, and very tense."
Peter Capaldi
Peter Dougan Capaldi (; born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2013–2017) and Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It (2005–2012), for which he received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role of Tucker in the feature film In the Loop, Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
Capaldi won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his 1993 short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life. He went on to write and direct the drama film Strictly Sinatra and directed two series of the sitcom Getting On. Capaldi also played Mr Curry in the family film Paddington (2014) and its sequel Paddington 2 (2017), voiced Rabbit in the Disney film Christopher Robin (2018) and portrayed supervillain the Thinker in the DC Extended Universe film The Suicide Squad (2021).
MusicBrainz content provided under the terms of the Data License
Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license
Join 'Backstage Pass', our FREE members program for music fans
