Peter Capaldi
{{Short description|Scottish actor and director (born 1958)}}
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| name = Peter Capaldi
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| caption = Capaldi at the 2019 GalaxyCon Richmond
| birth_name = Peter Dougan Capaldi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1958|4|14}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| citizenship = {{hlist|United Kingdom|Italy}}
| education = Glasgow School of Art (BA)
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|writer|musician|producer}}
| years_active = {{hlist|1974–present}}
| works = Filmography
| spouse = {{marriage|Elaine Collins|1991}}
| children = 1
| relatives = Lewis Capaldi (cousin)
| signature = Actor Peter Capaldi's signature.png
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Peter Dougan Capaldi ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|p|æ|l|d|i}};{{cite AV media |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3skJiWEeKKA&feature=youtu.be&t=130 |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/3skJiWEeKKA |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live |title=Deep Breath - Doctor Who Extra: Series 1 Episode 1 (2014) - BBC}}{{cbignore}} born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, director, singer and guitarist. 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.
Capaldi won an 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 (2001) and directed two series of the sitcom Getting On (2009–2010). Capaldi also played Mr Curry in the family film Paddington (2014) and its sequel Paddington 2 (2017), as well as the Thinker in The Suicide Squad (2021).
He appeared as Professor Marcus in the stage play The Ladykillers. He won a BAFTA Scotland award for Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television. Capaldi wrote a rock album titled St. Christopher. He is married to actress Elaine Collins and the pair have a child together.
Early life
Capaldi was born on 14 April 1958{{cite web |last=Steinbeiser |first=Andrew |date=14 April 2015 |title=Happy Birthday! Peter Capaldi Turns 57 Today |url= https://comicbook.com/news/happy-birthday-peter-capaldi-turns-57-today/ |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=ComicBook.com}} in Glasgow, Scotland, to Gerald and Nancy ({{nee}} Soutar) Capaldi. His paternal grandfather was Italian, while the rest of his ancestry is Scottish and Irish.{{cite news |last=Dalgarno |first=Paul |title=Thick & Spin |url= http://www.heraldscotland.com/thick-spin-1.836809 |access-date=5 June 2010 |website=Herald Scotland |date=5 April 2008}} His parents ran an ice cream business in Springburn, where they were neighbours and acquaintances of the family of Armando Iannucci, creator of The Thick of It, although the two men did not know each other as children.{{cite web |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/armando-iannucci-how-i-conquered-america-7869871.html |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/armando-iannucci-how-i-conquered-america-7869871.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Armando Iannucci: 'How I conquered America' |last=Gilbert |first=Gerard |date=23 June 2012 |website=independent.co.uk |access-date=18 November 2018}}{{cite news |date=9 April 2011 |title=Peter Capaldi: 'People ask me to tell them to #@*! off' |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/peter-capaldi-people-ask-me-to-tell-them-to--off-2264021.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/peter-capaldi-people-ask-me-to-tell-them-to--off-2264021.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=The Independent}} He was a fan of Doctor Who as a child,{{Cite web |last=Jeffery |first=Morgan |date=2 July 2018 |title=Doctor Who producer spoke about "fan" Capaldi in 1975 |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a860716/doctor-who-tom-baker-audio-peter-capaldi/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Digital Spy}}{{cite magazine |last=Collis |first=Clark |date=1 August 2014 |title=Once Upon a Time Lord |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/08/01/once-upon-time-lord/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110192116/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20741515_20839792_2,00.html |archive-date=10 November 2014 |access-date=10 November 2014 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} and met Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker while a teenager.{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Jeffery |date=2 July 2018 |title=Doctor Who producer spoke about "fan" Capaldi in 1975 |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a860716/doctor-who-tom-baker-audio-peter-capaldi/ |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}} Capaldi is known to have lived in Bishopbriggs while he was an active member of Doctor Who fan club.{{Cite web |last1=Munday |first1=David |last2=Updated |date=2022-03-14 |title=Peter Capaldi was name-dropped on Doctor Who set in 1975 |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-name-6798992.amp |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Plymouth Live |language=en}}{{Cite web |author1=Ian Berriman |date=2013-08-06 |title=Peter Capaldi Wanted To Run The Doctor Who Fan Club |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/peter-capaldi-wanted-to-run-the-doctor-who-fan-club/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=gamesradar |language=en}}
He attended St Teresa's Primary School in Possilpark,{{cite web |title=Famous People Search |url= http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1752.html |website=Gazetteer for Scotland |access-date=5 June 2010}} St Matthew's Primary School in Bishopbriggs, and St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch,{{cite web |title=St Ninian's High School – Famous Ex Pupils |url= http://www.st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?section=Famous+Ex+Pupils&sid=133 |access-date=14 September 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150712140345/http://www.st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?section=Famous+Ex+Pupils&sid=133 |archive-date=12 July 2015 |url-status=dead }} before attending the Glasgow School of Art.{{Cite news |date=18 June 2014 |title=Brad Pitt and Peter Capaldi in Glasgow School of Art fire appeal |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-27904400 |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=BBC News}} Capaldi displayed an early talent for performance by putting on a puppet show in primary school. While in high school, he was a member of the Antonine Players theatre group, who performed at the Fort Theatre in Bishopbriggs. As an art student, he was the lead singer and guitarist in a punk rock band called the Dreamboys, whose drummer was future comedian Craig Ferguson.{{cite news |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |date=31 August 2006 |title=No more Mr Nice Guy |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/31/broadcasting.arts |access-date=26 September 2009 |website=The Guardian |location=London}}Ferguson, Craig: American on Purpose. Harper Collins, 2009.{{Cite web |last=Leadbetter |first=Russell |date=16 December 2023 |title=The Glasgow record label that is to release Peter Capaldi's new album |url= https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23991971.peter-capaldis-next-album-found-home-glasgow/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |website=The Herald}} The pair also performed a cabaret act together as Bing & Dean Hitler{{cite web |title=Music List: Bing Hitler |url= https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1986-05-02/15/ |website=The List |access-date=4 July 2019 |date=2 May 1986}} and wrote an alternative pantomime of Sleeping Beauty.{{cite web |title=Winter for Hitler |url= https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1986-10-03/5/ |website=The List |access-date=4 July 2019 |date=3 October 1986}}{{cite web |title=Panto Time Again! |url= https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1986-11-28/20/ |website=The List |access-date=4 July 2019 |date=28 November 1986}}
Career
{{Main|Peter Capaldi filmography}}
= 1974–1991: Early roles =
The first few years of Capaldi's acting career were marked by sporadic appearances, beginning in a 1974 performance of the play An Inspector Calls; his first onscreen appearance occurred in 1981 as Joe Edwards in the Charles Gormley film Living Apart Together.{{Cite web |date=7 August 2013 |title=Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi formed Glasgow fan club as a 15-year-old with stars in his eyes |url= https://www.glasgowworld.com/news/doctor-who-star-peter-capaldi-formed-glasgow-fan-club-as-a-15-year-old-with-stars-in-his-eyes-2687260 |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Glasgow World}}{{Cite web |last=McPartlin |first=Patrick |date=14 March 2014 |title=12 things you didn't know about Local Hero |url= https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/12-things-you-didnt-know-about-local-hero-1542471 |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=The Scotsman}} Starting in 1983, Capaldi received many more roles, appearing in diverse mediums as film, television, and theatre; he appeared as Beatles member John Lennon in a performance of John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert at the Young Vic,{{Cite web |last=Longman |first=Will |date=17 July 2017 |title=A brief history of Doctor Who actors on stage |url= https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/a-brief-history-of-doctor-who-actors-on-stage |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=London Theatre}} and the same year had a significant role in the film Local Hero as Danny Oldsen.
The early years of his career saw him primarily acting in films - on both the big screen and television. Some of his major roles on the big screen include the archaeology student Angus Flint in The Lair of the White Worm, and Azolan, a valet in pre-Revolution France in Dangerous Liaisons, both in 1988.{{cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=Sarah |date=5 August 2013 |title=Peter Capaldi: an introduction to the new Doctor for non-Brits |url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/aug/05/peter-capaldi-doctor-who-americans-guide |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240426205836/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/aug/05/peter-capaldi-doctor-who-americans-guide |archive-date=26 April 2024 |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=The Guardian}}{{Cite web |last=Wilkins |first=Budd |date=9 February 2017 |title=Review: Ken Russell's The Lair of the White Worm on Lionsgate Blu-ray |url= https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/the-lair-of-the-white-worm-bd/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230109030948/https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/the-lair-of-the-white-worm-bd |archive-date=9 January 2023 |access-date=2 May 2024 |website=Slant Magazine}} His roles in television films include playing another Beatle, George Harrison, in John and Yoko: A Love Story in 1985, and Robert McRae in Chain in 1990.{{Cite web |date=24 November 2021 |title=A Guide to The Beatles on Film, From 'Help!' to Macca Making Mashed Potatoes |url= https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/g38332713/beatles-movies/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Esquire}}{{Cite web |title=Chain (1990) |url=https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/chain-1990 |access-date=6 May 2024 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506150011/https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/chain-1990 |url-status=live }} He portrayed roles in theatre such as the servant Fabian in Twelfth Night and the protagonist Jonathan Harker in Dracula, in 1983 and 1984, among many others;{{Cite web |date=4 August 2013 |title=Thick of It and Ladykillers star Peter Capaldi named new Doctor Who, continues strong stage connection |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/thick-of-it-and-ladykillers-star-peter-capaldi-named-new-doctor-who-continues-strong-stage-connection_31498/ |access-date=2 May 2024 |website=WhatsOnStage.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502031708/https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/thick-of-it-and-ladykillers-star-peter-capaldi-named-new-doctor-who-continues-strong-stage-connection_31498/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Our Patrons – Half Moon Theatre |url=https://www.halfmoon.org.uk/support-us/our-patrons/ |access-date=2 May 2024 |website=Half Moon Theatre |language=en-GB |archive-date=2 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502185749/https://www.halfmoon.org.uk/support-us/our-patrons/ |url-status=live }} and appeared in an episode or two for drama shows such as the legal-drama Shadow of the Noose in 1989, and mystery-drama Agatha Christie's Poirot in 1991.{{Cite web |last=Rampton |first=James |date=3 February 2012 |title=In the thick of a new satire: Peter Capaldi on his new foray into |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/in-the-thick-of-a-new-satire-peter-capaldi-on-his-new-foray-into-gentle-comedy-6298392.html |access-date=23 April 2024 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423154357/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/in-the-thick-of-a-new-satire-peter-capaldi-on-his-new-foray-into-gentle-comedy-6298392.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Shadow of the Noose (1989) |url=https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/shadow-of-the-noose-1989 |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en |archive-date=3 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503230623/https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/shadow-of-the-noose-1989 |url-status=live }}
= 1992–2004: Pivot to television =
Capaldi got his first starring role on television as Luke Wakefield, a strange man who imagines he has witnessed a crime, in the BBC drama series Mr Wakefield's Crusade in 1992.{{Cite web |last=Hayward |first=Olivia |date=31 July 2022 |title=Peter Capaldi's 10 Best Roles, According To IMDb |url= https://screenrant.com/peter-capaldi-best-roles-imdb/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Screen Rant}} He also featured prominently as the spy chief Mr. Vladimir in the drama miniseries The Secret Agent, also in 1992,{{Cite news |last=Lawson |first=Mark |date=16 July 2016 |title=The Secret Agent: a timely BBC adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/16/the-secret-agent-joseph-conrad-novel-new-bbc-adaptation-timely-suicide-bomber-divided-london |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507062249/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/16/the-secret-agent-joseph-conrad-novel-new-bbc-adaptation-timely-suicide-bomber-divided-london |url-status=live }} and the protagonist's nemesis Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey in the comedy-drama Fortysomething in 2003.{{Cite web |last=Eames |first=Tom |date=4 August 2013 |title=Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi career in video |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a503879/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-career-highlights-in-video/ |access-date=30 April 2024 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426225909/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a503879/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-career-highlights-in-video/ |url-status=live }} He has been part of the regular cast on many shows: the protagonist's uncle Rory in the television adaptation of Ian Banks's The Crow Road, and the angel Islington in Neil Gaiman's BBC Two gothic fantasy serial Neverwhere, both in 1996.{{Cite web |last1=McClure |first1=Paul |last2=Nguyen |first2=Jessie |date=9 May 2022 |title=12 Best Adaptations of Neil Gaiman Stories, Ranked |url= https://collider.com/best-adaptations-of-neil-gaiman-stories-ranked/ |access-date=21 May 2024 |website=Collider}} His minor and guest roles have included: a TV producer named Tristan Campbell in two episodes of the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley in 1994,{{Cite web |last=Eames |first=Tom |date=4 August 2013 |title=Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi career in video |url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a503879/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-career-highlights-in-video/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Digital Spy}} and an appearance as a university professor in the sitcom Peep Show in 2004.{{Cite news |last=Anthony |first=Andrew |date=1 November 2015 |title=Mitchell and Webb on Peep Show: 'We just wanted to milk it' |url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/01/david-mitchell-robert-webb-on-peep-show-we-just-wanted-to-milk-it-interview |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The Observer |issn=0029-7712}}
He auditioned for the role of Benjamin Sisko in the sci-fi series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 1992, though he lost the role to Avery Brooks.{{Cite web |last=Stowe |first=Dusty |date=8 September 2017 |title=Peter Capaldi Auditioned for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine |url= https://screenrant.com/peter-capaldi-star-trek-deep-space-nine-audition/ |access-date=21 May 2024 |website=ScreenRant}} He was invited, in 1995, to audition for the role of the Eighth Doctor for the Doctor Who television movie, though he declined stating: "I didn't go. I loved the show so much, and I didn't think I would get it, and I didn't want to just be part of a big cull of actors."
As he took on more and more roles on television, Capaldi's roles in films and on-stage mostly included minor or supporting roles, with major titles including Gareth in the comedy film Bean in 1997,{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Bean |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bean-1997 |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=30 April 2024 |date=7 November 1997 |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827153932/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bean-1997 |url-status=live }} and the French poet and director Jean Cocteau in the biographical film Modigliani in 2004;{{Cite web |title=Modigliani |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/modigliani/cast/2000134132/ |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=TV Guide |language=en |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507062243/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/modigliani/cast/2000134132/ |url-status=live }} investigator Luke Fitzwilliam in a stage adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel, Murder Is Easy at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1993;{{Cite web |last=Sara |first=Hemming |date=3 March 1993 |title=THEATRE / Murdering the text: Sarah Hemming on Julia Bardsley's |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-murdering-the-text-sarah-hemming-on-julia-bardsley-s-macbeth-in-leicester-and-murder-is-easy-in-london-1495320.html |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=The Independent}} and as journalist and art critic Robbie Ross in the premiere run of the stage play The Judas Kiss at the Almeida Theatre in 1998, with the play subsequently moving to the West End of London and then to Broadway in New York City.
These years marked the beginning of Capaldi's occasional writing and directing career: he wrote and starred in the film comedy Soft Top Hard Shoulder in 1992, which won the audience award at the London Film Festival;{{Cite web |date=4 August 2013 |title=Peter Capaldi exclusively revealed to the nation as the Twelfth Doctor |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/ed5810d8-363a-3b46-bccc-504bcd38facd |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=BBC News}} and directed the short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, which starred Richard E. Grant and which was nominated and won various awards,{{Cite web |last=Sargeant |first=Rebecca |date=8 March 2024 |title=All 5 Doctor Who Actors Who Also Won An Oscar |url= https://screenrant.com/doctor-who-actors-oscar-winners-academy-award/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=ScreenRant}}{{cite web |date=22 March 1994 |title=Latin for a dark room |url= http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12679152.Latin_for_a_dark_room/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=The Herald}} with IndieWire{{'s}} Erik Kohn describing it as "a brilliant mix of gothic horror and holiday cheer" and praising the ambiguous nature of the film.{{Cite web |last1=O'Falt |first1=Chris |last2=Thompson |first2=Anne |last3=Marotta |first3=Jenna |last4=Kohn |first4=Eric |last5=Erbland |first5=Kate |last6=Ehrlich |first6=David |last7=Earl |first7=William |last8=Nordine |first8=Michael |last9=O'Falt |first9=Chris |date=24 November 2017 |title=Best 25 Horror Oscar Winners, Ranked |url= https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/best-horror-oscar-winners-exorcist-alien-silence-of-the-lambs-1201900398/ |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=IndieWire}} Capaldi also wrote and directed the drama film Strictly Sinatra, starring Ian Hart and Kelly Macdonald in 2001.{{Cite web |last=Eisner |first=Ken |date=21 June 2001 |title=Strictly Sinatra |url= https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/strictly-sinatra-1200468700/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |website=Variety}}
These years saw Capaldi performing in various radio shows and audiobooks, with major roles including the German filmmaker and author Wim Wenders in Emotion Pictures, airing on BBC Radio 3 in 1996;{{Cite web |title=Emotion Pictures: 4: The American Dream |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8812d96f1df74d58add6e749f15ccc98 |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=BBC Genome Project |date=18 April 1996 |archive-date=21 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421233706/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8812d96f1df74d58add6e749f15ccc98 |url-status=live }} and Chief Petty Officer Grieves in the BBC Radio 7 (now BBC Radio 4 Extra) comedy series Our Brave Boys between 2002 and 2005.{{Cite news |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=5 August 2013 |title=Peter Capaldi: from spin doctor to the new Doctor Who |url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/aug/04/peter-capaldi-doctor-who |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}
= 2005–2012: Rise to fame and accolades=
Before taking over the lead role in Doctor Who, Capaldi was best known for playing spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the Armando Iannucci-written BBC sitcom The Thick of It, which he played from 2005 to 2012. Tucker is said to be largely, if loosely, based upon Tony Blair's right-hand man Alastair Campbell, although Capaldi has said that he based his performance more on Hollywood power players, such as the often abrasive Harvey Weinstein.{{cite news |last=Wardrop |first=Murray |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9049658/Peter-Capaldi-Thick-Of-It-spin-doctor-Malcolm-Tucker-was-not-based-on-Alastair-Campbell.html |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9049658/Peter-Capaldi-Thick-Of-It-spin-doctor-Malcolm-Tucker-was-not-based-on-Alastair-Campbell.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Peter Capaldi: 'Thick Of It spin doctor Malcolm Tucker was not based on Alastair Campbell' |website=Telegraph |date=31 January 2012 |access-date=27 November 2012}}{{cbignore}} A film spin-off from The Thick of It titled In the Loop was released in 2009; Capaldi reprised his role.{{Cite web |date=18 January 2024 |title=Interrogating Peter Capaldi, Who is (Actually, Disconcertingly) Very Nice |url= https://www.gq.com/story/interrogating-peter-capaldi-who-is-actually-disconcertingly-very-nice |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=GQ}}
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The role of Tucker was met with acclaim and won Capaldi several awards.{{Cite web |last=Vickers-Green |first=Laura |date=29 October 2022 |title=Peter Capaldi's Best Roles from Doctor Who to Paddington, The Thick of It & more |url= https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/peter-capaldis-best-roles-doctor-who-paddington-the-thick-of-it/ |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=Den of Geek}} From 2006 thorough 2010 he was nominated various times at both the BAFTA TV Awards and Royal Television Society Awards for Best Comedy Actor.{{cite web |date=15 March 2006 |title=Royal Television Society Awards |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/mar/15/broadcasting.uknews1 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140921200507/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/mar/15/broadcasting.uknews1 |archive-date=21 September 2014 |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=The Guardian}}{{cite web |title=Comedy Performance in 2008 |url= http://awards.bafta.org/award/2008/television/comedy-performance |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160301104411/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2008/television/comedy-performance |archive-date=1 March 2016 |access-date=20 February 2016 |website=British Academy of Film and Television Arts}}{{cite web |date=14 March 2011 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2009 |url= https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2009 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210114110407/https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2009 |archive-date=14 January 2021 |access-date=1 August 2015 |website=Royal Television Society}} He won the 2010 BAFTA TV Award for Male Performance in a Comedy Role.{{cite web |title=Television Awards Winners in 2010 |url= http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/television-awards-nominations-in-2010,1095,BA.html |website=BAFTA |access-date=6 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100530211603/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/television-awards-nominations-in-2010,1095,BA.html |archive-date=30 May 2010}} He also won the 2010 and 2012 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor.{{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Amy |date=22 January 2011 |title=In Full: British Comedy Awards - Winners |url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a299572/in-full-british-comedy-awards-winners/ |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Digital Spy}}{{cite web |last=Sherwin |first=Adam |date=13 December 2012 |title=Malcolm Tucker and the {{sic |hide=y |reason=duplicate the in source title}} The Thick of It triumph at the British Comedy Awards |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/news/malcolm-tucker-and-the-the-thick-of-it-triumph-at-the-british-comedy-awards-8411638.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/news/malcolm-tucker-and-the-the-thick-of-it-triumph-at-the-british-comedy-awards-8411638.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |access-date=20 February 2016 |website=The Independent}}
Other major roles during these years included: Dr Pete in the Scottish crime-drama series The Field of Blood in 2011, for which he received a BAFTA Scotland nomination in the TV actor category,{{Cite web |last=Goldbart |first=Max |date=8 March 2023 |title='Shetland' Writer David Kane To Adapt Denise Mina's 'Morrow' Into Multi-Season TV Series |url= https://deadline.com/2023/03/bbc-shetland-writer-david-kane-to-adapt-denise-minas-morrow-into-multi-season-tv-series-1235282491/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} though he was beaten by his co-star Jayd Johnson;{{cite web |date=5 October 2016 |title=British Academy Scotland Awards in 2016: Nominations Announced |url= http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/british-academy-scotland-awards-in-2016-nominations-announced |access-date=5 October 2016 |website=BAFTA}} and Randall Brown on the BBC Two drama The Hour in 2012, receiving a BAFTA nomination for the role.{{Cite news |last=Martinson |first=Jane |date=23 September 2013 |title=Emmys 2013: Abi Morgan wins for The Hour – shame it's been axed |url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/tvandradioblog/2013/sep/23/emmys-2013-abi-morgan-the-hour-axed |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}
Minor roles on television included Sid's dad Mark Jenkins in the E4 teen comedy drama series Skins in 2007, though his character was killed off in the second series;{{Cite web |last=Eames |first=Tom |date=4 August 2013 |title=Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi career in video |url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a503879/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-career-highlights-in-video/ |access-date=30 April 2024 |website=Digital Spy}} King Charles I in the historical fiction The Devil's Whore in 2008,{{Cite news |last=Tew |first=Edward |date=8 May 2014 |title=The Devil's Whore – box set review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/may/08/devils-whore-box-set-review |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=8 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408122737/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/may/08/devils-whore-box-set-review |url-status=live }} and Balthazar in the drama series The Nativity, based on the Nativity of Jesus in 2010.{{cite web |date=30 March 2010 |title=Press Office – Stars align for Tony Jordan's Nativity on BBC One this Christmas |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/04_april/30/nativity.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120104105/https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/04_april/30/nativity.shtml |archive-date=20 November 2023 |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=BBC}} He also only held minor roles in films and stage-acting during this time: priests in the horror film Wild Country and comedy film The Best Man, both in 2005,{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=Kim |date=26 January 2006 |title=Wild Country |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/wild-country-2-review/ |access-date=6 May 2024 |website=Empire |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506160501/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/wild-country-2-review/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=BBC One – The Best Man |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mq59l |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=BBC One |language=en-GB |archive-date=3 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503213748/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mq59l |url-status=live }} and a small role as therapist Peter VanGellis in the comedy film Big Fat Gypsy Gangster in 2011, written by and starring his Getting On co-star Ricky Grover,{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=15 September 2011 |title=Big Fat Gypsy Gangster – review |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/sep/15/big-fat-gypsy-gangster-film-review |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}} the absurdist play Absurdia in 2007 in the Donmar Warehouse;{{Cite web |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |date=6 August 2007 |title=Absurdia: an inspector calls and an elephant appears |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3666954/Absurdia-an-inspector-calls-and-an-elephant-appears.html |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=The Daily Telegraph |language=en |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426202122/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3666954/Absurdia-an-inspector-calls-and-an-elephant-appears.html |url-status=live }} and Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse and Gielgud Theatre in London in 2011.{{Cite web |date=3 February 2012 |title=In the thick of a new satire: Peter Capaldi on his new foray into |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/in-the-thick-of-a-new-satire-peter-capaldi-on-his-new-foray-into-gentle-comedy-6298392.html |access-date=23 April 2024 |website=The Independent}}
Capaldi wrote and presented A Portrait of Scotland, a documentary detailing 500 years' history of Scottish portrait painting in 2009;{{cite news |last=Billen |first=Andrew |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Portrait of Scotland; Land Girls; Blue Murder |url= https://www.thetimes.com/article/a-portrait-of-scotland-land-girls-blue-murder-hwjqblrv3p0 |access-date=20 September 2009 |website=The Times}} and in 2012, Capaldi and Tony Roche co-wrote, directed and performed in The Cricklewood Greats, a mockumentary about a fictitious film studio, which tracks real developments and trends throughout the history of British cinema.{{Cite web |last=Rampton |first=James |date=3 February 2012 |title=In the thick of a new satire: Peter Capaldi on his new foray into gentle comedy |url= https://www.Independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/in-the-thick-of-a-new-satire-peter-capaldi-on-his-new-foray-into-gentle-comedy-6298392.html |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=The Independent}} Capaldi voiced various roles during this period, all on BBC Radio 4, with the major roles including Alistair in the 2005–2006 situational comedy Baggage,{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Baggage: The Complete Series 1–4: A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/baggage-hilary-lyon/1142965632 |access-date=23 April 2024 |website=Barnes & Noble |language=en |archive-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423155316/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/baggage-hilary-lyon/1142965632 |url-status=live }} the Armourer in an adaption of Dr. No in 2008,{{Cite news |last=Plunkett |first=John |date=2 May 2008 |title=For your ears only: Radio 4 airs Bond season |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/02/radio.bbc |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423154354/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/02/radio.bbc |url-status=live }} and one of the presenter Jim Tweedledee in the 2009–2010 satirical comedy The News at Bedtime.{{Cite web |date=4 December 2009 |title=Alex Macqueen interview |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/alex_macqueen_interview/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en |archive-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428201827/https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/alex_macqueen_interview/ |url-status=live }}
= 2013–2017: ''Doctor Who'' =
These years saw the rise of Capaldi to worldwide fame with his casting in the role of the Twelfth Doctor in the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, becoming the oldest actor since the first incarnation to star as the Doctor and the third oldest to portray the character, at the age of 56;{{cite news|last=Masters|first=Tim|title=Doctor Who: Is Peter Capaldi a good choice?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23574098|publisher=BBC|date=5 August 2013|access-date=5 August 2013}} Capaldi stated that he had to seriously consider the increased level of visibility that would come with the part.{{cite news |date=27 July 2014 |title=Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi promises 'no flirting' with sidekick in new series |url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jul/27/peter-capaldi-doctor-who-no-flirting-sidekick-coleman-new-series |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140828193914/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jul/27/peter-capaldi-doctor-who-no-flirting-sidekick-coleman-new-series |archive-date=28 August 2014 |access-date=10 November 2014 |website=The Guardian}} He had portrayed characters in Doctor Who before he was cast as the Doctor: Lobus Caecilius in the Doctor Who episode "The Fires of Pompeii". The following year he played civil servant John Frobisher in the third series of the Doctor Who spin-off, Torchwood.{{cite news |date=25 September 2007 |title=Doctor Who sets the controls for Rome, AD 79 |url= http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/doctor-who/news/doctor-who-sets-the-controls-for-rome-ad-79 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141110190412/http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/doctor-who/news/doctor-who-sets-the-controls-for-rome-ad-79 |archive-date=10 November 2014 |access-date=10 November 2014 |website=What's on TV}}{{cite news |date=26 August 2008 |title=Filming under way for new series of Torchwood |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/08_august/26/torchwood.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121112194227/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/8_august/26/torchwood.shtml |archive-date=12 November 2012 |access-date=10 November 2014 |website=BBC Press Office}}
The start of 2013 saw Capaldi portraying the editor of The Guardian Alan Rusbridger, in The Fifth Estate,{{Cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=20 August 2013 |title=THE FIFTH ESTATE Poster and Images. THE FIFTH ESTATE Stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange |url= https://collider.com/the-fifth-estate-poster-images/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Collider}} starring in Inside the Mind of Leonardo, a documentary about Leonardo da Vinci{{Cite web |date=22 November 2013 |title=Inside the Mind of Leonardo 3D: Film Review |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/inside-mind-leonardo-3d-film-659415/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} and appearing as a World Health Organization doctor in World War Z.{{cite web| last=O'Hara|first= Helen| date=3 June 2013 |title=World War Z Premieres In London |url= https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/world-war-z-premieres-london/| access-date= 31 October 2024 |publisher=Empire}}{{cbignore}} Capaldi also directed several episodes of the BBC Four sitcom Getting On.{{Cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=8 January 2024 |title=Peter Capaldi on Britain's Real-Life Institutional Disorder Behind Apple's 'Criminal Record' |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/peter-capaldi-interview-criminal-record-apple-1235779141/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} He portrayed Cardinal Richelieu in an adaptation of The Three Musketeers on BBC One the next year, though with his casting, he was killed off-screen to avoid clashes with Doctor Who.{{Cite web |last=Jeffery |first=Morgan |date=23 April 2014 |title=The Musketeers to kill off Peter Capaldi |url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a566121/the-musketeers-to-kill-off-peter-capaldis-cardinal/ |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Digital Spy}}
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In August 2013 during a special event titled Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor, Capaldi was revealed as the next Doctor, succeeding Matt Smith in the role,{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Scott |date=7 August 2013 |title='Doctor Who Live' special burns up TV ratings, social media |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-doctor-who-live-special-burns-up-tv-ratings-social-media-20130807-story.html |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite magazine |last=Collins |first=Clark |date=1 August 2013 |title='Doctor Who': Announcement imminent -- UPDATE |url= https://ew.com/article/2013/08/01/doctor-who-matt-smith-announcement/ |access-date=3 May 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} and made his first appearance as the Doctor in cameos in the 2013 specials, first in the 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", then the 2013 Christmas special, "The Time of the Doctor", taking over the role at the end of the episode.{{Cite web |last=Whitbrook |first=James |date=23 November 2023 |title=10 Years Later, "Day of the Doctor" Remains One of Doctor Who's Finest Hours |url= https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-day-of-the-doctor-review-retrospective-60th-1851045517 |access-date=30 April 2024 |website=Gizmodo}} Capaldi made his first regular in Doctor Who in the episode "Deep Breath" later that year, leading 40 episodes, consisting of three series and four specials during the next four years.{{Cite web |last=Wilkins |first=Alasdair |date=23 August 2014 |title=Doctor Who: "Deep Breath" |url= https://www.avclub.com/doctor-who-deep-breath-1798181188 |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=The A.V. Club}} In 2015 he voiced the Doctor in crossover video game Lego Dimensions{{Cite web |last=Lovett |first=Jamie |date=7 July 2015 |title=Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman & Michelle Gomez Join LEGO Dimensions Voice Cast |url= https://comicbook.com/news/doctor-whos-peter-capaldi-jenna-coleman-michelle-gomez-join-lego/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=ComicBook.com}} In 2016, Capaldi reprised his role as the Twelfth Doctor in the Doctor Who spin-off programme Class, written by young-adult author Patrick Ness.{{cite web |date=23 September 2016 |title=Peter Capaldi confirmed for Class Doctor Who spin-off |url= http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-09-23/peter-capaldi-confirmed-for-class-doctor-who-spin-off |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=Radio Times}}
Besides Doctor Who, he appeared as Paddington Bear's neighbour Mr Curry in the family comedy film Paddington in 2015 and reprised the role two years later film's sequel Paddington 2,{{Cite web |last=Vickers-Green |first=Laura |date=29 October 2022 |title=Peter Capaldi's Best Roles from Doctor Who to Paddington, The Thick of It & more |url= https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/peter-capaldis-best-roles-doctor-who-paddington-the-thick-of-it/ |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Den of Geek}} and as King Kinloch in Maleficent in deleted scenes.{{cite web|last=Bibbiani|first=William|title=Maleficent: Director Robert Stromberg on True Love and Reshoots|url=https://www.mandatory.com/culture/695289-maleficent-director-robert-stromberg-on-true-love-and-reshoots|work=Mandatory|access-date=1 January 2022|date=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602060843/http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/695289-maleficent-director-robert-stromberg-on-true-love-and-reshoots|archive-date=2 June 2014}} He also appeared as himself in various short films and documentaries.{{Cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Euan |date=21 April 2016 |title=The week in TV: Caravanner of the Year; Aliens: The Big Think; I Want My Wife Back; The Tunnel: Sabotage – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/24/caravanner-of-the-year-aliens-the-big-think-i-want-my-wife-back-the-tunnel |access-date=3 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=3 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503213835/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/24/caravanner-of-the-year-aliens-the-big-think-i-want-my-wife-back-the-tunnel |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=McEwan |first=Cameron |date=20 September 2016 |title=Peter Capaldi in 'Richard E Grant On Ealing Comedies' |url=https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/peter-capaldi-in-richard-e-grant-on-ealing-comedies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502195102/https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/peter-capaldi-in-richard-e-grant-on-ealing-comedies |archive-date=2 May 2024 |access-date=2 May 2024 |website=BBC}}
On 30 January 2017, in an interview with BBC Radio 2, Capaldi confirmed that the tenth series would be his last.{{cite web |url= http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-01-30/peter-capaldi-confirms-hes-leaving-doctor-who-at-the-end-of-series-10 |title=Peter Capaldi confirms he's leaving Doctor Who at the end of series 10 |website=Radio Times |first=Sarah |last=Doran |date=30 January 2017 |access-date=30 January 2017}} His final episode was the Christmas special, "Twice Upon a Time", in which he was succeeded by actress Jodie Whittaker.{{Cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Robert |date=6 October 2018 |title=Review: 'Doctor Who' returns in thrilling fashion with the wonderful Jodie Whittaker |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-doctor-who-series-11-review-jodie-whittaker-20181006-story.html |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web |last=Ivie |first=Devon |date=6 October 2017 |title=Peter Capaldi's Tailor Tipped Him Off That the New Doctor Who Would Be a Woman |url= https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/peter-capaldi-jodie-whittaker-casting.html |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Vulture}} His performance as the Doctor was widely praised; with his Doctor being characterised as one who started out rude and grumpy, with a short fuse, but who grew and mellowed over time, into the perfect embodiment of kindness and love.{{Cite web |last=Wilkins |first=Alasdair |date=26 December 2017 |title="Doctor Who" Regenerates, But Not Before Revealing Most Important Lesson |url= https://www.inverse.com/article/39725-doctor-who-twice-upon-a-time-review |access-date=12 September 2024 |website=Inverse}}{{Cite web |last=Mulkern |first=Patrick |date=25 December 2017 |title=Doctor Who: Twice upon a Time ★★★ |url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-guide/twice-upon-a-time-doctor-who/ |access-date=12 September 2024 |website=Radio Times}}
= 2018–present: Post–''Doctor Who'' =
Capaldi's post–Doctor Who has partially involved voice acting: in 2018, he voiced Rabbit in the Disney film Christopher Robin,{{Cite web |last=Trumbore |first=Dave |date=6 March 2018 |title=Christopher Robin Trailer: Ewan McGregor Leads Disney Redo |url= https://collider.com/christopher-robin-trailer-disney-live-action-winnie-the-pooh-ewan-mcgregor/ |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Collider}} and the next year he narrated audiobook version of Watership Down and Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth,{{Cite web |title=Audiobooks narrated by Peter Capaldi |url= https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Peter+Capaldi |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=Audible}} winning an AudioFile Earphones award for his narration on both books.{{cite web |date=15 August 2019 |title=10 Editors' Picks from August 2019 Earphones Award Winners |url= https://booktrib.com/2019/08/10-editors-picks-from-august-2019-earphones-award-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200507153904/https://booktrib.com/2019/08/10-editors-picks-from-august-2019-earphones-award-winners/ |archive-date=7 May 2020 |access-date=7 May 2020 |website=BookTrib}}{{cite web |title=Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth |url= https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/161472/sputniks-guide-to-life-on-earth-by-frank-cottrell-boyce-read-by-peter-capaldi/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200507153245/https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/161472/sputniks-guide-to-life-on-earth-by-frank-cottrell-boyce-read-by-peter-capaldi/ |archive-date=7 May 2020 |access-date=7 May 2020 |website=AudioFile}} He also narrated an audiobook version of Nineteen Eighty-Four in 2021, and voiced the recurring character Seamus McGregor in the Netflix series Big Mouth in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Sargeant |first=Rebecca |date=28 October 2023 |title=10 Big Mouth Characters Who Are Surprisingly Missing From Season 7 |url= https://screenrant.com/big-mouth-season-7-missing-characters/ |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Screen Rant}}
Capaldi's live-action projects have included playing the role of Mr Micawber in The Personal History of David Copperfield, a comedy-drama film based on the novel by Charles Dickens, in 2019{{cite web |author=Mitchell, Robert |date=8 May 2018 |title=Peter Capaldi Re-Teams With Armando Iannucci for 'David Copperfield' |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/peter-capaldi-reteams-armando-iannucci-david-copperfield-1202802941/ |access-date=8 May 2018 |website=Variety |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142000/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/peter-capaldi-reteams-armando-iannucci-david-copperfield-1202802941/ |url-status=live }} and elderly incarnation of the writer and soldier Siegfried Sassoon in Terence Davies's biographical drama Benediction in 2021.{{Cite news |last=Shoard |first=Catherine |date=11 October 2023 |title='He changed my life': Tom Hiddleston, Rachel Weisz and more on Terence Davies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/11/terence-davies-tom-hiddleston-rachel-weisz-jennifer-ehle-peter-capaldi |access-date=21 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=21 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421233706/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/11/terence-davies-tom-hiddleston-rachel-weisz-jennifer-ehle-peter-capaldi |url-status=live }} He starred in the 2021 DC Extended Universe superhero film The Suicide Squad as the Thinker.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=3 September 2019 |title='Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi Joining James Gunn's 'The Suicide Squad'; Is 'SNL's Pete Davidson Next? |url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/suicide-squad-snl-pete-davidson-peter-capaldi-cast-james-gunn-dc-movie-1202709645/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903223605/https://deadline.com/2019/09/suicide-squad-snl-pete-davidson-peter-capaldi-cast-james-gunn-dc-movie-1202709645/ |archive-date=3 September 2019 |access-date=3 September 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} While filming, Capaldi wrote and recorded rock music for his debut solo studio album St. Christopher, released through Monks Road Records that year on 19 November.{{Cite news |last=Hogan |first=Michael |date=14 November 2021 |title=Peter Capaldi: 'Don't worry, I don't suddenly think I'm a rock star' |url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/14/peter-capaldi-st-christopher-debut-album-interview |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}
Starting 2022 and 2024, he has been starring in the TV series The Devil's Hour and the Apple TV+ crime thriller series Criminal Record respectively, the latter of which he also produces.{{Cite web |title=Peter Capaldi begins filming The Devil's Hour season 3 ahead of season 2 |url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/devils-hour-season-3-filming-peter-capaldi-newsupdate/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240421233708/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/devils-hour-season-3-filming-peter-capaldi-newsupdate/ |archive-date=21 April 2024 |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=Radio Times}}{{Cite web |last=Radish |first=Christina |date=21 February 2024 |title=Peter Capaldi Was Attracted to the Scars of his 'Criminal Record' Character |url= https://collider.com/peter-capaldi-criminal-record-character/ |access-date=21 May 2024 |website=Collider}} Capaldi said that he was a fan of crime shows, but that often there is not much character development over the course of the show; therefore, they created a show where the plot changes the character and has a real impact on their life. As such, the show was characterised by Scott Roxborough of The Hollywood Reporter as "more interested in contemplating issues such as those of race, gender and other institutional disorders, in an ever increasing, politically polarized Britain." In 2025, he played the older Cameron Walker in the Black Mirror episode "Plaything".{{cite news |last1=Nyadundu |first1=Panashe |title='Black Mirror' Season 7: A Complete Cast And Character Guide |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a64454204/black-mirror-season-7-cast-list/ |access-date=17 April 2025 |publisher=ELLE |date=11 April 2025}}
In addition, Capaldi made his return to theatre and directing: stage acting in a revival of Constellations in 2021, acting against Zoë Wanamaker;{{Cite news |last=Wiegand |first=Chris |date=9 April 2021 |title=Peter Capaldi and Sheila Atim among rotating cast in Constellations revival |url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/apr/09/peter-capaldi-sheila-atim-constellations-revival-zoe-wanamaker-chris-odowd |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}} and directed a pilot for a TV series titled They F**k You Up, though it remained unsold, in 2022.{{cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=30 December 2022 |title=Peter Capaldi-Directed Parenting Comedy 'They F**k You Up' In Works At Sky |url= https://deadline.com/2022/12/peter-capaldi-directing-they-fuck-you-up-sky-1235208716/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221231040928/https://deadline.com/2022/12/peter-capaldi-directing-they-fuck-you-up-sky-1235208716/ |archive-date=31 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
Personal life
Capaldi married Elaine Collins in Strathblane near his home city of Glasgow in 1991.{{Cite web |last=Battersby |first=Kate |date=11 January 2024 |title=Peter Capaldi on Criminal Record character: "He has scars and carries ghosts" |url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/peter-capaldi-criminal-record-character-interview/ |access-date=2 May 2024 |website=Radio Times}} Together they have a daughter, and two grandsons born in 2021 and 2023.{{cite web |url= https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/peter-capaldi-life-devils-hour-30181041 |title=The Devil's Hour season 2 cast: Inside Peter Capaldi's life from tough school days to famous family ties |last=Anderson |first=Hayley |date=18 October 2024 |website=Manchester Evening News |access-date=1 November 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.bigissue.com/behind-the-scenes/inside-the-big-issue-peter-capaldi-criminal-record/ |title=Inside the Big Issue: Peter Capaldi on dirty cop drama Criminal Record and his new grandson |date=15 January 2024 |website=Big Issue |access-date=15 January 2024}} Capaldi and Collins live together in Muswell Hill, London.{{cite web |last=Thomas-Corr |first=Johanna |date=5 November 2015 |title=Peter Capaldi interview: 'Sexism in the TV industry is ridiculous' |url= https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/peter-capaldi-interview-sexism-in-the-tv-industry-is-ridiculous-a3107436.html |access-date=5 November 2015 |website=Evening Standard}} Singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi is his distant cousin,{{cite web|last=McMonagle|first=Mickey|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/rising-scottish-star-lewis-capaldi-12079123|title="Rising Scottish star Lewis Capaldi meets long-lost relative at London gig as Doctor Who appears"| publisher=Daily Record |date=23 February 2018|access-date= 31 May 2024}} and the two have worked together on one of the video versions of Lewis' "Someone You Loved". It was made in partnership with the charity organisation Live Life Give Life, in order to raise awareness for the issue of organ donation.{{cite web |date=8 February 2019 |title=Lewis Capaldi Inspires Change in Bittersweet 'Someone You Loved' Music Video |url= https://www.onestowatch.com/blog/lewis-capaldi-inspires-change-in-bittersweet |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=Ones to Watch}}
He grew up Catholic but is now an atheist.{{Cite web |date=16 December 2010 |title=The Nativity, BBC One: Another way to the manger |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8207296/The-Nativity-BBC-One-Another-way-to-the-manger.html |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=The Daily Telegraph}}
In 2015, Capaldi alongside Cate Blanchett, Patrick Stewart, and Colin Firth supported the United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR to help raise awareness about the global refugee crisis.{{Cite web |last=Gibbs |first=Alexandra |date=29 September 2015 |title=Refugee or migrant? Dr Who, Captain Picard weigh in |url= https://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/29/refugee-or-migrant-peter-capaldi-patrick-stewart-colin-firth-weigh-in-with-definition.html |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=CNBC}} He subsequently appeared with them and others in the video "What They Took With Them", which saw the actors reading a poem, inspired by primary accounts of refugees and part of UNHCR's #WithRefugees campaign, and which included a petition to governments to expand asylum and to provide further shelter, integrating job opportunities, and education.{{Cite web |title=Cate Blanchett video highlights what refugees take when they flee |url= https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/cate-blanchett-video-highlights-what-refugees-take-when-they-flee |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=UNHCR}}
In October 2022, he voiced his support for Scottish independence. He told The Daily Telegraph: "It used not to be something I was particularly drawn to. I've lived in London for most of my life, and always loved Cardiff and Manchester and Belfast. But after the relentlessness of the past 12 years, everything we have been put through, it might just be time to go home and be a part of that."{{cite news |last=Meighan |first=Craig |date=28 October 2022 |title=Peter Capaldi: 'I would vote Yes at the next Scottish independence referendum' |url= https://www.thenational.scot/news/23086771.peter-capaldi-i-vote-yes-next-scottish-independence-referendum/ |url-access=subscription |accessdate=29 October 2022 |work=The National}} Capaldi holds dual citizenship; following Brexit, he acquired Italian citizenship by descent through his paternal grandfather who hailed from Picinisco.{{cite web |last=Ugolini |first=Chiara |date=10 January 2024 |title='Criminal record', Peter Capaldi: "Dopo Brexit voglio essere italiano. Quando ho ricevuto il passaporto mi sono commosso" |url= https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/tv-radio/2024/01/10/news/criminal_record_peter_capaldi_intervista-421844509/ |access-date=13 January 2024 |website=La Repubblica |language=it}}
Discography
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Awards and nominations
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Peter Capaldi}}
Capaldi has been nominated for various awards including three British Academy Television Award nominations{{cite web |title=Comedy Performance in 2006 |url= http://awards.bafta.org/award/2006/television/comedy-performance |access-date=20 February 2016 |website=BAFTA}}{{cite web |title=Comedy Performance in 2008 |url= http://awards.bafta.org/award/2008/television/comedy-performance |access-date=20 February 2016 |website=BAFTA}}{{cite web |title=Male Performance in a Comedy Programme in 2013 |url= http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/television/male-performance-in-a-comedy-programme |access-date=20 February 2016 |website=BAFTA}} and one win{{cite web |title=Male Performance in a Comedy Programme in 2010 |url= http://awards.bafta.org/award/2010/television/male-performance-in-a-comedy-programme |access-date=20 February 2016 |website=BAFTA}} for Malcolm Tucker in In the Thick of It. He won an Academy Award for his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life.{{cite web |date=5 October 2014 |title=The 67th Academy Awards |url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220937/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995 |archive-date=9 November 2014 |access-date=20 February 2016 |website=Oscars}} He was given an award for "Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television" at the Scottish BAFTAs.{{cite web |date=3 November 2022 |title=Peter Capaldi announced as recipient of BAFTA Scotland Outstanding Contribution Award 2022 |url= https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/peter-capaldi-announced-as-recipient-of-bafta-scotland-awards-2022 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221103093753/https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/peter-capaldi-announced-as-recipient-of-bafta-scotland-awards-2022 |archive-date=3 November 2022 |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=BAFTA}}
References
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External links
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- [http://film.guardian.co.uk/Player/Player_Page/0,,45444,00.html Guardian Film Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160426120323/http://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org/about/ambassadors Article on Capaldi's support of Cancer Charities]
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