Cast & creator
Peter Capaldi
Best known for Conan, Midsomer Murders, The Graham Norton Show
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.
102
film credits
77
television credits
169
1971–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (179)
Showing 179 of 179 credits
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Midsomer Murders
Laurence Barker
1997
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Doctor Who
Caecilius
2005Doctor Who
The Doctor
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Claude Langton
1989
The One Show
Self
2006
Black Mirror
Older Cameron Walker
2011
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Minder
Ozzie
1979
Screen Two
Bruce Coldfield
1985Screen Two
Simon
1985
The Penguins of Madagascar
Uncle Nigel (voice)
2008
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022
Skins
Mark
2007
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Waking the Dead
Lucien Calvin
2001
Foyle's War
Raymond Carter
2002
Torchwood
John Frobisher
2006
The Suicide Squad
Thinker
2021
World War Z
W.H.O. Doctor
2013
The Musketeers
Cardinal Richelieu
2014
Prime Suspect
Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds
1991Prime Suspect
Vera Reynolds
1991
Peep Show
Professor Alistair MacLeish
2003
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Zeno Vedast
1987
My Family
Colin Judd
2000
The Thick of It
Malcolm Tucker
2005
Criminal Record
DCI Daniel Hegarty
2024Criminal Record
Executive Producer
2024
Travelling Man
John
1984
Paddington 2
Reginald Curry
2017
Dramarama
The British Ambassador
1983
Judge John Deed
2001
Sea of Souls
Gordon Fleming
2004
Paddington
Reginald Curry
2014
Accused
Frank Ryland
2010
The Devil's Hour
Gideon Shepherd
2022
TFI Unplugged
Self
2026
Christopher Robin
Rabbit (voice)
2018
The Afternoon Play
Billy Shannon
2003
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Lord Fellamar
1997
The Vicar of Dibley
1994
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Dolben
1971
Cold Blood
Self - Narrator
2008
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
2018
Chandler & Co
Larry
1994
10 Minute Tales
The Man
2009
Dangerous Liaisons
Azolan
1988
The Fifth Estate
Alan Rusbridger
2013
The Hour
Randall Brown
2011
Bean
Gareth
1997
Watership Down
Kehaar (voice)
2018
This Morning
Self - Guest
1988
In Deep
Jeremy Church
2001
Doctor Who Extra
Self
2014
The Lair of the White Worm
Angus Flint
1988
The Devil's Whore
King Charles I
2008
Getting On
Peter Healy
2009
Neverwhere
Islington
1996
Rik Mayall Presents
David Critchley
1993
Stay Lucky
1989
Shadow of the Noose
Robert Wood
1989
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Mr. Micawber
2019
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (12) (uncredited)
2013
Class
The Doctor
2016
The Crow Road
Rory McHoan
1996
Fortysomething
Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey
2003
Selling Hitler
Thomas Walde
1991
In the Loop
Malcolm Tucker
2009
Local Hero
Danny Oldsen
1983
Punk Britannia
Narrator
2012
The Field of Blood
Dr. Pete
2011
The Best Man
Priest
2005
Benediction
Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
2021
Psychos
Mark Collins
1999
Fallen Angel
Henry Appleton
2007
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Birgo Lander
1997
The Nativity
Balthazar
2010
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
The Doctor (12)
2013
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
The Doctor (12)
2017Chain
Robert McRae
1990
Max
David Cohn
2002
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
The Doctor (12)
2014
The Cloning of Joanna May
Isaac
1992
Shooting Fish
Mr Gilzean
1997
House of 9
Max Roy
2005Doctor Who
The Twelfth Doctor
Midnight Man
Trevor
2008
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
The Doctor
2014
Modigliani
Jean Cocteau
2004
Captives
Simon
1994
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
The Big Night In
Self
2020
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor
2015
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (12) (archive footage)
2024
What Rats Won't Do
Tony
1998Bistro
Max
2010
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
Self
2014
The Murder at Road Hill House
Samuel Kent
2011
The Greatest Store in the World
Mr. Whiskers
1999
Titmuss Regained
Ken Cracken
1991
Michael Powell
Narrator
2005
John and Yoko: A Love Story
George Harrison
1985
Trawlermen
Narrator (voice)
2006
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
The Doctor
2016
Jealousy
John
1993
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Director
1995Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Writer
1995
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
Peter Van Gellis
2011
Inside the Mind of Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci
2013
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Luke Wakefield
1992
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
voice actor
2011The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
Creator
2011
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
The Doctor
2016
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
The Doctor (12)
2014
National Theatre Live: Constellations
Roland
2021
December Bride
Young Sorleyson
1990
The Rise of the Nutters
Malcolm Tucker
2007
Aftersun
Jim
2006Aftersun
2006
Turtle Diary
Assistant Keeper
1985
Strictly Sinatra
Director
2001Strictly Sinatra
Writer
2001
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Derek
2002
Being Beethoven
Beethoven (voice)
2020
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
2013
Selling Hitler
Thomas Walde
1993
The Treasure Seekers
Jellicoe
1996
The Academy of Armando
Self
2025
Up Line
Scott Dare
1987
The Story of a Recluse
Jamie Kirkwood
1987
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
The Doctor
2015
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Gavin Bellini
1993Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Writer
1993
The Secret Agent
Mr Vladimir
1992
Wild Country
Father Steve
2005
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
Self - Presenter
2013The Secret Agent
Mr. Vladimir
1992
Pinochet in Suburbia
Andy McEntee
2006
Magicians
Mike Francis
2007
Hotel!
Hilton Gilfoyle
2001
Rosie the Great
The British Ambassador
1989
Triple Scotch & Wry
Writer
1990
The Martians and Us
Narrator
2006
Spinners and Losers
Malcolm Tucker
2007
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
David Critchley
1993
Martin's Close
Dolben
2019
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
Self
2021
The Madness of Peter Howson
Self - Narrator (Voice)
2010
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
Narrator
2019Do Not Disturb
Bruce
1991
The Cricklewood Greats
Himself
2012The Cricklewood Greats
Writer
2012The Cricklewood Greats
Director
2012But Why?
Older Man (uncredited)
2021
The Love Child
Dillon
1988
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
John
2004God's Chosen Car Park
Everard
1986Living Apart Together
Joe
1982
Prison, My Parents & Me
Narrator
2016Giving Tongue
Duncan Fielding
1996
I Hate Christmas Too
Man
1997
Dream Baby
Willie
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
Narrator
2022
Colleagues From Hell
1989Runway One
Mick Galligan
1995A Portrait of Scotland
Self - Presenter
2009
Solid Geometry
David Hunter
2002
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011
Lost for Words
The Tourist
1996
Unconditional Love
DI Terry Machin
2003Spectrum
Himself
1984Boswell's Boswell
James Boswell (voice)
1998
Napoleon's Waterloo
Narrator
2004
Salvage
James Mulwray
2004