Peter Capaldi

Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 Aprile 1958) 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 pley the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who fae 2013 til 2017, whan 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.

 Early life an eddication 
Capaldi wis born in Glesga, Scotland, tae Nancy (née Soutar) an Gerald John Capaldi. His paternal grandfaither wis Italian, whauras the lave o his ancestry is Scots an Erse. His parents haed an ice cream van in Springburn, whaur thay war neebours wi an kent the faimlie Armando Iannucci, the creator o The Thick of It, awtho the twa didnae ken ilka-ither as bairns. He wis taucht at St Teresa's Primar Schuil in Possilpark, St Matthew's Primar Schuil in Bishopbriggs, an St Ninian's Heich Schuil, Kirkintilloch, afore gangin tae the Glesga Schuil o Airt.

Capaldi shawed aff an early talent fur performance bi pittin on a puppet shaw in the primar schuil. 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 baund cried The Dreamboys, whaur the drummer wis Craig Ferguson, thit went on tae be a comedian.Ferguson, Craig: American on Purpose. Harper Collins, 2009.  The pair performt a cabaret act thegither as Bing & Dean Hitler an pit on an alternative pantomime o Sleeping Beauty. Capaldi went on tae perform musical comedy cabaret guisin as "bank clerk about town" (Bank clerk aboot toun) Gavin Meekie an as ae hauf o husband-an-wifie TV evangelists Tom & Sammy Jo.

 Career 

 Actin 
Capaldi haes bin in ower 40 films an telly programmes fae his kythin as Danny Oldsen in Local Hero (1983). He pleyed Beatles memmer George Harrison in John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985), haed roles in The Lair of the White Worm (1988) an Dangerous Liaisons (1988), he wis featurt as Ozzy in a 1985 episode o Minder an aa. In 1992 he auditionit fur, the role fur Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but he niver got it.

Capaldi's first star role on the telly wis Luke Wakefield, an unco man thit imagines he has seen a crime, in the BBC drama series Mr Wakefield's Crusade. He pleyed fictional Songs of Praise producer Tristan Campbell in twa episodes frae the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, an a transgender wummin in ITV's Prime Suspect. In Neil Gaiman's gothic fantasy Neverwhere, he pleyed the angel Islington.

Capaldi is an audiobeuk vyce actor an aw, an haes mony titles includin twa-three o the warks frae Iain Banks. He starred as Rory in the 1996 telly version o Banks's The Crow Road.
In the 1999 Channel 4 series Psychos, he pleyed a mathematician wi bipolar disorder. Capaldi kythed as a varsity professor in the sitcom Peep Show, an pleyed 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 cam 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 pleyed Balthazar, ane o the Biblical Magi, in the 2010 BBC version o The Nativity.

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 pleyed Randall Brown, the new Head of News, on the BBC2 drama The Hour. He kythed as a WHO doctor in World War Z (2013), an haed a role in Maleficent (2014), but his pairt in the seicont film wis cut durin post-production.

He starred in Inside the Mind of Leonardo, a documentary aboot Leonardo da Vinci. In 2013 he pleyed 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.

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.

 Doctor Who 
Capaldi wis castit in 2013 as the Doctor in the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who. Capaldi first cam 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 pleyed 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.

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. 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."

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. His final episode wis the 2017 Christmas special, "Twice Upon a Time", whaur he wis replacit bi Jodie Whittaker.

 Director, presenter an scriever 
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.

Capaldi directit twa-three episode o the 2009 BBC Four sitcom Getting On.

In 2012, Capaldi wrocht (wi Tony Roche), directit an 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.

 Personal life 
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. Thegether, thay'v got a dauchter, Cecily (b. August 1993). Thay bide in Muswell Hill, Lunnon.

Capaldi grew up Catholic but becam an atheist.The Nativity, BBC One: Another way to the manger

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.

Capaldi's seicont cousin ance remuived is sangster Lewis Capaldi. 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.

 Filmography 

 Film 
YearTitleRoleNotes1982Living Apart TogetherJoe1983Local HeroDanny Oldsen1984Bless My SoulGuest1985Turtle DiaryAssistant keeper1987The Love ChildDillon Flynn1988The Lair of the White WormAngus FlintDangerous LiaisonsAzolan1991December BrideYoung SorleysonStraight TalkingColin WithersShort film1992The LakeMaxShort film1993Soft Top Hard ShoulderGavin BelliniWriterFranz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life–Writer/director1994CaptivesSimon1996The GrapevineShort film1997Smilla's Sense of SnowBirgo LanderBeanGarethShooting FishMr. Gilzean1998What Rats Won't DoTony2001Strictly Sinatra–Writer/director2002Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage WarDerekMaxDavid Cohn2003Shotgun Dave Rides EastRobShort film2004House of 9Max RoyNicelandJohnModiglianiJean Cocteau2005Wild CountryFather SteveThe Best ManPriest2007SalvageJames MulwrayShort filmMagiciansMike Francis2009In the LoopMalcolm Tucker2010BistroMaxShort film2011Big Fat Gypsy GangsterPeter VanGellis2013World War ZW.H.O. DoctorThe Fifth EstateAlan Rusbridger2014PaddingtonMr. CurryFrom the Doctor to My Son ThomasTwelfth DoctorAlso writer/director; viral video2016The Complete Walk: Titus AndronicusTitus AndronicusShort film2017Paddington 2Mr. Curry2018Christopher RobinRabbitVoice2019The Personal History of David CopperfieldMr. Micawber2021The Suicide SquadClifford DeVoe / The ThinkerPost-productionTBABenedictionSiegfried SassoonPost-production

 Television 
YearTitleRoleNotes1984Crown CourtEamonn DonnellySeries 13, episode 31: "Big Deal: Part 1"1985The Personal TouchDominicTelevision filmMinderOzzieSeries 6, episode 2: "Life in the Fast Food Lane"Travelling ManJohnSeries 2, episode 6: "Blow-Up"John and Yoko: A Love StoryGeorge HarrisonTelevision film1986C.A.T.S. EyesCaldicottSeries 2, episode 2: "Powerline"God's Chosen Car ParkEverardTelevision filmThe Ballad of Johnny VanguardPunk RockerTelevision film1987Up LineScott DareThe Story of a RecluseJamieTelevision film1988Rab C. NesbittJohnEpisode: "Seasonal Greet"1989Shadow of the NooseRobert WoodSeries 1, episode 7: "The Camden Town Murder"Dream BabyWillieTelevision filmDramaramaTonySeries 7, episode 7: "Rosie the Great"1990ChainRobert McRaeThe Ruth Rendell MysteriesZeno Vedast3 episodes: "Some Lie and Some Die"1991Agatha Christie's PoirotClaude LangtonSeries 3, episode 5: "Wasps' Nest"Screen TwoBruce ColdfieldSeries 7, episode 10: "Do Not Disturb"Selling HitlerThomas WaldeTitmuss RegainedKen Cracken1992The Cloning of Joanna MayIsaacMr. Wakefield's CrusadeLuke WakefieldEarly Travellers in North AmericaRobert Louis Stevenson3 episodesThe Secret AgentMr. Vladimir1993Micky LoveDavid CritchleyTelevision filmThe Comic Strip Presents...JohnSeries 7, episode 6: "Jealousy"Stay LuckyRobinSeries 4, episode 2: "The Driving Instructor"Prime SuspectVera ReynoldsSeries 31994–95The All New Alexei Sayle ShowDoug Hatton / Sherlock Holmes1994Chandler & CoLarry Blakeson1994–96The Vicar of DibleyTristan Campbell2 episodes1995Runaway OneMick GalliganTelevision film1996Delta WaveDinsdale Draco2 episodes: "The Light Fantastic"The Treasure SeekersJellicoeTelevision filmLost for WordsHikerShort filmNeverwhereThe Angel IslingtonGiving TongueDuncan FieldingTelevision filmThe Crow RoadRory McHoan1997BiographyNarratorEpisode: "John Wayne: The Unquiet American"The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingLord FellamarI Hate Christmas TooShort filmJames Stewart: The Last of the Good GuysNarratorDocumentary1998–16HorizonNarrator6 episodes1998BookmarkJames BoswellEpisode: "Boswell's Boswell"; voiceDiscovering ScienceNarrator4 episodes1999PsychosMark CollinsSeries 1, episode 6The Greatest Store in the WorldMr. WhiskersTelevision film2001Hotel!Hilton GilfoyleTelevision filmHigh StakesMichael CalderwoodSeries 1, episode 6: "Dream Team"2001–11BBC BreakfastGuest2 episodes2002Solid GeometryDavid HunterShort film2003Unconditional LoveDI Terry MachinTelevision filmIn DeepJeremy Church2 episodes: "Character Assassination"FortysomethingDr. Ronnie PilfreyJudge John DeedAlan Roxborough, MPSeries 3, episode 3: "Conspiracy"2004Sea of SoulsGordon Fleming2 episodes: "Seeing Double"Passer ByDefence barristerTelevision filmMy FamilyColin JuddSeries 5, episode 11: "Dentist to the Stars"Foyle's WarRaymond CarterSeries 3, episode 4: "A War of Nerves"Peep ShowProfessor Alistair MacLeishSeries 2, episode 4: "University Challenge"2005The Afternoon PlayBilly ShannonSeries 3, episode 5: "The Singing Cactus"2005–12The Thick of ItMalcolm Tucker2005Destination ScotlandNarratorDocumentary2005–11Artworks ScotlandNarrator/Himself4 episodes2006Submarine RescueNarratorDocumentaryPinochet in SuburbiaAndy McEnteeTelevision filmDonovanDr. Angus BaldwinSeries 1, episode 3TrawlermenNarratorMidsomer MurdersLaurence BarkerSeries 9, episode 7: "Death in Chorus"AftersunJimTelevision filmThe Martians and UsNarratorHaunted HogmanayJeff WylieVoice2007Waking the DeadLucien Calvin2 episodes: "The Fall"2007–08SkinsMark Jenkins4 episodes2007Fallen AngelHenry AppletonComing UpJoeSeries 5, episode 6: "Brussels"2008Inside HamasNarratorDocumentaryDoctor WhoLobus CaeciliusSeries 4, episode 2: "The Fires of Pompeii"Midnight ManTrevorGlendogie BogeyJeff WylieVoiceCold BloodNarrator6 episodesThe Man Who Cycled the WorldNarratorDocumentaryThe Devil's WhoreKing Charles IThe Perfect TV DetectiveNarratorDocumentary2009TorchwoodJohn Frobisher2009–10Getting OnDr. Peter Healey4 episodes; director of Series 1 and 22009A Portrait of ScotlandPresenterDocumentary; writer10 Minute TalesThe ManSeries 1, episode 9: "Syncing"2010–11The Football YearsNarrator2010Bloody ForeignersNarratorSeries 1, episode 4: "The Untold Invasion of Britain"AccusedFrank RylandSeries 1, episode 3: "Helen's Story"The NativityBalthazar2011How to Command a Nuclear SubmarineNarratorThe Suspicions of Mr WhicherSamuel KentTelevision filmThe Field of BloodDr. PeteThe Penguins of MadagascarUncle NigelSeason 2, episode 49: "A Visit from Uncle Nigel"2011–18Natural WorldNarrator2 episodes2012The Cricklewood GreatsHimself (presenter) / Leslie GrangelySpoof documentary; co-writer and directorPunk BritanniaNarratorExcerpt of Black DropNarratorShort filmThe HourRandall Brown2013Inside the Mind of LeonardoLeonardo da VinciDocumentaryDoctor Who Live: The Next DoctorHimselfImaginePresenterSeries 22, episode 6: "Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?"2013–17Doctor WhoTwelfth DoctorSeries 8, 9, and 102014The MusketeersCardinal RichelieuUnlock Art: Exploring the SurrealPresenterShort filmShetlandWeather reporterSeries 2, episode 5: "Blue Lightning: Part 1"; voiceDoctor Who: The Ultimate CompanionHimselfDocumentaryDoctor Who: Earth Conquest – The World TourHimselfDocumentary2014–15Doctor Who ExtraHimself2016Aliens: The Big ThinkNarratorDocumentaryRichard E. Grant on Ealing ComediesHimselfClassTwelfth DoctorSeries 1, episode 1: "For Tonight We Might Die"Prison, My Parents and MeNarratorDocumentary2018Zoe Ball's Hardest Road HomeNarratorDocumentaryJames Cameron's Story of Science FictionHimselfThe South Bank ShowHimselfEpisode: "Making of Local Hero"Watership DownKehaarVoice2019How to See a Black HoleNarratorDocumentaryMartin's CloseDolbenShort film2020Being BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenVoice

 Stage 
YearTitleRoleNotes1974An Inspector CallsFort Theatre1976Whaur's yer Willie Wallace noo?Strathclyde Theatre Group1983John, Paul, George, Ringo and BertJohn LennonYoung VicTwelfth NightFabianThe DuennaDoom Doom DoomRoyal Court TheatreOthello1984Blood BrothersEddieUK tourDraculaJonathan HarkerHalf Moon Theatre1985Songs for Stray Cats and Other Living CreaturesGraemePaines Plough Theatre1986All the Fun of the FairHalf Moon Theatre1987Cabaret DownstairsMr. MeekieTraverse Theatre1988The Tom and Sammy Jo ShowTomTron Theatre1989Valued FriendsHowardHampstead TheatreTreatsPatrick1993Murder Is EasyLuke FitzwilliamDuke of York's Theatre1998The Judas KissRobbie RossAlmeida TheatrePlayhouse TheatreBroadhurst Theatre2001FeelgoodPaulGarrick Theatre2007AbsurdiaVarious charactersDonmar Warehouse2011–12The LadykillersProfessor MarcusLiverpool PlayhouseGielgud Theatre

 Radio 
YearTitleRoleNotes1995If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You RichDavidBBC Radio 4Medical DetectivesDr. Peter AllenBBC Radio 41996Emotion PicturesWim WendersBBC Radio 3Crime and PunishmentReaderBBC Radio Scotland1998The Afternoon Play: The Road BackGordon CruikshankBBC Radio 4Christmas PantoLouiseBBC Radio 42000Fantastic TalesReaderBBC Radio 42002–05Our Brave BoysOfficer GrievesBBC Radio 42005–06BaggageAlistairBBC Radio 42005A Certain AgeAndyBBC Radio 42007The Making of Modern MedicineReaderBBC Radio 4The First King of MarsReaderBBC Radio 42008Dr. NoThe ArmourerBBC Radio 4The Further Adventures of the First King of MarsReaderBBC Radio 42009The Heart of Saturday NightReaderBBC Radio 42009–10The News at BedtimeJim TweedledeeBBC Radio 42019Alexei Sayle's The Absence of NormalJoseph StalinBBC Radio 42020Beethoven Can Hear YouLudwig van BeethovenBBC Radio 3

 Video games 
YearTitleRoleNotes2014The Doctor and the DalekTwelfth Doctor2015Doctor Who Game MakerLego Dimensions

 Music videos 
YearArtistTitleRoleNotes2019Lewis Capaldi"Someone You Loved"David Simon

 References