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'''Peter Dougan Capaldi''' (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor and film director. He has played numerous roles in film and television, but is best known for his role as ], a ] in the ] ] series '']'' and its follow-up film '']''. In 1995, his short film '']'' won the ]. '''Peter Dougan Capaldi''' (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor and film director. He has played numerous roles in film and television, but is best known for his role as ], a ] in the ] ] series '']'' and its follow-up film '']''. In 1995, his short film '']'' won the ]. It was revealed on August 4, 2013, that he will portray the 12th incarnation of The Doctor on the British TV series '']''.


==Early life== ==Early life==
Capaldi was born in ]. His mother's family was from ], ], ], and his father's family was from ], ].<ref name="herald.scotland">{{cite news|last=Dalgarno|first=Paul|title=Thick & Spin|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/thick-spin-1.836809|accessdate=5 June 2010|newspaper=]|date=5 April 2008}}</ref> He was educated at St Teresa's Primary School in the city's ] district,<ref name="gazeteer">{{cite web|title=Famous People Search - Peter Capaldi|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1752.html |publisher=]|accessdate=5 June 2010}}</ref> St Matthew's Primary School in ],<ref name="gazeteer" /> and at ],<ref>{{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 | accessdate=14 September 2009}}</ref> before attending the ]. Capaldi was born in ]. His mother's family was from ], ], ], and his father's family was from ], ].<ref name="herald.scotland">{{cite news|last=Dalgarno|first=Paul|title=Thick & Spin|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/thick-spin-1.836809|accessdate=5 June 2010|newspaper=]|date=5 April 2008}}</ref> He was educated at St Teresa's Primary School in the city's ] district,<ref name="gazeteer">{{cite web|title=Famous People Search - Peter Capaldi|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1752.html |publisher=]|accessdate=5 June 2010}}</ref> St Matthew's Primary School in ],<ref name="gazeteer" /> and at ],<ref>{{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 | accessdate=14 September 2009}}</ref> before attending the ].


Capaldi displayed an early talent for performance by putting on a ] show in primary school. While at high school, he was a member of the Antonine Players, who performed at the Fort Theatre in Bishopbriggs. As an art student, he was the ] in a ] band called Dreamboys, whose ] was future ] ].<ref>{{cite news | title=No more Mr Nice Guy| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/aug/31/broadcasting.arts | accessdate=26 September 2009 | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Stuart | last=Jeffries | date=31 August 2006}}</ref><ref>Ferguson, Craig: ''American on Purpose''. Harper Collins, 2009.</ref> Capaldi displayed an early talent for performance by putting on a ] show in primary school. While at high school, he was a member of the Antonine Players, who performed at the Fort Theatre in Bishopbriggs. As an art student, he was the ] in a ] band called Dreamboys, whose ] was future ] ].<ref>{{cite news | title=No more Mr Nice Guy| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/aug/31/broadcasting.arts | accessdate=26 September 2009 | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Stuart | last=Jeffries | date=31 August 2006}}</ref><ref>Ferguson, Craig: ''American on Purpose''. Harper Collins, 2009.</ref>
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Capaldi made an appearance as a ] in the sitcom '']'', and played a ] in the 2007 series of '']''. In ]'s gothic fantasy '']'', he portrayed the ] Islington. He is best known for his role as ] ] in the BBC sitcom '']'', which he played from 2005 to 2012. Tucker is said to be largely, if loosely, based upon ]'s right-hand man ]. Capaldi has said that he based his performance more on ] ]ers, such as the often abrasive ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wardrop |first=Murray |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9049658/Peter-Capaldi-Thick-Of-It-spin-doctor-Malcolm-Tucker-was-not-based-on-Alastair-Campbell.html |title=Peter Capaldi: 'Thick Of It spin doctor Malcolm Tucker was not based on Alastair Campbell' |publisher=Telegraph |date= |accessdate=27 November 2012}}</ref> In 2006, Capaldi was nominated for the ] and RTS Best Comedy Actor Awards. He won the ] for Male ].<ref name="bafta.2010.win">{{cite web|title=Television Awards Winners in 2010|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/television-awards-nominations-in-2010,1095,BA.html|publisher=]|accessdate=6 June 2010}}</ref> He also won the 2010 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor.<ref> DigitalSpy 22-Jan-11</ref> A film spin-off from ''The Thick of It'', entitled '']'', was released in 2009. Capaldi made an appearance as a ] in the sitcom '']'', and played a ] in the 2007 series of '']''. In ]'s gothic fantasy '']'', he portrayed the ] Islington. He is best known for his role as ] ] in the BBC sitcom '']'', which he played from 2005 to 2012. Tucker is said to be largely, if loosely, based upon ]'s right-hand man ]. Capaldi has said that he based his performance more on ] ]ers, such as the often abrasive ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wardrop |first=Murray |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9049658/Peter-Capaldi-Thick-Of-It-spin-doctor-Malcolm-Tucker-was-not-based-on-Alastair-Campbell.html |title=Peter Capaldi: 'Thick Of It spin doctor Malcolm Tucker was not based on Alastair Campbell' |publisher=Telegraph |date= |accessdate=27 November 2012}}</ref> In 2006, Capaldi was nominated for the ] and RTS Best Comedy Actor Awards. He won the ] for Male ].<ref name="bafta.2010.win">{{cite web|title=Television Awards Winners in 2010|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/television-awards-nominations-in-2010,1095,BA.html|publisher=]|accessdate=6 June 2010}}</ref> He also won the 2010 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor.<ref> DigitalSpy 22-Jan-11</ref> A film spin-off from ''The Thick of It'', entitled '']'', was released in 2009.


In 2007, Capaldi appeared as Mark Jenkins (]'s dad) in the ] teen comedy drama series '']''. He returned for a second series in 2008, only to be killed off in the third episode. He appeared in the '']'' episode "Death in Chorus" and ITV1's '']''. He also appeared in the 2007 British comedy film '']''. He played a fictional version of ] in "]", a 2008 episode of the science-fiction series '']''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Doctor Who sets the controls for Rome, AD 79|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/primetime/doctor_who/news/1994|work=]|date=25 September 2007|accessdate=9 April 2008}}</ref> He returned to the ''Doctor Who'' franchise in 2009, playing civil servant ] in '']''.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher= BBC Press Office|title= Filming under way for new series of Torchwood|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/08_august/26/torchwood.shtml|date= 26 August 2008|accessdate= 26 August 2008}}</ref> In 2007 AAAAAAY LORD ÑISUS EL ES EL DOCTAH, Capaldi appeared as Mark Jenkins (]'s dad) in the ] teen comedy drama series '']''. He returned for a second series in 2008, only to be killed off in the third episode. He appeared in the '']'' episode "Death in Chorus" and ITV1's '']''. He also appeared in the 2007 British comedy film '']''. He played a fictional version of ] in "]", a 2008 episode of the science-fiction series '']''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Doctor Who sets the controls for Rome, AD 79|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/primetime/doctor_who/news/1994|work=]|date=25 September 2007|accessdate=9 April 2008}}</ref> He returned to the ''Doctor Who'' franchise in 2009, playing civil servant ] in '']''.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher= BBC Press Office|title= Filming under way for new series of Torchwood|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/08_august/26/torchwood.shtml|date= 26 August 2008|accessdate= 26 August 2008}}</ref>


He appeared as ] in the Channel 4 series '']'', aired in 2008. Capaldi provided his voice for the ] ''Haunted Hogmanay'' in 2006. He directs the ] sitcom '']'', one episode of which he appeared in as a ]. Later that year, he wrote and presented ''A Portrait of Scotland'', a documentary detailing 500 years' history of Scottish portrait painting.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6824979.ece|title=A Portrait of Scotland; Land Girls; Blue Murder|last=Billen|first=Andrew|date=8 September 2009 |publisher=The Times|accessdate=20 September 2009 | location=London}}</ref> He played Balthazar, one of the ], in the 2010 BBC adaptation of '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/04_april/30/nativity.shtml |title=Press Office - Stars align for Tony Jordan's Nativity on BBC One this Christmas |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=27 November 2012}}</ref> He appeared as ] in the Channel 4 series '']'', aired in 2008. Capaldi provided his voice for the ] ''Haunted Hogmanay'' in 2006. He directs the ] sitcom '']'', one episode of which he appeared in as a ]. Later that year, he wrote and presented ''A Portrait of Scotland'', a documentary detailing 500 years' history of Scottish portrait painting.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6824979.ece|title=A Portrait of Scotland; Land Girls; Blue Murder|last=Billen|first=Andrew|date=8 September 2009 |publisher=The Times|accessdate=20 September 2009 | location=London}}</ref> He played Balthazar, one of the ], in the 2010 BBC adaptation of '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/04_april/30/nativity.shtml |title=Press Office - Stars align for Tony Jordan's Nativity on BBC One this Christmas |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=27 November 2012}}</ref>


Capaldi is also an ] narrator, and his many titles include several of the works of ]. He starred as Rory in the television version of Banks' '']''. In November 2011, he began playing Professor Marcus in '']'' at the ], then transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in ]. The original run closed at the Gielgud on 14 April 2012. He appeared in '']'' as Dr. Pete, for which he received a BAFTA Scotland nomination in the TV actor/actress category; he was beaten by his co-star ]. He had a small role as a ] in '']'', written by and starring his ''Getting On'' co-star ]. In 2012, Capaldi played Randall Brown, the new Head of News, on the ] drama '']''. He appeared in '']'' (2013),<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeio4XGMobs</ref> and will play King Kinloch in '']'' (2014). In 2013, Capaldi will direct ''Born to be King'', which he also wrote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/mcgregor-and-hudson-topline-capaldi-hollywood-comedy-born-to-be-king |title=McGregor and Hudson Topline Capaldi Backstage Comedy 'Born To Be King' &#124; Thompson on Hollywood |publisher=Blogs.indiewire.com |date= |accessdate=27 November 2012}}</ref> He will be star in ''Inside the Mind of Leonardo'', a documentary about ].<ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4794270/Peter-Capaldi-leads-cast-in-doco-about-Leonardo-Da-Vinci.html</ref> He will also be portraying ], the editor of ] in '']''. In 2014 he will be starring in a new adaptation of '']'' as ].<ref> http://www.imediamonkey.com/2013/02/26/peter-capaldi-luke-pasqualino-for-bbc-ones-the-musketeers/ </ref> Capaldi is also an ] narrator, and his many titles include several of the works of ]. He starred as Rory in the television version of Banks' '']''. In November 2011, he began playing Professor Marcus in '']'' at the ], then transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in ]. The original run closed at the Gielgud on 14 April 2012. He appeared in '']'' as Dr. Pete, for which he received a BAFTA Scotland nomination in the TV actor/actress category; he was beaten by his co-star ]. He had a small role as a ] in '']'', written by and starring his ''Getting On'' co-star ]. In 2012, Capaldi played Randall Brown, the new Head of News, on the ] drama '']''. He appeared in '']'' (2013),<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeio4XGMobs</ref> and will play King Kinloch in '']'' (2014). In 2013, Capaldi will direct ''Born to be King'', which he also wrote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/mcgregor-and-hudson-topline-capaldi-hollywood-comedy-born-to-be-king |title=McGregor and Hudson Topline Capaldi Backstage Comedy 'Born To Be King' &#124; Thompson on Hollywood |publisher=Blogs.indiewire.com |date= |accessdate=27 November 2012}}</ref> He will be star in ''Inside the Mind of Leonardo'', a documentary about ].<ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4794270/Peter-Capaldi-leads-cast-in-doco-about-Leonardo-Da-Vinci.html</ref> He will also be portraying ], the editor of ] in '']''. In 2014 he will be starring in a new adaptation of '']'' as ] on ]. <ref> http://www.imediamonkey.com/2013/02/26/peter-capaldi-luke-pasqualino-for-bbc-ones-the-musketeers/</ref>

On August 4, 2013, it was announced that Capaldi would succeed ] as ] on '']''.<ref name=capaldi-is-the-doctor>{{cite web|title=BBC names Peter Capaldi as new 'Doctor Who' lead actor|url=http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/4/4588114/bbc-names-peter-capaldi-as-new-doctor-who-lead-actor|work=The Verge|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref>


==Awards== ==Awards==
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Peter Capaldi
Capaldi in January 2008
BornPeter Dougan Capaldi
(1958-04-14) 14 April 1958 (age 66)
Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation(s)Actor, film director
Years active1982–present
SpouseElaine Collins (1991–present)

Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor and film director. He has played numerous roles in film and television, but is best known for his role as Malcolm Tucker, a spin doctor in the BBC comedy series The Thick of It and its follow-up film In the Loop. In 1995, his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. It was revealed on August 4, 2013, that he will portray the 12th incarnation of The Doctor on the British TV series Doctor Who.

Early life

Capaldi was born in Glasgow. His mother's family was from Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland, and his father's family was from Picinisco, Italy. He was educated at St Teresa's Primary School in the city's Possilpark district, St Matthew's Primary School in Bishopbriggs, and at St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch, before attending the Glasgow School of Art.

Capaldi displayed an early talent for performance by putting on a puppet show in primary school. While at high school, he was a member of the Antonine Players, who performed at the Fort Theatre in Bishopbriggs. As an art student, he was the lead singer in a punk rock band called Dreamboys, whose drummer was future comedian Craig Ferguson.

Career

Capaldi has appeared in over 40 films and television shows since his appearance as Danny Oldsen in Local Hero (1983). He had a role in The Lair of the White Worm (1988) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988), and was featured as Ozzy in a 1985 episode of Minder. In 1995, Capaldi won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for his film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, which was tied with fellow nominee Trevor, leading to both films being announced as joint winners. He also wrote Soft Top, Hard Shoulder, which won the audience award at the London Film Festival, and wrote and directed Strictly Sinatra. He voiced Chief Petty Officer Grieves in the BBC Radio Ministry of Defence comedy Our Brave Boys. Capaldi's first starring role on television was as Luke Wakefield, a closeted gay man who imagines he has witnessed a crime, in the BBC drama series Mr Wakefield's Crusade. He played fictional Songs of Praise producer Tristan Campbell in two episodes of the sitcom Vicar of Dibley, and a transvestite in ITV's Prime Suspect 3. In the 1999 Channel 4 series "Psychos", he played a mathematician with bipolar disorder.

Capaldi made an appearance as a university professor in the sitcom Peep Show, and played a prime suspect in the 2007 series of Waking the Dead. In Neil Gaiman's gothic fantasy Neverwhere, he portrayed the angel Islington. He is best known for his role as spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the 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. Capaldi has said that he based his performance more on Hollywood power players, such as the often abrasive Harvey Weinstein. In 2006, Capaldi was nominated for the BAFTA and RTS Best Comedy Actor Awards. He won the 2010 BAFTA Television Award for Male Performance in a Comedy Role. He also won the 2010 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor. A film spin-off from The Thick of It, entitled In the Loop, was released in 2009.

In 2007 AAAAAAY LORD ÑISUS EL ES EL DOCTAH, Capaldi appeared as Mark Jenkins (Sid's dad) in the E4 teen comedy drama series Skins. He returned for a second series in 2008, only to be killed off in the third episode. He appeared in the Midsomer Murders episode "Death in Chorus" and ITV1's Fallen Angel. He also appeared in the 2007 British comedy film Magicians. He played a fictional version of Caecilius in "The Fires of Pompeii", a 2008 episode of the science-fiction series Doctor Who. He returned to the Doctor Who franchise in 2009, playing civil servant John Frobisher in Torchwood: Children of Earth.

He appeared as King Charles I in the Channel 4 series The Devil's Whore, aired in 2008. Capaldi provided his voice for the animated film Haunted Hogmanay in 2006. He directs the BBC Four sitcom Getting On, one episode of which he appeared in as a doctor. Later that year, he wrote and presented A Portrait of Scotland, a documentary detailing 500 years' history of Scottish portrait painting. He played Balthazar, one of the Biblical Magi, in the 2010 BBC adaptation of The Nativity.

Capaldi is also an audio book narrator, and his many titles include several of the works of Iain Banks. He starred as Rory in the television version of Banks' The Crow Road. In November 2011, he began playing Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse, then transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in London. The original run closed at the Gielgud on 14 April 2012. He appeared in The Field of Blood as Dr. Pete, for which he received a BAFTA Scotland nomination in the TV actor/actress category; he was beaten by his co-star Jayd Johnson. He had a small role as a therapist in Big Fat Gypsy Gangster, written by and starring 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 appeared in World War Z (2013), and will play King Kinloch in Maleficent (2014). In 2013, Capaldi will direct Born to be King, which he also wrote. He will be star in Inside the Mind of Leonardo, a documentary about Leonardo da Vinci. He will also be portraying Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian in The Fifth Estate. In 2014 he will be starring in a new adaptation of The Three Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu on BBC 1.

Awards

Personal life

Capaldi is a patron of the Association for International Cancer Research, and the Scottish children's charity, the Aberlour Child Care Trust. He lives in Crouch End with his wife, Elaine Collins, and their daughter, Cecily.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
? Mr Wakefield's Crusade Luke Wakefield
1984 Crown Court Eamonn Donnelly Episode: "Big Deal"
1985 Minder Ozzy Series 6, Episode 2: "Life in the Fast Food Lane
1985 Travelling Man Series 2, Episode 6: "Blow-Up"
1985 John and Yoko: A Love Story George Harrison
1986 C.A.T.S. Eyes Series 2, Episode 2: "Powerline"
1989 Rab C. Nesbitt Preacher Episode: "Rab C. Nesbitt's Seasonal Greet"
1989 Shadow of the Noose Robert Wood
1989 Dramarama British Ambassador Series 7, Episode 7: "Rosie the Great"
1990 Ruth Rendell Mysteries Zeno Vedast 3 episodes
1991 Agatha Christie's Poirot Claude Langton Series 3, Episode 4: "Wasps' Nest"
1991 Selling Hitler Thomas Walde
1991 Titmuss Regained Ken Cracken 3 episodes
1992 Early Travellers in North America Robert Louis Stevenson
1993 The Comic Strip Presents... John Series 5, Episode 6: "Jealousy"
1993 Stay Lucky Robin Series 4, Episode 2: "The Driving Instructor"
1993 Prime Suspect Vera Reynolds Series 3
1994 Chandler & Co Larry Blakeson
1994 The All New Alexei Sayle Show Time Traveller "Drunk in Time"
1994–1996 The Vicar of Dibley Tristan Campbell 2 episodes
1996 Delta Wave Dinsdale Draco "The Light Fantastic: Parts 1 & 2"
1996 Neverwhere Islington Episodes 2 - 6
1996 The Crow Road Rory McHoan 4 Episodes
1997 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Lord Fellamar 3 episodes
1999 Psychos Mark Collins 1 episode
2001 High Stakes Michael Calderwood Series 1, Episode 6: "Dream Team
2003 In Deep Jeremy Series 3, Episode 7: "Character Assassination: Part 1"
2003 Fortysomething Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey 5 episodes
2003 Judge John Deed Alan Roxborough, MP Series 3, Episode 3: "Conspiracy"
2004 Sea of Souls Gordon Fleming Episode: "Seeing Double"
2004 My Family Colin Judd Series 5, Episode 10: "Dentist to the Stars"
2004 Foyle's War Raymond Carter Series 3, Episode 4: "War of Nerves"
2004 Peep Show Professor MacLeish Series 2, Episode 4: "University Challenge"
2005 The Afternoon Play Billy Shannon Series 3, Episode 5: "The Singing Cactus"
2005–2012 The Thick of It Malcolm Tucker
2006 Donovan Dr. Angus Baldwin Series 1, Episode 3
2006 Midsomer Murders Lawrence Barker Series 9, Episode 5: "Death in Chorus"
2006 Pinochet in Suburbia Andy McEntee TV film
2007 Waking the Dead Lucien Calvin Episode: "The Fall"
2007 Coming Up Joe Episode: "Brussels"
2007 Fallen Angel Henry Appleton
2007–2008 Skins Mark Jenkins 3 episodes
2008 Doctor Who Caecilius Series 4, Episode 2: "The Fires of Pompeii"
2008 Midnight Man Trevor
2008 Glendogie Bogey Jeff Wylie Voice
2008 The Devil's Whore King Charles I
2009 Torchwood John Frobisher "Children of Earth"
2009 Getting On Doctor 1 episode
Director of series
2009 A Portrait of Scotland Himself Writer
2010 Ten Minute Tales The Man
2010 Accused Frank Ryland Series 1, Episode 3
2010 The Nativity Balthazar BBC adaptation
4 episodes
2011 The Penguins of Madagascar Uncle Nigel 1 episode
2011 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Samuel Kent ITV adaptation
2011 The Field of Blood Dr. Pete
2012 Cricklewood Greats Peter Capaldi Writer
2012 The Hour Randall Brown Series 2
Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor
2013 Doctor Who The Doctor Drama
2013 Inside the Mind of Leonardo Leonardo da Vinci Documentary
2013 Doctor Who The Doctor Television Show
2014 The Three Musketeers Cardinal Richelieu

Radio

Year Title Role Notes
? The News at Bedtime ? BBC Radio 4

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1982 Living Apart Together Joe
1983 Local Hero Oldsen
1984 Turtle Diary Assistant keeper
1987 The Love Child
1988 The Lair of the White Worm Angus Flint
1988 Dangerous Liaisons Azolan
1991 December Bride Young Sorleyson
1992 Soft Top Hard Shoulder Gavin Bellini
1994 Captives Simon
1997 Bean Gareth
1997 Shooting Fish Mr. Gilzean
1998 What Rats Won't Do Tony
1999 The Greatest Store in the World Mr. Whiskers
2000 Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War Derek
2002 Max David Cohn
2002 Solid Geometry David Hunter
2003 Shotgun Dave Rides East Rob
2004 Modigliani Jean Cocteau
2004 Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) John
2004 Wild Country Father Steve
2005 House of 9 Max Roy
2005 The Best Man Priest
2007 Magicians Mike Francis
2009 In the Loop Malcolm Tucker Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast
Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (2nd place)
Nominated — British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Evening Standard British Film Awards: Peter Sellers Award for Comedy
Nominated — International Cinephile Society Award for Best Supporting Actor (2nd place)

Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year
Nominated — Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (2nd place)
Nominated — New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor (3rd place)
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor

2012 Big Fat Gypsy Gangster Peter VanGellis 

2013  World War Z
2013  The Fifth Estate  Alan Rusbridger 
2014  Maleficent  King Kinloch

References

  1. Dalgarno, Paul (5 April 2008). "Thick & Spin". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Famous People Search - Peter Capaldi". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  3. "St Ninian's High School - Famous Ex Pupils". Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  4. Jeffries, Stuart (31 August 2006). "No more Mr Nice Guy". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  5. Ferguson, Craig: American on Purpose. Harper Collins, 2009.
  6. Psychos at Channel 4
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