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Peter Capaldi
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.
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The Academy of Armando
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Doctor Who at the Proms
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
National Theatre Live: Constellations
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
The Suicide Squad
Benediction
But Why?
The Big Night In
The Personal History of David Copperfield
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
Martin's Close
Christopher Robin
Paddington 2
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
Prison, My Parents & Me
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
Paddington
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
World War Z
The Fifth Estate
Inside the Mind of Leonardo