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Peter Capaldi

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Biography

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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Suicide Squad

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Paddington 2

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Local Hero

Appears in a KinoChain journey

World War Z

As W.H.O. Doctor

Benediction

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Paddington

As Reginald Curry

Christopher Robin

As Rabbit (voice)

Fallen Angel

As Henry Appleton

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The High Was Never the Point

When Trainspotting arrived in 1996, it was quickly labelled as the ultimate "drugs movie". Decades on, its true subject matter is far clearer. It is not fundame...

8 films

Open Doors: Cinema That Sees Everyone

From a deaf drummer to a queer romance in space, these eight films expand who gets to be a hero, a lover, a survivor. A journey through inclusive storytelling t...

8 films

Hope Is a Good Thing

From the walls of Shawshank to the rooftops of Tehran, a chain of films about friendship, resilience, and the stubborn persistence of hope.

8 films

The Long Goodbye to the Small Screen

A journey through the films that turned television's intimate glow into cinema's grand spectacle, and back again.

6 films

Pure-Hearted Heroes

Sixty years after Batman '66 taught us that heroism can be bright, sincere, and utterly without irony, this chain celebrates films whose protagonists believe, s...

7 films

The Rom-Com Lives in the Hesitation

A chain about romantic comedy as a precision instrument, where the timing is in the pause and the laugh is in the fumbled hand.

8 films

Criminal Alliances

A chain tracing the anti-hero ensemble film from its war-movie origins through heist, western, and genre mutations to the modern comic-book iteration, examining...

8 films

Growing Pains: Sequels That Leap Through Time

From a Parisian afternoon to a boxing ring, these sequels skip years ahead and find their characters changed, challenged, and achingly familiar. A journey throu...

6 films

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