Actor
Peter Capaldi
- Born: 14 April 1958, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Estimated net worth: $10 million
Peter Capaldi is a Scottish actor known for his distinctive voice and versatile performances. He gained widespread recognition for his role as the Twelfth Doctor in 'Doctor Who' and as Malcolm Tucker in 'The Thick of It.' Capaldi's career spans television and…
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About Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi is a Scottish actor known for his distinctive voice and versatile performances. He gained widespread recognition for his role as the Twelfth Doctor in 'Doctor Who' and as Malcolm Tucker in 'The Thick of It.' Capaldi's career spans television and film, marked by a reputation for intense character portrayals and sharp comedic timing.
- Born
- 14 April 1958, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Spouses
- Elaine Collins (1991-present)
- Children
- 1 child, daughter named Caitlin
- Parents
- James Capaldi, Nancy Capaldi
- Estimated net worth
- $10 million
Fun facts about Peter Capaldi
- Peter Capaldi once worked as a director and writer, winning a BAFTA for his short film 'Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life.'
- He is a passionate fan of the band The Clash and has mentioned them as a significant influence on his life.
Famous Peter Capaldi quotes
“I'm a Doctor, not a Dalek!”
“You know what they say: Time is a great teacher. Unfortunately, it kills all its pupils.”
“I don’t want to be in a box. I want to be in a room.”
Peter Capaldi filmography
Cast (172)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TFI Unplugged TV | Self | |
| 2025 | Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War Movie | The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 5.1 |
| 2025 | The Academy of Armando Movie | Self | 1.0 |
| 2024 | Doctor Who at the Proms Movie | The Doctor (12) (archive footage) | 7.4 |
| 2024 | Criminal Record TV | DCI Daniel Hegarty | 6.5 |
| 2022 | The Devil's Hour TV | Gideon Shepherd | 7.2 |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg TV | Self | 2.8 |
| 2022 | Riverwoods: An Untold Story Movie | Narrator | |
| 2021 | Quentin Blake - The Drawing of My Life Movie | Self | 10.0 |
| 2021 | Benediction Movie | Siegfried Sassoon (Older) | 6.1 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | National Theatre Live: Constellations Movie | Roland | 10.0 |
| 2021 | But Why? Movie | Older Man (uncredited) | |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad Movie | Thinker | 7.4 |
| 2020 | Being Beethoven TV | Beethoven (voice) | 7.5 |
| 2020 | The Big Night In Movie | Self | 9.0 |
| 2019 | Martin's Close Movie | Dolben | 5.6 |
| 2019 | The Personal History of David Copperfield Movie | Mr. Micawber | 6.4 |
| 2019 | How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery Movie | Narrator | 7.0 |
| 2018 | Watership Down TV | Kehaar (voice) | 6.9 |
| 2018 | Christopher Robin Movie | Rabbit (voice) | 7.3 |
| 2018 | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction TV | Self | 6.8 |
| 2017 | Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time Movie | The Doctor (12) | 8.0 |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 Movie | Reginald Curry | 7.5 |
| 2016 | Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio Movie | The Doctor | 7.5 |
| 2016 | Prison, My Parents & Me Movie | Narrator | |
| 2016 | Class TV | The Doctor | 6.4 |
| 2016 | Doctor Who: Friend from the Future Movie | The Doctor | 7.0 |
| 2015 | Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song Movie | The Doctor | 8.0 |
| 2015 | Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation Movie | The Doctor | 8.5 |
| 2014 | Doctor Who: Last Christmas Movie | The Doctor | 7.7 |
| 2014 | Paddington Movie | Reginald Curry | 7.1 |
| 2014 | Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven Movie | The Doctor (12) | 8.0 |
| 2014 | Doctor Who Extra TV | Self | |
| 2014 | Doctor Who: Deep Breath Movie | The Doctor (12) | 7.8 |
| 2014 | Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour Movie | Self | 7.2 |
| 2014 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion Movie | Self / The Doctor (archive footage) | 8.1 |
| 2014 | The Musketeers TV | Cardinal Richelieu | 7.1 |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor Movie | The Doctor (12) | 8.1 |
| 2013 | Who's Afraid of Machiavelli? Movie | Self - Presenter | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor Movie | The Doctor (12) (uncredited) | 8.2 |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate Movie | Alan Rusbridger | 6.0 |
| 2013 | Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor Movie | Self | 5.0 |
| 2013 | World War Z Movie | W.H.O. Doctor | 6.9 |
| 2013 | Inside the Mind of Leonardo Movie | Leonardo da Vinci | 7.2 |
| 2012 | Punk Britannia TV | Narrator | 7.5 |
| 2012 | The Cricklewood Greats Movie | Himself | 7.0 |
| 2011 | Black Mirror TV | Older Cameron Walker | 8.3 |
| 2011 | Big Fat Gypsy Gangster Movie | Peter Van Gellis | 3.2 |
| 2011 | The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite TV | voice actor | 7.0 |
| 2011 | The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2011 | The Hour TV | Randall Brown | 7.5 |
| 2011 | The Field of Blood TV | Dr. Pete | 6.3 |
| 2011 | The Murder at Road Hill House Movie | Samuel Kent | 6.2 |
| 2010 | The Nativity TV | Balthazar | 8.8 |
| 2010 | The Madness of Peter Howson Movie | Self - Narrator (Voice) | |
| 2010 | Accused TV | Frank Ryland | 8.2 |
| 2010 | Conan TV | Self - Guest | 7.2 |
| 2010 | Bistro Movie | Max | 10.0 |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales TV | The Man | 7.5 |
| 2009 | A Portrait of Scotland Movie | Self - Presenter | 7.0 |
| 2009 | Getting On TV | Peter Healy | 7.2 |
| 2009 | In the Loop Movie | Malcolm Tucker | 7.0 |
| 2008 | The Penguins of Madagascar TV | Uncle Nigel (voice) | 7.5 |
| 2008 | The Devil's Whore TV | King Charles I | 6.8 |
| 2008 | Cold Blood TV | Self - Narrator | 6.8 |
| 2008 | Midnight Man TV | Trevor | 5.2 |
| 2007 | Spinners and Losers Movie | Malcolm Tucker | 8.7 |
| 2007 | Magicians Movie | Mike Francis | 5.9 |
| 2007 | Fallen Angel TV | Henry Appleton | 4.5 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show TV | Self | 7.2 |
| 2007 | Skins TV | Mark | 8.1 |
| 2007 | The Rise of the Nutters Movie | Malcolm Tucker | 8.6 |
| 2006 | The Martians and Us TV | Narrator | |
| 2006 | Torchwood TV | John Frobisher | 7.3 |
| 2006 | Aftersun TV | Unknown character | |
| 2006 | Aftersun Movie | Jim | 8.0 |
| 2006 | The One Show TV | Self | 4.3 |
| 2006 | Trawlermen TV | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Pinochet in Suburbia Movie | Andy McEntee | 5.3 |
| 2005 | Wild Country Movie | Father Steve | 4.9 |
| 2005 | Michael Powell Movie | Narrator | |
| 2005 | The Best Man Movie | Priest | 5.4 |
| 2005 | House of 9 Movie | Max Roy | 5.1 |
| 2005 | The Thick of It TV | Malcolm Tucker | 8.1 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who TV | Caecilius | 7.6 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who TV | The Doctor | 7.6 |
| 2004 | Salvage Movie | James Mulwray | 6.0 |
| 2004 | Napoleon's Waterloo Movie | Narrator | |
| 2004 | Modigliani Movie | Jean Cocteau | 7.0 |
| 2004 | Sea of Souls TV | Gordon Fleming | 8.0 |
| 2004 | Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) Movie | John | 4.9 |
| 2003 | Peep Show TV | Professor Alistair MacLeish | 8.0 |
| 2003 | Coming Up TV | Joe | 5.7 |
| 2003 | Fortysomething TV | Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey | 7.5 |
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play TV | Billy Shannon | 6.5 |
| 2003 | Unconditional Love Movie | DI Terry Machin | 6.5 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War TV | Raymond Carter | 7.9 |
| 2002 | Max Movie | David Cohn | 6.2 |
| 2002 | Solid Geometry Movie | David Hunter | 4.9 |
| 2002 | Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War Movie | Derek | 7.5 |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed TV | Unknown character | 6.8 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead TV | Lucien Calvin | 7.2 |
| 2001 | In Deep TV | Jeremy Church | 8.0 |
| 2001 | Hotel! Movie | Hilton Gilfoyle | 5.2 |
| 2000 | My Family TV | Colin Judd | 7.1 |
| 1999 | The Greatest Store in the World Movie | Mr. Whiskers | 5.6 |
| 1999 | Psychos TV | Mark Collins | 7.2 |
| 1998 | What Rats Won't Do Movie | Tony | 5.0 |
| 1998 | Boswell's Boswell Movie | James Boswell (voice) | |
| 1997 | I Hate Christmas Too Movie | Man | 6.0 |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling TV | Lord Fellamar | 7.5 |
| 1997 | Shooting Fish Movie | Mr Gilzean | 6.3 |
| 1997 | Bean Movie | Gareth | 6.5 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders TV | Laurence Barker | 7.5 |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow Movie | Birgo Lander | 6.4 |
| 1996 | The Treasure Seekers Movie | Jellicoe | 5.6 |
| 1996 | The Crow Road TV | Rory McHoan | 6.9 |
| 1996 | Neverwhere TV | Islington | 6.7 |
| 1996 | Giving Tongue Movie | Duncan Fielding | 3.3 |
| 1996 | Lost for Words Movie | The Tourist | 7.0 |
| 1995 | Runway One Movie | Mick Galligan | |
| 1994 | The Vicar of Dibley TV | Unknown character | 7.3 |
| 1994 | Chandler & Co TV | Larry | 8.0 |
| 1994 | Captives Movie | Simon | 5.8 |
| 1994 | The All New Alexei Sayle Show TV | Unknown character | 6.3 |
| 1993 | Jealousy Movie | John | |
| 1993 | Rik Mayall Presents TV | David Critchley | 7.3 |
| 1993 | Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love Movie | David Critchley | 7.1 |
| 1993 | Selling Hitler Movie | Thomas Walde | 8.0 |
| 1993 | Soft Top Hard Shoulder Movie | Gavin Bellini | 6.3 |
| 1992 | The Secret Agent Movie | Mr Vladimir | 8.5 |
| 1992 | The Secret Agent TV | Mr. Vladimir | |
| 1992 | Mr. Wakefield's Crusade Movie | Luke Wakefield | 5.7 |
| 1992 | The Cloning of Joanna May TV | Isaac | |
| 1991 | Titmuss Regained TV | Ken Cracken | 8.0 |
| 1991 | Selling Hitler TV | Thomas Walde | 7.0 |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect TV | Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds | 7.8 |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect TV | Vera Reynolds | 7.8 |
| 1991 | Do Not Disturb Movie | Bruce | 5.5 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You TV | Self | 7.1 |
| 1990 | Chain TV | Robert McRae | |
| 1990 | December Bride Movie | Young Sorleyson | 7.4 |
| 1989 | Stay Lucky TV | Unknown character | 7.0 |
| 1989 | Rosie the Great Movie | The British Ambassador | |
| 1989 | Dream Baby Movie | Willie | 7.0 |
| 1989 | Shadow of the Noose TV | Robert Wood | 9.0 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot TV | Claude Langton | 8.2 |
| 1989 | Communicators From Hell Movie | Unknown character | |
| 1989 | Colleagues From Hell Movie | Unknown character | |
| 1988 | Dangerous Liaisons Movie | Azolan | 7.2 |
| 1988 | Rab C. Nesbitt: Seasonal Greet Movie | Preacher | |
| 1988 | This Morning TV | Self - Guest | 5.2 |
| 1988 | The Love Child Movie | Dillon | 7.5 |
| 1988 | The Lair of the White Worm Movie | Angus Flint | 5.9 |
| 1987 | The Story of a Recluse Movie | Jamie Kirkwood | |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries TV | Zeno Vedast | 6.6 |
| 1987 | Up Line Movie | Scott Dare | |
| 1987 | Up Line TV | Scott Dare | 9.0 |
| 1986 | God's Chosen Car Park Movie | Everard | |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary Movie | Assistant Keeper | 6.3 |
| 1985 | John and Yoko: A Love Story Movie | George Harrison | 7.0 |
| 1985 | Screen Two TV | Bruce Coldfield | 7.1 |
| 1985 | Screen Two TV | Simon | 7.1 |
| 1984 | Travelling Man TV | John | 6.5 |
| 1984 | Spectrum TV | Himself | |
| 1983 | Natural World TV | Narrator | 7.4 |
| 1983 | Dramarama TV | The British Ambassador | 7.2 |
| 1983 | Local Hero Movie | Danny Oldsen | 6.8 |
| 1982 | Living Apart Together Movie | Joe | 8.0 |
| 1979 | Minder TV | Ozzie | 7.2 |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas TV | Dolben | 7.4 |
| TBA | Doctor Who TV | The Twelfth Doctor |
Crew (10)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Criminal Record TV | Executive Producer · Production | 6.5 |
| 2012 | The Cricklewood Greats Movie | Writer · Writing | 7.0 |
| 2012 | The Cricklewood Greats Movie | Director · Directing | 7.0 |
| 2011 | The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite TV | Creator · Creator | 7.0 |
| 2001 | Strictly Sinatra Movie | Director · Directing | 5.0 |
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| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Strictly Sinatra Movie | Writer · Writing | 5.0 |
| 1995 | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life Movie | Director · Directing | 7.0 |
| 1995 | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life Movie | Writer · Writing | 7.0 |
| 1993 | Soft Top Hard Shoulder Movie | Writer · Writing | 6.3 |
| 1990 | Triple Scotch & Wry Movie | Writer · Writing | 7.0 |
Latest releases
- The Academy of Armando2025 / TMDB 1.0
- Doctor Who at the Proms2024 / TMDB 7.4
- Riverwoods: An Untold Story2022
- Quentin Blake - The Drawing of My Life2021 / TMDB 10.0
- Benediction2021 / TMDB 6.1
Questions about Peter Capaldi
What are some of Peter Capaldi's most famous roles?
Peter Capaldi is best known for his roles as the Twelfth Doctor in 'Doctor Who' and as Malcolm Tucker in 'The Thick of It.' He has also appeared in films such as 'In the Loop' and 'Paddington.'
Has Peter Capaldi won any awards?
Yes, Peter Capaldi has received several awards, including a BAFTA Award for Best Comedy Performance for 'The Thick of It' and a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor.
What was Peter Capaldi's first film?
Peter Capaldi's first film was 'Local Hero' released in 1983, where he played the role of a young man named 'Danny.' This marked the beginning of his film career.
What are Peter Capaldi's most successful films?
Some of Peter Capaldi's most successful films include 'In the Loop,' which was critically acclaimed, and 'Paddington,' which was a box office hit and beloved by audiences.
What is known about Peter Capaldi's personal life?
Peter Capaldi is married to Elaine Collins, and they have one daughter named Caitlin. He is known to keep his personal life private and out of the public eye.
What is Peter Capaldi's estimated net worth?
Peter Capaldi's estimated net worth is around $10 million, primarily from his extensive career in television and film.
What are some milestones in Peter Capaldi's filmography?
Milestones in Peter Capaldi's filmography include his tenure as the Twelfth Doctor in 'Doctor Who' from 2013 to 2017, and his award-winning performance in 'The Thick of It,' which significantly raised his profile.
How did Peter Capaldi become famous?
Peter Capaldi became famous through his role in 'The Thick of It,' which showcased his unique comedic talent, followed by his iconic portrayal of the Doctor in 'Doctor Who,' solidifying his status as a prominent actor.