Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi | |
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Born | Peter Dougan Capaldi 14 April 1958 |
Occupation(s) | Actor, film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1982–present |
Spouse | Elaine Collins (1991–present) |
Children | 1 |
Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, a film director and screenwriter. He has had a large number of roles in film and television, and is known for his role as Malcolm Tucker in the BBC comedy series The Thick of It and its spin-off film In the Loop. In 1995, he won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film for Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, which he directed. [1] He has also won a BAFTA Award, a Chlotrudis Award and two British Comedy Awards. On 4 August 2013, the BBC announced during a live broadcast that he will portray the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running TV series Doctor Who.[2]
Early life
Capaldi was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His mother's family was from Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland, and his father's family was from Picinisco, Italy.[3] He was educated at St Teresa's Primary School in the city's Possilpark district,[4] St Matthew's Primary School in Bishopbriggs,[4] and at St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch,[5] 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. When an art student, he was the lead singer in a punk rock band called Dreamboys,[6] whose drummer was future comedian Craig Ferguson.[7]
Career
Capaldi's first significant acting role came in 1983, when he played Danny Oldsen in Local Hero. He featured as Ozzy in a 1985 episode of Minder, and had roles in The Lair of the White Worm and Dangerous Liaisons in 1988. In 1990 he starred in Chain, a four part thriller on BBC2 written by Desmond Lowden and directed by Don Leaver. In 1995, Capaldi won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film for his film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, which he directed. In the same year 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, and soon after landed his first starring role on television 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 female impersonator in ITV's Prime Suspect 3.[8] In the Channel 4 series Psychos, he played a mathematician with bipolar disorder, 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.[9] In Neil Gaiman's gothic fantasy Neverwhere, he portrayed the angel Islington.
In 2005, Capaldi was cast in what is arguably his best-known role, as spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the BBC comedy series The Thick of It, which he played from 2005 to 2012. The character was said to be largely, if loosely, based upon Tony Blair's spin doctor Alastair Campbell. Capaldi himself has said that he based his performance more on Hollywood power players, such as the often abrasive Harvey Weinstein.[10] For his performance as Tucker, he won a BAFTA Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Role and two British Comedy Awards.[11][12] A film spin-off from The Thick of It, In the Loop, was released in 2009.
In 2007 and 2008, Capaldi appeared as Mark Jenkins in the E4 comedy-drama series Skins. He also appeared in the Midsomer Murders episode "Death in Chorus" and ITV1's Fallen Angel. He played a fictional version of Caecilius in The Fires of Pompeii, a 2008 episode of the science-fiction series Doctor Who.[13] He returned to the Doctor Who franchise in 2009, playing civil servant John Frobisher in Torchwood: Children of Earth.[14] He appeared as King Charles I in the Channel 4 series The Devil's Whore, aired in 2008, as well as providing his voice for the animated film Haunted Hogmanay and its sequel Glendogie Bogey. He returned to directing with 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.[15] He played Balthazar, one of the Three Wise Men in the 2010 BBC adaptation of The Nativity.[16]
Capaldi has also worked as a prolific 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. From 2011 to 2012, he played Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse, then transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in London. He appeared in The Field of Blood as Dr. Pete, for which he received a BAFTA Scotland nomination, and also 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 has been cast as King Kinloch in Maleficent (2014).[17] In 2013, Capaldi directed Born to be King, which he also wrote.[18] He also portrayed Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian newspaper, in The Fifth Estate. In 2014, he will be starring in an adaptation of The Three Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu,[19] and is due to star in Inside the Mind of Leonardo, a documentary about Leonardo da Vinci.[20]
On 4 August 2013, it was announced in a live BBC special entitled Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor that Capaldi would portray the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, superseding Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor.[2][17][21] During his appearance in the special, he admitted to having been a lifelong fan; at the age of 15, he wrote to the Radio Times about the series.
Personal life
Capaldi is a patron of the Association for International Cancer Research and the Scottish children's charity, the Aberlour Child Care Trust.[22] He lives in Crouch End with his wife, Elaine Collins, and their daughter, Cecily.[23]
Filmography
Actor
Film
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | Caldicott | 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 | Mr Wakefield's Crusade | Luke Wakefield | |
1992 | Early Travellers in North America | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
1992 | The Secret Agent | Mr Vladimir | |
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 | Vernon "Vera" Reynolds | Series 3 |
1994 | Chandler & Co | Larry Blakeson | |
1994 | The All New Alexei Sayle Show | Doug Hatton | Episode: "Drunk in Time" |
1994–1996 | The Vicar of Dibley | Tristan Campbell | 2 episodes |
1996 | Delta Wave | Dinsdale Draco | 2 episodes |
1996 | Neverwhere | Islington | 4 episodes |
1996 | The Crow Road | Rory McHoan | 4 episodes |
1997 | The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | Lord Fellamar | 3 episodes |
1997 | Michelob advert | ||
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 Alistair 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 | British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance British Comedy Award for Best Television Actor British Comedy Award for Best Television Actor |
2006 | Donovan | Dr. Angus Baldwin | Series 1, Episode 3 |
2006 | Midsomer Murders | Lawrence Barker | Series 9, Episode 5: "Death in Chorus" |
2006 | "Haunted Hogmanay" | Jeff Wylie | Voice |
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: Children of Earth | John Frobisher | |
2009 | Getting On | Doctor | 1 episode Director of series 1-2 |
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 |
2010 | Audi advert | Narrator | Voice |
2011 | The Penguins of Madagascar | Uncle Nigel | Voice 1 episode |
2011 | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher | Samuel Kent | ITV adaptation |
2011 | The Field of Blood | Dr. Pete | BBC adaptation |
2012 | The Cricklewood Greats | Himself | Writer |
2012 | The Hour | Randall Brown | Nominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor |
2010 | BBC Two advert | Narrator | Voice |
2013 | Inside the Mind of Leonardo | Leonardo da Vinci | Documentary |
2013 | Anchor advert | Narrator | Voice |
2013– | Doctor Who | The Doctor | Series 8 |
2014 | The Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu |
Director
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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1995 | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (short) | Yes | Yes | Academy Award for Live Action Short Film Angers European First Film Festival: Audience Award for Best Short film BAFTA Award for Best Short Film |
2001 | Strictly Sinatra | Yes | Yes | |
2009-2010 | Getting On (TV series) | Yes | No | Directed all episodes of series 1 and 2 |
2012 [24] | The Cricklewood Greats (TV Movie) | Yes | Yes | |
2014 | Born to be King | Yes | Yes | Pre-production |
References
- ^ "The Tatler List". Tatler.
- ^ a b Savov, Vlad (4 August 2013). "BBC names Peter Capaldi as new 'Doctor Who' lead actor". The Verge. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ Dalgarno, Paul (5 April 2008). "Thick & Spin". The Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ a b "Famous People Search – Peter Capaldi". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ "St Ninian's High School – Famous Ex Pupils". Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ Jeffries, Stuart (31 August 2006). "No more Mr Nice Guy". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ^ Ferguson, Craig (2009). American on Purpose. Harper Collins.
- ^ Prime Suspect 3 at IMDb
- ^ Psychos at Channel 4
- ^ Wardrop, Murray (31 January 2012). "Peter Capaldi: 'Thick Of It spin doctor Malcolm Tucker was not based on Alastair Campbell'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Television Awards Winners in 2010". BAFTA. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ British Comedy Awards Winners. DigitalSpy 22 January 2011
- ^ "Doctor Who sets the controls for Rome, AD 79". What's on TV. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
- ^ "Filming under way for new series of Torchwood" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
- ^ Billen, Andrew (8 September 2009). "A Portrait of Scotland; Land Girls; Blue Murder". The Times. London. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
- ^ "Stars align for Tony Jordan's Nativity on BBC One this Christmas" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ a b Truitt, Brian (4 August 2013). "New 'Doctor Who': It's Peter Capaldi". USA Today. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ Thompson, Anne (18 October 2012). "McGregor and Hudson Topline Capaldi Backstage Comedy 'Born To Be King'". Indiewire.com. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Peter Capaldi to star in Musketeer drama". BBC News. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ "Inside the Mind of Leonardo – Sky Arts HD". BSkyB. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi revealed as 12th Doctor". BBC News. 4 August 2013.
- ^ "Scotland's Children's Charity. Aberlour supports children, young people and families throughout Scotland". Aberlour. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ "Interview with Peter Capaldi". The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2226315/
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