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 Russells 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 Kafkas Its a Wonderful Life He went on to write and direct the drama film Strictly Sinatra and helmed two series of sitcom Getting On Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Capaldi licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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