Peter Capaldi

Peter Dougan Capaldi is a Scottish actor, writer and director, best known for being the twelfth and current actor to play the title role in the longrunning BBC One scifi series Doctor Who. He has played numerous roles in film and television including the role of Malcolm Tucker, a spin doctor in the BBC comedy series The Thick of It and its film spinoff In the Loop, for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. As a director, he won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film as well as the British Academy Film Award for Best Short Film the year before for his short film Franz Kafkas Its a Wonderful Life.

Capaldi was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Nancy and Gerald John Capaldi. His paternal grandfather was Italian while the rest of his ancestry is Scottish and Irish. His parents ran an ice cream business. He was educated at St Teresas Primary School in Possilpark, St Matthews Primary School in Bishopbriggs, and St Ninians High School, Kirkintilloch, before attending the Glasgow School of Art.

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