Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi
Peter Dougan Capaldiis a Scottish actor, writer and director, best known for being the twelfth and current actor to play the title role in the long-running BBC One sci-fi 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...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth14 April 1958
CityGlasgow, Scotland
I've lost count of the times I've been asked to 'be' Malcolm Tucker: to go on a political program on television, presumably in order to be the character and give opinions as him.
'Strictly Sinatra' became a compromise between me and the producers, and neither of us liked the results much.
Once you reach a certain age, you find yourself visiting hospitals a lot.
Nowadays, kids... young actors... they go straight to L.A. before they've even done anything.
The British film industry has always tried to sell itself as something rather sophisticated. It's almost as if it thinks it is by royal command. It has always tried to claim the high ground, not only over Hollywood but over the whole of humanity!
The big reason that 'Doctor Who' is still with us is that every single viewer who ever turned in to watch this show, at any age, at any time in its history, took it into their heart - because 'Doctor Who' belongs to all of us. Everyone made 'Doctor Who.'
A year after winning the Oscar, almost to the day, I was directing a dog food commercial.
I know what 'Doctor Who' fans are like because I am a 'Doctor Who' fan myself. They're good people.
If I was to meet my eight-year-old self, I would say, 'Don't listen to what they say about you. Wear your anorak with pride!'
I think all actors experience ups and downs.
I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing.
I'm not terribly well read. My wife forces books into my hands and insists I read them, which I'm grateful to her for. She made me read 'War and Peace.' The whole thing. It was amazing, but I had to hide it. You can't walk round reading 'War and Peace' - it's like you're in a comedy sketch and you think you're smart.
I lived through a golden period where society felt that it was good to help people who didn't have a great deal of money fulfil their potential.
If people enjoy my profile from the privacy of their own home, that's entirely up to you.