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Peter Capaldi Net Worth
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Peter Capaldi net worth is
$10 Million
Peter Capaldi Wiki Biography
Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, film director and writer. He has played numerous roles in film and television, and is best known for being the twelfth and current actor to play the lead role in the long-running BBC One science-fiction series Doctor Who, and for the role of Malcolm Tucker, a spin doctor in the BBC comedy series The Thick of It and its film spinoff In the Loop. In 1994, he won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life. | Full Name | Peter Capaldi |
| Net Worth | $10 Million |
| Date Of Birth | April 14, 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Height | 6' (1.83 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Director, Writer |
| Education | Glasgow School of Art |
| Spouse | Elaine Collins |
| Children | Cecily Capaldi |
| Parents | Gerald John Capaldi, Nancy Capaldi |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134922 |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action), British Academy Television Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme, BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast, Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor, British Comedy Award for the Best TV Comedy Actor |
| Nominations | British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor, British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance, British Academy Television Award for Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme, British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Support... |
| Movies | In the Loop, World War Z, Local Hero, The Fifth Estate, Dangerous Liaisons, The Lair of the White Worm, Paddington, Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, Maleficent, Strictly Sinatra, The Greatest Store in the World, Turtle Diary, House of 9, Modigliani, Shooting Fish, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, B... |
| TV Shows | Doctor Who, The Thick of It, The Musketeers, The Hour, Neverwhere, Fortysomething, Chandler & Co, Accused, The Devil's Whore, Midnight Man, The Nativity, The Crow Road, Trawlermen, Aftersun |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pointing with index finger |
| 2 | Expressive hands |
| 3 | Prominent angry eyebrows which he has called "attack eyebrows" |
| 4 | Intense angry stare |
| 5 | Thin frame |
| 6 | Gravelly voice with a faint Scottish accent |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [Speaking to a young Doctor Who (2005) fan at 2016 Dallas Comic-Con] You've got to be nice to your Mum. You've got to be kind to people. You've got to work hard, and make the very best of the gifts that you have, of your talents, and take them out into the world. You're a clever, and bright, and creative person. That's the most important thing to take forward; to take forward that belief in yourself, and a belief of how valuable it is to bring creativity into the world. |
| 2 | [on Doctor Who] It has to slip between the epic and the domestic. The great trick of Doctor Who is that he'll be at the edge of the galaxy watching stars being born, but he'll drop you off in the mall outside KFC. |
| 3 | My adolescence was a kind of motorway pile-up. I wish I had known that one day the geek would inherit the Earth. |
| 4 | Patrick Troughton is one of the most extraordinary actors, just his delicacy, his ability to jump from being irate to being kindly and clownish. |
| 5 | I love the last episode of Frontier in Space (Doctor Who: Frontier in Space: Episode Six (1973)). Isn't that one of the great Doctor Who (1963) episodes ever? Because you've got everything in that. |
| 6 | I could sit and watch Jon Pertwee do anything. I could just sit and watch him read the telephone book. He's such authority and if you're in trouble you want those doors to swing open and Jon Pertwee to come storming in with a flap of his cape. |
| 7 | [on Doctor Who: The Ark in Space: Part One (1975)] I love The Ark in Space. I think The Ark in Space is great because I love Tom Baker, his hair is just like the most wildest hair ever. I think later on as you watch the rest of his time as Doctor Who (1963) I think he started to get a perm or something, he looks more like Harpo Marx towards the end of his run. But in his first season he's just got this absolute mess of bohemian hair, what would you call it, a Tom-fro, a Doc-fro? He's got a big Doc-fro. And also his speech in that about human beings, he just takes grasp of the role of Doctor Who (1963) in that season, in that story, so completely. |
| 8 | If you put me in a real TARDIS, I dread to think what would happen to the universe. |
| 9 | The Ladykillers (1955), the movie, is one of those rare things that's an almost perfect movie but it's just full of all this great stuff that you can't leave alone. It's very, very stylish, it has this almost ghoulish quality about it. |
| 10 | [on his performance in Local Hero (1983)] I don't think I had any capacity to act. I think I was just a bit of a... twat. |
| 11 | [in 1974] Jon Pertwee's Doctor of the frock coat and gadgets has gone. But that character was but one of the facets of this eternal time lord, the greatest science fiction character ever created. There is an infinite number of further faces and natures to choose from. Tom Baker must select one and play it to the best of his ability. It is this infinite number of characters that ensures Doctor Who (1963)'s future. For, like time, Doctor Who (1963) will go on forever. |
| 12 | Doctor Who (2005), like time, cannot stand still. It must always move and change. |
| 13 | Planet of the Spiders (Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders: Part One (1974)) proved once again the scope and quality of the popular Doctor Who (1963). All involved must be congratulated on producing a classic story leading excellently to the metamorphosis from Jon Pertwee's Doctor to Tom Baker's. The storyline was powerful, introducing exciting chase sequences, mysterious ceremonies and chilling monsters. The acting was first-class, particularly Jon Pertwee's performance when the Doctor faced his greatest fear, the Great One! And of course the visual images of senior visual effects designer, Bernard Wilkie, were wonderful to watch. |
| 14 | [on playing an older Doctor] Whereas with Matt and David before me there was this romantic thing going on, we don't do that. We have something else which I really like. There's not another relationship you can compare it to. It's not like uncle and niece. He is not a grandfather figure. But because Jenna's so wonderful, we've found something that's different, and yet it works. |
| 15 | [on Doctor Who (2005)] The things I've always adored are still there. That relationship between light and dark, the domestic and the epic. There's a feeling you could step from a supermarket car park on Earth into the Andromeda Nebula or whatever. |
| 16 | The nice thing about Doctor Who is, whatever people say, you know someone somewhere loves you. And they always will. The more everyone else hates you, the more that person will say, "He's my Doctor". |
| 17 | There's almost a Grimms' fairy tales element to the show. The Doctor appears and takes people deep into the forest where there are monsters, but he delivers them back safely at the end. That's very, very attractive. Plus I love monsters. Everyone does! Any shows with monsters in them work. |
| 18 | I grew up in the Sixties with Doctor Who (1963) and The Beatles and Sunday Night at the London Palladium and school milk and bronchitis. All that stuff. It's part of my DNA. When I had my first proper TARDIS scene there was a nice props guy telling me how to work the console. Secretly I was thinking, "I know how to work the TARDIS! I've known for a long time - probably longer than you". |
| 19 | When you're a child, you just want to be whichever Doctor is on TV, whether that's William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee or Tom Baker. |
| 20 | I've been influenced by the entire history of Doctor Who (1963) and by every actor who's played Doctor Who (1963), and everybody who's worked on the show and made those episodes. I wouldn't be here doing this if it hadn't been for the twelve actors who brilliantly played the part, often in times when it wasn't as easy to be Doctor Who (1963) or as welcome to be Doctor Who (1963) as it is now. So really I stand on their shoulders. |
| 21 | Scottish men of a certain age have a black response to almost everything as a measure of how sophisticated they are. I have a very long fuse that eventually explodes after building up a nice head of steam, although it's only happened three times - usually at work when someone takes me for granted. |
| 22 | STG and the Ramshorn Theatre are a vital part of Glasgow's rich cultural history. To abandon them now is to abandon not only our past, but our future. |
| 23 | The biggest thing I have realised was that you have to choose your collaborators very carefully, and that not everybody can like you. The process of filmmaking is so difficult, there's no point in doing it unless you can do it the way you want. |
| 24 | The difference between movies and TV is that in TV you have to have a trauma every week, but that event may not be the biggest event in the characters' lives. |
| 25 | The only time I've tried to make plans, the cosmic sledgehammer has intervened and something else has happened. You just have to wait and see what comes your way, so that's what I do. |
| 26 | What annoys me about it is that your fate is always in somebody else's hands. It's always up to somebody else to decide whether or not they want you in their show and so the majority of actors have to play out a waiting game. The constant fear is that it could all end tomorrow. |
| 27 | What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage. |
| 28 | When I was acting, I was always asking abut the mechanics of filmmaking. I decided I would learn what everyone on set was doing, so I would feel less threatened. |
| 29 | What you're doing is acting with yourself. Well, I'm my favourite actor, so in a way it's quite straightforward for me. |
| 30 | At 17 years old, STG took me under its wing and shared its resources and wisdom with me, even allowing me to take part in a show at the Edinburgh Festival. Without STG and the Ramshorn Theatre, I would not have found access to the world of drama that I later made my profession. |
| 31 | Even though I am a lifelong Doctor Who (1963) fan, I've not played him since I was nine. I downloaded old scripts and practised those in front of the mirror. |
| 32 | I don't want to find myself at the age of 60 waiting by the telephone for someone else to decide if I am capable of being in what might be a crummy TV production. |
| 33 | I hated improvisation because in my early days as an actor, improvisation meant somebody had just come down from Oxford and they were doing a play above a pub in Kentish Town, and the biggest ego would win. |
| 34 | I've been really terrible in a lot of things because I learned by making mistakes. That makes you a different kind of actor, because you have to figure out for yourself what you do. |
| 35 | My childhood growing up in that part of Glasgow always sounds like some kind of sub-Catherine Cookson novel of earthy working-class immigrant life, which to some extent it was, but it wasn't really as colourful that. |
| 36 | One of the very, very exciting things I have found here in L.A. is that no one talks to you about being Scottish. Whereas, if you are in London and you are trying to put films together and be a film-maker, there is a kind of unspoken sense that, if you are Scottish, you have something to overcome or else you cannot really do that project. |
| 37 | Real heroes are all around us and uncelebrated. |
| 38 | The Americans just have a great sort of wit about them. |
| 39 | I don't like parties. There was never a party I was at where I didn't wish I was somewhere else. |
| 40 | I haven't played Doctor Who (1963) since I was 9 on the playground. |
| 41 | I love people where, at the end of the day, they'll pick up a paintbrush and paint clouds. They can physically make things. |
| 42 | I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing. |
| 43 | I suppose I just like being arty. That's all. Arty. |
| 44 | I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful. |
| 45 | I'm pretty good for an old geek. |
| 46 | It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat. |
| 47 | A girl once came to my beery flat in Kensal Green, opened the blinds and cooked me breakfast. I married her. |
| 48 | Hollywood producers aren't going to say, 'Get me that swearing, grey-haired, headless chicken. We need him for our new High School Musical (2006) movie!' |
| 49 | I can't imagine I'll be the new George Clooney. That's not really in the cards. |
| 50 | I destroyed all my geek stuff because I didn't want to be a geek, and I regret it to this day. Consumed in the geek bonfire of the vanities was a collection of autographs and letters from Peter Cushing, Spike Milligan and Frankie Howerd, the first Doctor Whos, actual astronauts and many more. I wish I'd known that one day the geek would inherit the Earth. |
| 51 | The big reason that Doctor Who (2005) is still with us is because of every single viewer who ever turned on to watch this show, at any age, at any time in its history and in their history and who took it into their heart -- because Doctor Who (2005) belongs to all of us. Everyone made Doctor Who. |
| 52 | Being asked to play the Doctor is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and delight. I can't wait to get started. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Huge fan of David Bowie. |
| 2 | Special rings were designed for his roles in The Musketeers and Doctor Who in order to hide his own wedding ring, which he doesn't like to take off. |
| 3 | He was seriously considering giving up acting when he was cast as Malcolm Tucker in 'The Thick Of It (2005)'. |
| 4 | Is a huge fan of the HBO show Game of Thrones (2011). In Season 9 of Doctor Who (2005) he worked alongside Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark. |
| 5 | Was offered the chance to audition for the Eighth Doctor in _Doctor Who (1996) (TV) (1996)_ but turned it down as he felt he was unlikely to get it. The part eventually went to Paul McGann. |
| 6 | On The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994), Peter Calpaldi played intoxicated time traveler Doug Hatton in the re-occurring sketch 'Drunk in Time'. |
| 7 | Long before World War Z (2013), Capaldi was considered for a another zombie film-he was favored to play Rawlings in Lifeforce (1985). |
| 8 | He became an actor because of his love of Doctor Who (1963) and the hope that he would one day get to appear on the show. |
| 9 | When he was 15, he sent a letter to ''Doctor Who'' magazine in tribute to Roger Delgado who played The Master in the original Doctor Who (1963) series. |
| 10 | He auditioned for a place in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) but was rejected. |
| 11 | Like David Tennant, he was a lifelong Doctor Who (1963) fan before he got to play the role. |
| 12 | His paternal grandfather, Giovanni Batiste Capaldi, was Italian, born in Picinisco, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. The rest of Peter's ancestry is Scottish and Irish. |
| 13 | He is only the third actor to play the Doctor who has been older than the actor he replaced in the role. The others were Jon Pertwee, who was a year older than Patrick Troughton, and Colin Baker, who was eight years older than Peter Davison. Capaldi is tied with the First Doctor, William Hartnell, to be the oldest actors cast in the role-both were age 55 when cast. |
| 14 | Capaldi is the third Scottish actor to play the role of the Doctor in the TV series, following Sylvester McCoy, who played the Seventh Doctor, and David Tennant, who played the Tenth Doctor. |
| 15 | He is the second actor to play the Doctor who also played a previous role in the show. The first was Colin Baker. |
| 16 | He is the only Oscar winner to play the Doctor, although not for acting-for best live-action short film. |
| 17 | He is the first actor to play the Doctor in the revamped Doctor Who (2005) to be born before the original series first premiered. |
| 18 | Played a character called "W.H.O. Doctor" in World War Z (2013) before being cast in the lead role for Doctor Who (2005). |
| 19 | He had been to an audition in the morning where he felt that he was made "to jump through hoops" for a small role by people he had worked with before. This frustrating audition gave him the mind-set at the next audition on that day, for the role of Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It (2005). Armando Iannucci found him perfect for the role. |
| 20 | He is a patron of the Association for International Cancer Research and of a Scottish children's charity, the Aberlour Child Care Trust. |
| 21 | Was the lead singer of a punk rock band, Dreamboys, which included Craig Ferguson as the drummer and Temple Clark as the bassist. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington 2 | 2017 | filming | Mr Curry |
| Doctor Who | 2008-2017 | TV Series | The Doctor Caecilius |
| Children in Need | 2016 | TV Series | The Doctor |
| Class | 2016 | TV Series | The Doctor |
| Lego Dimensions | 2015 | Video Game | The Twelfth Doctor (voice) |
| Paddington | 2014 | Mr Curry | |
| Shetland | 2014 | TV Series | Weather Reporter |
| The Musketeers | 2014 | TV Series | Cardinal Richelieu |
| The Fifth Estate | 2013 | Alan Rusbridger | |
| World War Z | 2013 | W.H.O. Doctor | |
| The Hour | 2012 | TV Series | Randall Brown |
| The Thick of It | 2005-2012 | TV Series | Malcolm Tucker |
| Big Fat Gypsy Gangster | 2011 | Therapist | |
| The Penguins of Madagascar | 2011 | TV Series | Uncle Nigel |
| The Field of Blood | 2011 | TV Series | Dr. Pete |
| The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House | 2011 | TV Movie | Samuel Kent |
| The Nativity | 2010 | TV Mini-Series | Balthazar |
| Getting On | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Peter Healy |
| Accused | 2010 | TV Series | Frank Ryland |
| Bistro | 2010 | Short | Max |
| Bloody Foreigners | 2010 | TV Series | Narrator |
| 10 Minute Tales | 2009 | TV Series | The Man |
| Torchwood | 2009 | TV Series | John Frobisher |
| In the Loop | 2009 | Malcolm Tucker | |
| The Devil's Whore | 2008 | TV Mini-Series | King Charles I |
| Glendogie Bogey | 2008 | TV Movie | Jeff Wylie (voice) |
| Midnight Man | 2008 | TV Mini-Series | Trevor |
| Skins | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Mark Jenkins |
| Cold Blood | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Magicians | 2007 | Mike Francis | |
| Fallen Angel | 2007 | TV Mini-Series | Henry Appleton |
| Coming Up | 2007 | TV Series | Joe |
| Waking the Dead | 2007 | TV Series | Lucien Calvin |
| Aftersun | 2006 | TV Movie | Jim |
| Midsomer Murders | 2006 | TV Series | Laurence Barker |
| Donovan | 2006 | TV Series | Dr. Angus Baldwin |
| Pinochet's Last Stand | 2006 | TV Movie | Andy McEntee |
| The Best Man | 2005 | Priest | |
| Wild Country | 2005 | Father Steve | |
| House of 9 | 2005 | Max Roy | |
| The Afternoon Play | 2005 | TV Series | Billy Shannon |
| Peep Show | 2004 | TV Series | Professor Alistair MacLeish |
| Salvage | 2004 | Short | James Mulwray |
| Foyle's War | 2004 | TV Series | Raymond Carter |
| Modigliani | 2004 | Jean Cocteau (as Peter Capadli) | |
| Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) | 2004 | John | |
| My Family | 2004 | TV Series | Colin Judd |
| Passer By | 2004 | TV Movie | Defence Barrister |
| Sea of Souls | 2004 | TV Series | Gordon Fleming |
| Judge John Deed | 2003 | TV Series | Alan Roxborough, M.P. |
| Shotgun Dave Rides East | 2003 | Short | Rob |
| Fortysomething | 2003 | TV Series | Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey |
| In Deep | 2003 | TV Series | Jeremy Church |
| Unconditional Love | 2003 | TV Movie | DI Terry Machin |
| Solid Geometry | 2002 | TV Short | David Hunter |
| Max | 2002/I | David Cohn | |
| Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | 2002 | Derek | |
| High Stakes | 2001 | TV Series | Michael Calderwood |
| Hotel! | 2001 | TV Movie | Hilton Gilfoyle |
| The Greatest Store in the World | 1999 | TV Movie | Mr. Whiskers |
| Psychos | 1999 | TV Mini-Series | Mark Collins |
| What Rats Won't Do | 1998 | Tony | |
| The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | 1997 | TV Mini-Series | Lord Fellamar |
| Shooting Fish | 1997 | Mr. Gilzean | |
| Bean | 1997 | Gareth | |
| Smilla's Sense of Snow | 1997 | Birgo Lander | |
| Giving Tongue | 1996 | TV Movie | Duncan Fielding |
| Lost for Words | 1996 | TV Short | |
| The Treasure Seekers | 1996 | TV Movie | Jellicoe |
| The Vicar of Dibley | 1994-1996 | TV Series | Tristan Campbell |
| The Crow Road | 1996 | TV Mini-Series | Rory McHoan |
| Neverwhere | 1996 | TV Mini-Series | Islington |
| Delta Wave | 1996 | TV Series short | Dinsdale Draco |
| Runway One | 1995 | TV Movie | Mick Galligan |
| The All New Alexei Sayle Show | 1994-1995 | TV Series | Doug Hatton in 'Drunk in Time' / Various Characters |
| Captives | 1994 | Simon | |
| Chandler & Co | 1994 | TV Series | Larry Blakeson |
| Prime Suspect 3 | 1993 | TV Mini-Series | Vera Reynolds |
| Stay Lucky | 1993 | TV Series | Robin |
| The Comic Strip Presents... | 1993 | TV Series | John |
| Micky Love | 1993 | TV Movie | David Critchley |
| Soft Top Hard Shoulder | 1993 | Gavin Bellini | |
| The Secret Agent | 1992 | TV Series | Mr. Vladimir |
| Early Travellers in North America | 1992 | TV Series | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Mr. Wakefield's Crusade | 1992 | TV Series | Luke Wakefield |
| The Cloning of Joanna May | 1992 | TV Movie | Isaac |
| Titmuss Regained | 1991 | TV Mini-Series | Ken Cracken |
| Selling Hitler | 1991 | TV Mini-Series | Thomas Walde |
| Screen Two | 1991 | TV Series | Bruce Coldfield |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | 1991 | TV Series | Claude Langton |
| December Bride | 1991 | Young Sorleyson | |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | 1990 | TV Series | Zeno Vedast |
| Chain | 1990 | TV Mini-Series | Robert McRae |
| Dramarama | 1989 | TV Series | The British Ambassador |
| Dream Baby | 1989 | TV Movie | Willie |
| Shadow of the Noose | 1989 | TV Mini-Series | Robert Wood |
| Rab C. Nesbitt | 1988 | TV Series | Preacher |
| Dangerous Liaisons | 1988 | Azolan | |
| The Lair of the White Worm | 1988 | Angus Flint | |
| The Love Child | 1988 | Dillon | |
| God's Chosen Car Park | 1986 | TV Movie | Everard |
| C.A.T.S. Eyes | 1986 | TV Series | Caldicott |
| John and Yoko: A Love Story | 1985 | TV Movie | George Harrison |
| Travelling Man | 1985 | TV Series | John |
| Minder | 1985 | TV Series | Ozzie |
| Turtle Diary | 1985 | Assistant Keeper | |
| The Personal Touch | 1985 | TV Movie | Dominic |
| Crown Court | 1984 | TV Series | Eamonn Donnelly |
| Local Hero | 1983 | Oldsen | |
| Living Apart Together | 1982 | Joe |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cricklewood Greats | 2012 | TV Movie | |
| Getting On | 2009-2010 | TV Series 9 episodes | |
| Strictly Sinatra | 2001 | ||
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | 1993 | Short |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who | 2014-2015 | TV Series performer - 6 episodes | |
| Neverwhere | 1996 | TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cricklewood Greats | 2012 | TV Movie written by | |
| A Portrait of Scotland | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Strictly Sinatra | 2001 | ||
| Soft Top Hard Shoulder | 1993 | writer | |
| Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | 1993 | Short writer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour | 2014 | TV Movie documentary with special thanks to | |
| Isolation | 2005 | thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prison, My Parents & Me | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Richard E. Grant on Ealing Comedies | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Doctor Who: The Fan Show | 2015-2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Aliens: The Big Think | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Horizon | 1998-2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Lorraine | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Doctor Who Extra | 2014-2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Larry King Now | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Conan | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Pobol y Cwm at 40 | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Pride of Britain Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| Blue Peter | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself - The Twelfth Doctor / The Doctor |
| Oprah Makes Garfield Cartoons | 2014 | Short | Himself (voice) |
| Imagine | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| World War Z: Production | 2013 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor | 2013 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Newsround | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Inside the Mind of Leonardo | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Leonardo Da Vinci |
| Sunday Brunch | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Punk Britannia | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| The Cricklewood Greats | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself - presenter / Leslie Grangely |
| Black Drop | 2012 | Documentary short voice | |
| Sunday AM | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Natural World | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Breakfast | 2001-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Artworks Scotland | 2005-2011 | TV Series documentary | Narrator / Himself |
| The British Academy Television Awards | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Live from Studio Five | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jools's Hootenanny | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| A Portrait of Scotland | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| The One Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Morning | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Movie Connections | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Perfect TV Detective | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Behind the Tricks: Making 'Magicians' | 2007 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Martians and Us | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Trawlermen | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| The British Soap Awards 2006 | 2006 | TV Special | Presenter |
| Have I Got News for You | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| From Hollywood to Borehamwood | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Bookmark | 1998 | TV Series | James Boswell |
| Reputations | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Live Action Short Film |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSDT - Anno 2060 | 2017 | TV Series | Agent Rikard |
| The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2014 | TV Movie | The Doctor (uncredited) |
| TV's Nastiest Villains | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Malcolm Tucker |
| Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | The Doctor (uncredited) |
| The Culture Show | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Stick 10: Remake of the Ultimates | 2013 | Short | Ben's Mind |
| The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2012 | TV Movie | Malcolm Tucker (uncredited) |
| Doctor Who Greatest Moments | 2009 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Lucius Caecillus Ivcundus |
| My Family | 2009 | TV Series | Colin Judd |
| The Story of Dibley | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Tristan Campbell (uncredited) |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game | Lego Dimensions (2015) |
| 2016 | BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game | Lego Dimensions (2015) |
| 2014 | Royal Television Society Scotland Award | Royal Television Society Scotland Awards | Special Award | For outstanding contribution to television |
| 2012 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best TV Comedy Actor | The Thick of It (2005) |
| 2010 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Male Performance in a Comedy Role | The Thick of It (2005) |
| 2010 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best TV Comedy Actor | The Thick of It (2005) |
| 2010 | Broadcasting Press Guild Award | Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | Best Actor | The Thick of It (2005) |
| 2010 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Supporting Actor | In the Loop (2009) |
| 2009 | BAFTA Scotland Award | BAFTA Awards, Scotland | Best Acting Performance in Film | In the Loop (2009) |
| 1995 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Short Film, Live Action | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993) |
| 1994 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Short Film | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993) |
| 1994 | Audience Award | Angers European First Film Festival | Short Film | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993) |
| 1993 | BAFTA Scotland Award | BAFTA Awards, Scotland | Best Actor - Film | Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1993) |
| 1993 | BAFTA Scotland Award | BAFTA Awards, Scotland | Best Short Film | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BAFTA Scotland Award | BAFTA Awards, Scotland | Best Actor - Television | Doctor Who (2005) |
| 2016 | TV Quick Award | TV Quick Awards, UK | Best Actor | Doctor Who (2005) |
| 2015 | BAFTA Cymru Award | BAFTA Awards, Wales | Best Actor (Yr Actor Gorau) | Doctor Who (2005) |
| 2015 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Doctor Who (2005) |
| 2015 | TV Quick Award | TV Quick Awards, UK | Best Actor | Doctor Who (2005) |
| 2013 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme | The Thick of It (2005) |
| 2013 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Hour (2011) |
| 2013 | Broadcasting Press Guild Award | Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | Best Actor | The Thick of It (2005) |
| 2012 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy (Programme or Series) | The Cricklewood Greats (2012) |
| 2011 | BAFTA Scotland Award | BAFTA Awards, Scotland | Best Actor/Actress - Television | The Field of Blood (2011) |
| 2010 | Peter Sellers Award for Comedy | Evening Standard British Film Awards | In the Loop (2009) | |
| 2010 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Supporting Actor | In the Loop (2009) |
| 2010 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | British Actor of the Year | In the Loop (2009) |
| 2010 | Golden Nymph | Monte-Carlo TV Festival | Outstanding Actor - Comedy Series | The Thick of It (2005) |
| 2010 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor | In the Loop (2009) |
| 2010 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actor | In the Loop (2009) |
| 2010 | RTS Television Award | Royal Television Society, UK | Best Comedy Performance | The Thick of It (2005) |
| 2010 | SFX Award | SFX Awards, UK | Best Actor | Torchwood (2006) |
| 2009 | British Independent Film Award | British Independent Film Awards | Best Actor | In the Loop (2009) |
| 2009 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | In the Loop (2009) |
| 2009 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Best Supporting Performance | In the Loop (2009) |
| 2009 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Supporting Actor | In the Loop (2009) |
| 2008 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy Performance | The Thick of It (2005) |
| 2008 | RTS Television Award | Royal Television Society, UK | Best Comedy Performance | The Thick of It (2005) |
| 2006 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy Performance | The Thick of It (2005) |
| 2006 | RTS Television Award | Royal Television Society, UK | Best Comedy Performance | The Thick of It (2005) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | In the Loop (2009) |
| 2010 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Supporting Actor | In the Loop (2009) |
| 2009 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | In the Loop (2009) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actor | In the Loop (2009) |
Known for movies
World War Z (2013)
as W.H.O. Doctor
In the Loop (2009)
as Malcolm Tucker
Doctor Who (2008-2017)
as The Doctor / Caecilius
The Fifth Estate (2013)
as Alan Rusbridger
