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Acting

Peter Capaldi

Career: Active from 1983 to 2024, busiest in 2006 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 61
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: The Thick of It
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 78 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Peter Capaldi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.1, average 5.4
Violence
3.5, average 4.1
Sports
0.2, average 0.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 7
Character-Driven 7
Character Study 5
Psychological Thriller 4
Sci-Fi Adventure 4
Time Travel 4
Thought-Provoking 3
British Humor 3
Fast-Paced Dialogue 3
Documentary Series 3
Moral Ambiguity 2
Quirky Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

149

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

TV show · as The Twelfth Doctor

2020s

10 titles · average score 77

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Criminal Record

74

TV show · as DCI Daniel Hegarty

Doctor Who at the Proms

as The Doctor (12) (archive footage)

The Devil's Hour

81

TV show · as Gideon Shepherd

Riverwoods: An Untold Story

as Narrator

Benediction

76

as Siegfried Sassoon (Older)

as Older Man (uncredited)

The Suicide Squad

77

as Thinker

National Theatre Live: Constellations

as Roland

Being Beethoven

TV show · as Beethoven (voice)

2010s

34 titles · average score 72

The Personal History of David Copperfield

72

as Mr. Micawber

Christopher Robin

70

as Rabbit (voice)

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

79

as The Doctor (12)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

82

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Last Christmas

76

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Deep Breath

77

as The Doctor (12)

The Musketeers

72

TV show · as Cardinal Richelieu

Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven

82

as The Doctor (12)

Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor

82

as The Doctor (12)

The Murder at Road Hill House

65

as Samuel Kent

The Nativity

82

TV show · as Balthazar

Bistro

as Max

2000s

43 titles · average score 66

In the Loop

82

as Malcolm Tucker

Spinners and Losers

86

as Malcolm Tucker

Aftersun

69

as Jim

Trawlermen

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

The Thick of It

89

TV show · as Malcolm Tucker

Doctor Who

78

TV show · as Caecilius / The Doctor

House of 9

46

as Max Roy

Wild Country

46

as Father Steve

Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)

56

as John

Fortysomething

75

TV show · as Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey

Max

63

as David Cohn

Strictly Sinatra

48

Writer, Director

1990s

37 titles · average score 66

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Laurence Barker

The Crow Road

75

TV show · as Rory McHoan

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

71

Writer, Director

Chandler & Co

TV show · as Larry

Captives

60

as Simon

Jealousy

as John

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

63

as Gavin Bellini

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

as Luke Wakefield

The Secret Agent

as Mr Vladimir

as Bruce

Triple Scotch & Wry

Writer

TV show · as Robert McRae

1980s

22 titles · average score 71

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Claude Langton

Rosie the Great

as The British Ambassador

Dream Baby

as Willie

The Lair of the White Worm

62

as Angus Flint

The Love Child

as Dillon

Dangerous Liaisons

79

as Azolan

The Story of a Recluse

as Jamie Kirkwood

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

45

TV show · as Zeno Vedast

John and Yoko: A Love Story

61

as George Harrison

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Simon / Bruce Coldfield

Local Hero

83

as Danny Oldsen

Natural World

80

TV show · as Narrator

1970s

2 titles · average score 75

Minder

75

TV show · as Ozzie

A Ghost Story for Christmas

75

TV show · as Dolben