Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi ( born April 14, 1958 in Glasgow, Scotland ) is a British actor and director. In 1995 he won with his film Franz Kafka 's It 's a Wonderful Life the Oscar in the category Best Short Film.
- 2.1 As a director
Biography
Youth
Peter Capaldi was born in Glasgow. His mother's family came from Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland, and his father from Picinisco, Italy. His father introduced her ice cream and sold it in Glasgow with a sales cart. After leaving school, he studied at the Glasgow School of Art
During his studies Capaldi singer was in the punk rock band The Dream Boys, Drummer was the future comedian Craig Ferguson.
Career
As an actor
Capaldi made his acting debut in Local Hero (1983) and has since played in several films and series. In Britain, he is best known for his award-winning role in the BBC sitcom The Thick of It as a New Labour spin- doctor Malcolm Tucker. Both in 2006 and 2008, he was nominated for a BAFTA for this Television Award for Best Comedy Actor. The figure Tucker to be based loosely on Tony Blair's right hand Alastair Campbell. The associated spin-off film cabinet out of control (in the Loop) of 2009 brought Capaldi also a multiple nominations and awards. Among other things, he was nominated as Best Actor for the British Independent Film Award in 2009 and received the Chlotrudis Award 2010 for Best Supporting Actor.
With its role as a ministry official John Frobisher in the third Torchwood Season Children of Earth ( Children of Earth) raised Capaldi 2009 by its performance outside the UK sensation. Already in 2008, Capaldi has also been seen in the brititschen cult television series Doctor Who as a minor character in The Fires of Pompeii ( 4x02 ).
Christmas 2010 was Capaldi in the four-part BBC mini-series The Nativity, based on the story of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth according to the New Testament, to be seen as Balthazar.
Although Capaldi was already shown in an episode of Doctor Who, as well as a starring role in the third season of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, he was on 4 August 2013 the BBC as twelfth reincarnation of the Doctor, the title character the series presented. He is by Colin Baker, the second performer of the doctor, who was already seen in another role before in the TV series. He succeeds by Matt Smith, who has held this role since 2010.
As a writer and director
Capaldi wrote Soft Top, Hard Shoulder (1993 ), the London Film Festival won the Audience Award at the. For his film Franz Kafka 's It 's a Wonderful Life (1993 ), which he wrote and in which he carried out the direction, he received the 1993 BAFTA Film Award, and the 1995 Academy Award for Best Short Film.
In 2001 he read for the film Strictly Sinatra also the book and directed. The producer of the film, Ruth Kenley - Letts, was nominated in 2002 for the Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer for the BAFTA Film Awards. For the television series Getting On, he staged in 2009 and 2010 a total of seven of the nine episodes; In addition, he appeared in three episodes as Peter Healy, at two he led also the director. Also directed by Capaldi at the television movie The Cricklewood Greats. For this he was nominated alongside the producer and the author in 2012 for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy.
Capaldi also works as a speaker for audio books.
Private life
Capaldi lives with his wife, Elaine Collins, and their daughter in Crouch End, London. He is an ambassador of the British Association for International Cancer Research and the Scottish Aberlour Child Care Trust.