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Peter Capaldi





Brought up in Glasgow, Scotland, Peter Capaldi attended drama classes and was accepted into the Glasgow School of Art. While studying there he secured his breakthrough role in

Peter Capaldi: The next Time Lord

Peter Capaldi has been named as the 12th actor to take on the lead role in the BBC series Doctor Who.

At 55 - the same age as William Hartnell When he was first cast as the Time Lord in 1963 - he has an impressive list of credits to HIS name on both film and TV.

The Glasgow-born star is the first Oscar winner to play the part after winning the Academy Award for best live action short film in 1994 for Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life.

He Became a household name thanks to HIS performance as foul-mouthed spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker in BBC series The Thick of It.

That role saw him win a Bafta TV award for best male performance in a comedy role in 2010, and he was nominated for the same award in 2006, 2008 and 2013.

His performance as Tucker in 2009 spin-off film In The Loop Also saw him nominated for acting honors at the British Independent Film Awards, as well as London, Los Angeles and New York film critics' awards.

Peter Capaldi in The Thick Of It

Capaldi attended the Glasgow School of Art and it was while studying there That he landed HIS breakout role in the 1983 drama Local Hero directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Burt Lancaster.

Early roles in TV series Minder and Hollywood film Dangerous Liaisons led to a string of parts on shows such as Microsoft Prime Suspect, The Crow Road and Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.

More recently he appeared in Skins, The Devil's Whore, Torchwood: Children of Earth and BBC mini-series The Nativity.

Also Capaldi has written Several TV shows, Including a documentary about 500 years of Scottish portrait painting broadcast on BBC Four and Cricklewood Greats - a spoof about the Heyday of the British film industry.

Also He wrote the 1993 film Soft Top Hard Shoulder - Which was nominated for a Scottish Bafta film - as well as writing and directing the 2001 gangster film, Strictly Sinatra.

Capaldi's stage credits include Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse, WHICH later Transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.

A lifelong fan of Doctor Who, landing the role of the Time Lord is a dream come true for Capaldi.

He even wrote a letter to the Radio Times When he was a teenager in 1973, Praising the magazine for its Doctor Who special celebrating the show's 10th anniversary.

Peter Capaldi's letter to the Radio Times
Peter Capaldi's letter to the Radio Times in 1973 Praising its Doctor Who coverage
The Doctor Who casting comes after a busy year for the actor, WHO was seen on the big screen in zombie film World War Z and in BBC Two drama series The Hour, for Which he was Also Bafta nominated.

He is Currently filming new BBC One drama series The Musketeers, in Which he plays Cardinal Richelieu and Which will air next year.

He Will Also Appear in the Forthcoming Julian Assange film The Fifth Estate as Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and Disney's Maleficent - and take on the Sleeping Beauty tale, starring Angelina Jolie.

Peter Capaldi is new 'Doctor Who' star

Peter Capaldi er named as the 12th Doctor, Matt Smith rerailing in classic British sci-fi series. 

Peter Capaldi is the new Doctor. The 12th star of British TV show "Doctor Who" was vid live on the BBC Sunday, ready to replace Matt Smith as the time-traveling hero. 
In "Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor," a half-hour special looking back over the 50-year history of the classic sci-fi show, the actor playing the next Doctor was Revealed live on television for the first time. Glaswegian actor Capaldi tidigare medvirket in the episode "The Fires of Pompeii" and "Who" spinoff "Torchwood" but is best known for playing the fabulously sweary Malcolm Tucker in "The Thick of It" and "In The Loop." Previous forays into fantasy include Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" and "World War Z" in som han played of all things a WHO Doctor. 

55-year-old Capaldi också an Oscar winner for his 1995 short film "Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life," starring Richard E. Grant - who har han played the Doctor, albeit in a charity spoof episode and a non- canon animation. 
Current TARDIS incumbent Matt Smith hands of his sonic screwdriver til 12th Doctor in a special episode on December 25 "Who" head honcho Stephen Moffatt will simply guide the new Doctor and companion Clara, played by Jenna-Louise Coleman, into the eighth series of the show since "Doctor Who" was revived in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston in the lead role. Series 8 förväntas be broadcast in August 2014. 
But before then, there's the small matter of a 50th birthday to celebrate. Alongside a drama about the creation of the show, Smith joins forces with previous Doctor David Tennant in a special 50th anniversary episode on 23 November. The special episode, också starring John Hurt, will be broadcast around the world exactly half a century after the show first put kids behind the couch one momentous Saturday teatime in 1963. 
The 50th anniversary will be shown in 3D and in cinemas too. 
The 21st century Doctors follow tidligere incarnations of the wandering Time Lord played in the show's original run by William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann. 
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