Peter Capaldi (born 1958, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor and Oscar winning director. Educated at the Glasgow School of Art, he is currently best known for his performance playing the political spin doctor, Malcolm Tucker, in the BBC sitcom "The Thick of It", written by fellow Scottish-Italian, Armando Iannucci. This character is reportedly based on the New Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA and RTS best comedy actor in 2006. Wikipedia
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 Local Hero (1983). www.imdb.com/name/nm0134922/
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Known around the world as an actor, writer and director, oscar winning Peter Capaldi is much sought after. While filming the second series of the highly acclaimed "The Thick of It" for the BBC, Peter took time out to lend his support to AICR. A native o www.aicr.org.uk/PeterCapaldi.stm
'I hate restaurants that play music," says Peter Capaldi . "You come out for a quiet meal and you're supposed to put up with all this booming. Why? It's madness!" It is too soon, one might think, for the 47-year-old actor to start playing Victor Meldr www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/aug/31/broadcasting.arts
He is played by the Scottish actor Peter Capaldi , who has hitherto always been a rather homely sort of thesp. You always knew where you stood with Capaldi, a man who exuded an air of scholarly erudition in a succession of solid TV melodramas, some of th www.independent.co.uk/news/people/peter-capaldi-from-osca...