Announced at the climax of a globally-broadcast special, The BBC introduced the twelfth actor to play The Doctor, Peter Capaldi.
He’s a BAFTA-winning actor, winning for the role of Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It. He’s appeared twice on Who-related series, he played Caecilius in The Fires of Pompeii, and John Frobisher in Torchwood: Children of Earth. In Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, he played the angel Islington. He is currently filming the BBC adaptation of the Three Musketeers, in which he plays Cardinal Richelieu.
Showrunner Steven Moffat says he’d considered Capaldi when he was casting the eleventh Doctor, though he decided it wasn’t quite the time.
This wasn’t his first time traveling in time, either – He played Doug Hatton in the recurring sketch “Drunk in Time” on The All new Alexei Sayle Show.
Peter most recently appeared in World War Z, playing a physician...
He’s a BAFTA-winning actor, winning for the role of Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It. He’s appeared twice on Who-related series, he played Caecilius in The Fires of Pompeii, and John Frobisher in Torchwood: Children of Earth. In Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, he played the angel Islington. He is currently filming the BBC adaptation of the Three Musketeers, in which he plays Cardinal Richelieu.
Showrunner Steven Moffat says he’d considered Capaldi when he was casting the eleventh Doctor, though he decided it wasn’t quite the time.
This wasn’t his first time traveling in time, either – He played Doug Hatton in the recurring sketch “Drunk in Time” on The All new Alexei Sayle Show.
Peter most recently appeared in World War Z, playing a physician...
- 8/4/2013
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
The Irish Film & Television Academy (Ifta) is to host an In Conversation With… event on Thursday, August 26th which will centre around the work of Irish writer, director and actor Graham Linehan. Graham has written or co-written a number of modern televisions most popular comedies and is best known for his work on 'Father Ted', 'Black Books' and 'The It Crowd'. In his early years, he worked in collaboration with Arthur Matthews on a number of high profile sketch shows including 'Alas Smith and Jones', 'Harry Enfield and Chums', 'The All New Alexei Sayle Show' and the Ted and Ralph characters in 'The Fast Show'.
- 8/13/2010
- IFTN
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