Peter Capaldi

Age: 67

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Peter Dougan Capaldi (born April 14, 1958) is a Scottish actor, writer and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and Malcolm Tucker the spin doctor in The Thick of It, for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role in In the Loop, Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2012, Capaldi wrote (with Tony Roche), directed and performed in The Cricklewood Greats, an affectionate spoof documentary about a fictitious film studio, which tracks real developments and trends throughout the history of British cinema. Film roles include Oldsen in Local Hero, Angus Flint in Ken Russell's The Lair of the White Worm, and Mr Curry in Paddington and its sequel, Paddington 2. As a director, Capaldi won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life. He went on to write and direct the drama film Strictly Sinatra and helmed two series of sitcom Getting On.

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The Circus

With an all star cast. A sprawling, semi anthological series covering John Le Carre’s works involving ‘the circus’, his fictionalised British intelligence service. Set during the height of the Cold War, flashing back through to the 1930’s with backstories of many characters from the Karla trilogy in particular. Exploring elements of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, Smileys People et al. The series will intertwine these literary works to create a saga set in leCarre’s world of 20th century espionage.

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