Peter Capaldi
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Peter Dougan Capaldi is an Academy Award and BAFTA
award winning Scottish
actor
and film director
. In 1995, his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film
. As an actor, he played Oldsen in Local Hero
, John Frobisher in Torchwood
and political spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the British TV comedy series The Thick of It
and the affiliated feature film In the Loop
. He also portrayed Balthazar
, one of the Magi
, in the 2010 BBC adaptation of The Nativity.
. His mother's family was from Killeshandra
, County Cavan
, Ireland
, and his father's family is from Picinisco
, Italy
. Capaldi was educated at St Teresa's Primary School in the city's Possilpark
district, St Matthew's Primary School in Bishopbriggs
and at St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch
, before attending the Glasgow School of Art
.
Capaldi displayed an early talent for performance by putting on a puppet
show in primary school. While still at high school he was a member of the Antonine Players, who performed at the Fort Theatre, Bishopbriggs. As an art student, Capaldi was the lead singer in the punk rock band "Dreamboys", which included the future comedian
Craig Ferguson
as drummer.
sitcom The Thick of It
, written by fellow Scottish-Italian
Armando Iannucci
. Tucker is said to be largely if loosely based upon Tony Blair
's right-hand man Alastair Campbell
.
In 2006, Capaldi was nominated for the BAFTA and RTS Best Comedy Actor Awards. He won the 2010 BAFTA Television Award
for Male Performance in a Comedy Role
.
He also won the 2010 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor.
A movie spin-off from The Thick of It titled In the Loop
was released in 2009.
Capaldi has appeared in over forty films and television programmes since his appearance as Danny Oldsen in Local Hero
(1983). He had a lead role in Ken Russell's The Lair of the White Worm
(1988) and in Stephen Frears' Dangerous Liaisons
(1988). He featured as Ozzy in a 1985 episode of Minder
titled Life in the Fast Food Lane, in which he helped Arthur Daley shift dodgy car phones that caused other radio technology nearby to malfunction.
In 1995 Capaldi won an Oscar
for Best Live Action Short Film
for Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
, which was tied with fellow nominee Trevor
thus leading to both films being announced as joint winners. He also wrote Soft Top, Hard Shoulder (winner of the audience award at the London Film Festival
) and wrote and directed Strictly Sinatra.
He played Chief Petty Officer Grieves in the BBC Radio
Ministry of Defence
Comedy Our Brave Boys
. His first starring role on television was as Luke Wakefield, a closet gay man who imagines he has witnessed a crime, in the BBC drama series Mr Wakefield's Crusade.
Capaldi played fictional Songs of Praise
producer Tristan Campbell in two episodes of the sitcom Vicar of Dibley and a transvestite in ITV's Prime Suspect 3. In Channel 4's 1999 series "Psychos", he played a mathematician with bipolar disorder. He made an appearance in the hit sitcom Peep Show
as a university professor, starred in Aftersun with Sarah Parish
, and played a prime suspect in the 2007 series of Waking the Dead
. In the Neil Gaiman
gothic fantasy Neverwhere
he portrayed the Angel Islington.
In 2007 Capaldi appeared as Mark Jenkins (Sid Jenkins
' dad) in the E4 teen comedy/drama Skins
where he returned for a second series in 2008 only to be killed off in the 3rd episode, and as characters in the Midsomer Murders
episode "Death in Chorus" and ITV1's Fallen Angel. He also appeared in the British Comedy film Magicians
. He played a fictional version of Caecilius
in "The Fires of Pompeii
", a 2008 episode of the science-fiction series Doctor Who
. He returned to the Doctor Who franchise in 2009, playing civil servant John Frobisher in the third series of Torchwood
. He also appeared as King Charles I in the Channel 4
series The Devil's Whore
, screened in 2008.
He provided a voice for the animated feature for Haunted Hogmanay by Kolik Films in 2006.
Capaldi directs the BBC Four
sitcom Getting On
, written by and starring Jo Brand
, Joanna Scanlan
and Vicki Pepperdine
, one episode of which he appeared in as a doctor. Later that same year he wrote and presented A Portrait of Scotland, a documentary about 500 years history of Scottish portrait painting.
Capaldi also played Balthazar
, one of the Magi
, in the 2010 BBC adaptation of The Nativity.
Capaldi is also a successful audio book
narrator. His many titles include several of the works of Iain Banks
. He starred as Rory in the TV version of Banks' The Crow Road
.
In November 2011 Capaldi will be playing Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse and The Gielgud Theatre, London.
He won the 2010 BAFTA Television Award for Male Performance in a Comedy Role.
In 2011 Capaldi won Best TV Comedy Actor at the British Comedy Awards
.
In 1995, his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film
.
interview with Jonathan Ross
, Capaldi described himself as having come from an "Old Labour background." He is a patron of the Association for International Cancer Research
and of the Scottish children's charity the Aberlour Child Care Trust. He lives in Crouch End
with his wife, Elaine Collins, and their daughter.
in the radio comedy, The News at Bedtime
. Broadcast on Radio 4.
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
award winning Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. In 1995, his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life is a short comic film for BBC Scotland. It was written and directed by Peter Capaldi, it stars Richard E. Grant as Franz Kafka, and co-stars Ken Stott....
won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film
Academy Award for Live Action Short Film
This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...
. As an actor, he played Oldsen in Local Hero
Local Hero
Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster. It was directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam....
, John Frobisher in Torchwood
Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from...
and political spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the British TV comedy series The Thick of It
The Thick of It
The Thick of It is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of modern British government. It was first broadcast on BBC Four in 2005, and has so far completed fourteen half-hour episodes and two special hour-long episodes to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown's...
and the affiliated feature film In the Loop
In the Loop (film)
In the Loop is a 2009 British satirical black comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci. It is based on the BBC Television series The Thick of It satirising Anglo-American politics in the 21st century and the Invasion of Iraq...
. He also portrayed Balthazar
Biblical Magi
The Magi Greek: μάγοι, magoi), also referred to as the Wise Men, Kings, Astrologers, or Kings from the East, were a group of distinguished foreigners who were said to have visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh...
, one of the Magi
Magi
Magi is a term, used since at least the 4th century BC, to denote a follower of Zoroaster, or rather, a follower of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which...
, in the 2010 BBC adaptation of The Nativity.
Early life
Capaldi was born in GlasgowGlasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
. His mother's family was from Killeshandra
Killeshandra
Killeshandra or Killashandra is a village in County Cavan, Ireland, located 20 km northwest of Cavan town and is central to County Cavan's lakeland and geopark region, set in the unique Erne catchment environment of rivers, lakes, wetlands and woodland...
, County Cavan
County Cavan
County Cavan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Cavan. Cavan County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, and his father's family is from Picinisco
Picinisco
Picinisco is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 120 km east of Rome and about 45 km east of Frosinone. It is included in the Valle di Comino and National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Capaldi was educated at St Teresa's Primary School in the city's Possilpark
Possilpark
Possilpark is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow, situated north of the River Clyde. Following the closure of the Saracen Foundry in 1967, this section of Glasgow has become one of the poorest in the United Kingdom, with an above average crime rate....
district, St Matthew's Primary School in Bishopbriggs
Bishopbriggs
Bishopbriggs is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The area was once part of the historic parish of Cadder - originally lands granted by King William the Lion to the Bishop of Glasgow, Jocelin, in 1180. It was later part of the county of Lanarkshire and subsequently an independent burgh from...
and at St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch
St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch
St. Ninian's High School is a Roman Catholic co-educational comprehensive secondary school, located in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, on the banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal.-Admissions:...
, before attending the Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow School of Art is one of only two independent art schools in Scotland, situated in the Garnethill area of Glasgow.-History:It was founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. In 1853, it changed its name to The Glasgow School of Art. Initially it was located at 12 Ingram...
.
Capaldi displayed an early talent for performance by putting on a puppet
Puppet
A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer. It is used in puppetry, a play or a presentation that is a very ancient form of theatre....
show in primary school. While still at high school he was a member of the Antonine Players, who performed at the Fort Theatre, Bishopbriggs. As an art student, Capaldi was the lead singer in the punk rock band "Dreamboys", which included the future comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson is a Scottish American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, and producer. He is the host of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, an Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody Award-winning late-night talk show that airs on CBS...
as drummer.
Career
Capaldi is best known for his portrayal of spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
sitcom The Thick of It
The Thick of It
The Thick of It is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of modern British government. It was first broadcast on BBC Four in 2005, and has so far completed fourteen half-hour episodes and two special hour-long episodes to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown's...
, written by fellow Scottish-Italian
Italian-Scots
Italian Scots or Scots-Italians are an ethnic minority of Italian descent living in Scotland. These terms may refer to people who are born in Scotland and of Italian descent. It can also refer to people of both Scottish and Italian descents...
Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci
Armando Giovanni Iannucci is a Scottish comedian, satirist, writer, director, performer and radio producer. Born in Glasgow, he studied at Oxford University and left graduate work on a PhD about John Milton to pursue a career in comedy....
. Tucker is said to be largely if loosely based upon Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
's right-hand man Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell
Alastair John Campbell is a British journalist, broadcaster, political aide and author, best known for his work as Director of Communications and Strategy for Prime Minister Tony Blair between 1997 and 2003, having first started working for Blair in 1994...
.
In 2006, Capaldi was nominated for the BAFTA and RTS Best Comedy Actor Awards. He won the 2010 BAFTA Television Award
British Academy Television Awards 2010
The 2010 British Academy Television Awards were held on 6 June 2010. The nominations were announced on 10 May.This year new awards were added including the award for Best Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role. Graham Norton hosted the ceremony...
for Male Performance in a Comedy Role
British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance
-See also:* British Academy Television Awards* British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy -External links:* * , Internet Movie Database...
.
He also won the 2010 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor.
A movie spin-off from The Thick of It titled In the Loop
In the Loop (film)
In the Loop is a 2009 British satirical black comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci. It is based on the BBC Television series The Thick of It satirising Anglo-American politics in the 21st century and the Invasion of Iraq...
was released in 2009.
Capaldi has appeared in over forty films and television programmes since his appearance as Danny Oldsen in Local Hero
Local Hero
Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster. It was directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam....
(1983). He had a lead role in Ken Russell's The Lair of the White Worm
The Lair of the White Worm (film)
The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 film based loosely on the novel by Bram Stoker of the same name and drawing upon the English myth of the Lambton Worm...
(1988) and in Stephen Frears' Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons is a 1988 drama film based upon Christopher Hampton's play, Les liaisons dangereuses, which in turn was a theatrical adaptation of the 18th-century French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos....
(1988). He featured as Ozzy in a 1985 episode of Minder
Minder (TV series)
Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...
titled Life in the Fast Food Lane, in which he helped Arthur Daley shift dodgy car phones that caused other radio technology nearby to malfunction.
In 1995 Capaldi won an Oscar
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
for Best Live Action Short Film
Academy Award for Live Action Short Film
This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...
for Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life is a short comic film for BBC Scotland. It was written and directed by Peter Capaldi, it stars Richard E. Grant as Franz Kafka, and co-stars Ken Stott....
, which was tied with fellow nominee Trevor
Trevor (film)
Trevor is a 1994 American short comedy film directed by Peggy Rajski about a gay 13-year-old boy who, when rejected by friends because of his sexuality, makes an attempt to take his life....
thus leading to both films being announced as joint winners. He also wrote Soft Top, Hard Shoulder (winner of the audience award at the London Film Festival
London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...
) and wrote and directed Strictly Sinatra.
He played Chief Petty Officer Grieves in the BBC Radio
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
Comedy Our Brave Boys
Our Brave Boys
Our Brave Boys is Christopher Lee's Radio, Comedy drama series about a high-flying civil servant who is posted to the Ministry of Defence, where she finds herself boss to four military officers....
. His first starring role on television was as Luke Wakefield, a closet gay man who imagines he has witnessed a crime, in the BBC drama series Mr Wakefield's Crusade.
Capaldi played fictional Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional Christian hymns. It is a widely watched and long-running religious television programme, one of the few peak-time free-to-air religious programmes in Europe Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional...
producer Tristan Campbell in two episodes of the sitcom Vicar of Dibley and a transvestite in ITV's Prime Suspect 3. In Channel 4's 1999 series "Psychos", he played a mathematician with bipolar disorder. He made an appearance in the hit sitcom Peep Show
Peep Show (TV series)
Peep Show is a British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The television programme is written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb themselves, amongst others. It has been broadcast on Channel 4 since 2003. The show's seventh series makes it...
as a university professor, starred in Aftersun with Sarah Parish
Sarah Parish
Sarah Parish is an English actress.Parish is known for her work on such TV series as: Peak Practice, Hearts and Bones, Cutting It, Doctor Who, Mistresses, Merlin and the new ITV medical drama Monroe....
, and played a prime suspect in the 2007 series of Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (TV series)
Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
. In the Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
gothic fantasy Neverwhere
Neverwhere
Neverwhere is an urban fantasy television series by Neil Gaiman that first aired in 1996 on BBC Two. The series is set in "London Below", a magical realm coexisting with the more familiar London, referred to as "London Above". It was devised by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry, and directed by Dewi...
he portrayed the Angel Islington.
In 2007 Capaldi appeared as Mark Jenkins (Sid Jenkins
Sid Jenkins
Sidney "Sid" Jenkins is a fictional character in the television series Skins portrayed by Mike Bailey. In the first series, Sid is portrayed as a nice guy stereotype, an unlucky virgin who is nervous around girls, and has low self-esteem. Tony Stonem is his role model, whom he frequently looks up to...
' dad) in the E4 teen comedy/drama Skins
Skins (TV series)
Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death...
where he returned for a second series in 2008 only to be killed off in the 3rd episode, and as characters in the Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
episode "Death in Chorus" and ITV1's Fallen Angel. He also appeared in the British Comedy film Magicians
Magicians (film)
Magicians is a 2007 British comedy film released on 18 May 2007. It stars comic duo Robert Webb and David Mitchell as stage magicians Karl and Harry respectively. The two magicians compete together in a magic competition, despite their personal differences...
. He played a fictional version of Caecilius
Lucius Caecilius Iucundus
Lucius Caecilius Iucundus was a banker who lived in the Roman town of Pompeii around 20 - 62 AD. His house still stands and can be seen in the ruins of the city Pompeii. It was partially destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79...
in "The Fires of Pompeii
The Fires of Pompeii
"The Fires of Pompeii" is the second episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 12 April 2008....
", a 2008 episode of the science-fiction series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. He returned to the Doctor Who franchise in 2009, playing civil servant John Frobisher in the third series of Torchwood
Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from...
. He also appeared as King Charles I in the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
series The Devil's Whore
The Devil's Whore
The Devil's Whore is a four-part television series set during the English Civil War, produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4 in 2008. It centres on the adventures of the fictional Angelica Fanshawe, and the historical Leveller soldier Edward Sexby...
, screened in 2008.
He provided a voice for the animated feature for Haunted Hogmanay by Kolik Films in 2006.
Capaldi directs the BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
sitcom Getting On
Getting On
Getting On is a satirical British sitcom based in an NHS hospital. It is written by its core cast, Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, and Joanna Scanlan, and is directed by Peter Capaldi. It first aired in July 2009...
, written by and starring Jo Brand
Jo Brand
Josephine Grace "Jo" Brand is a BAFTA winning British comedian, writer, and actor.- Early life :Jo Brand was born 23 July 1957 in Wandsworth, London. Her mother was a social worker. Brand is the middle of three children, with two brothers...
, Joanna Scanlan
Joanna Scanlan
Joanna Scanlan is a Welsh actress and television writer, best known for her roles in various British comedy series, such as The Thick of It, Doctors and Nurses, Getting On and Little Britain.-Getting On:...
and Vicki Pepperdine
Vicki Pepperdine
Vicki Pepperdine is an English actress and comedian. She co-writes and stars in the BBC Four sitcom Getting On along with Jo Brand and Joanna Scanlan...
, one episode of which he appeared in as a doctor. Later that same year he wrote and presented A Portrait of Scotland, a documentary about 500 years history of Scottish portrait painting.
Capaldi also played Balthazar
Biblical Magi
The Magi Greek: μάγοι, magoi), also referred to as the Wise Men, Kings, Astrologers, or Kings from the East, were a group of distinguished foreigners who were said to have visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh...
, one of the Magi
Magi
Magi is a term, used since at least the 4th century BC, to denote a follower of Zoroaster, or rather, a follower of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which...
, in the 2010 BBC adaptation of The Nativity.
Capaldi is also a successful audio book
Audio book
An audiobook or audio book is a recording of a text being read. It is not necessarily an exact audio version of a book or magazine.Spoken audio has been available in schools and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops since the 1930s. Many spoken word albums were made prior to the...
narrator. His many titles include several of the works of Iain Banks
Iain Banks
Iain Banks is a Scottish writer. He writes mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies...
. He starred as Rory in the TV version of Banks' The Crow Road
The Crow Road (TV series)
The Crow Road was a television miniseries by BBC Scotland in 1996, based faithfully on the complex novel by Scottish novelist Iain Banks. It was directed by Gavin Millar....
.
In November 2011 Capaldi will be playing Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse and The Gielgud Theatre, London.
Awards
In 2006, Capaldi was nominated for the BAFTA and RTS Best Comedy Actor Awards.He won the 2010 BAFTA Television Award for Male Performance in a Comedy Role.
In 2011 Capaldi won Best TV Comedy Actor at the British Comedy Awards
British Comedy Awards
The British Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year.-History:...
.
In 1995, his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life is a short comic film for BBC Scotland. It was written and directed by Peter Capaldi, it stars Richard E. Grant as Franz Kafka, and co-stars Ken Stott....
won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film
Academy Award for Live Action Short Film
This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...
.
Personal life
In a 2009 BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
interview with Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross may refer to:* Jonathan Ross , English television and radio personality* Jonathan Ross , United States Senator, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court* Jonathon Ross , former Australian rules footballer...
, Capaldi described himself as having come from an "Old Labour background." He is a patron of the Association for International Cancer Research
Association for International Cancer Research
Association for International Cancer Research is a cancer research association based in the United Kingdom. It is the leading charity that funds cancer research anywhere in the world....
and of the Scottish children's charity the Aberlour Child Care Trust. He lives in Crouch End
Crouch End
Crouch End is an area of north London, in the London Borough of Haringey.- Location :Crouch End is in a valley between Harringay to the east, Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood Green to the north, Finsbury Park and Archway to the south and Highgate to the west...
with his wife, Elaine Collins, and their daughter.
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Crown Court Crown Court (TV series) Crown Court was an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.... |
Eamonn Donnelly | Episode 294, "Big Deal" |
| 1985 | Minder Minder (TV series) Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV... |
Ozzy | Series 6, Episode 2, "Life in the Fast Food Lane |
| Travelling Man | Series 2, Episode 6, "Blow-Up" | ||
| John and Yoko: A Love Story John and Yoko: A Love Story John and Yoko: A Love Story is a 1985 television drama that chronicles the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, beginning just before they met in 1966 and concluding with Lennon's assassination in 1980. The movie was made with the co-operation with Yoko Ono, who controlled the song rights... |
George Harrison George Harrison George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other... |
||
| 1986 | C.A.T.S. Eyes C.A.T.S. Eyes C.A.T.S. Eyes is a British television series made by TVS for ITV between 1985 and 1987.-Premise:The series was a spin-off from The Gentle Touch and saw Jill Gascoine reprise her role as Det. Insp. Maggie Forbes, having left the police force to join a private detective agency called "Eyes" that is... |
Series 2, Episode 2, "Powerline" | |
| 1989 | Rab C. Nesbitt Rab C. Nesbitt Rab C. Nesbitt is a Scottish sitcom which began in 1988. Produced by BBC Scotland, it stars Gregor Fisher as an alcoholic Glaswegian who believed unemployment was the life for him... |
Preacher | Pilot, "Rab C. Nesbitt's Seasonal Greet" |
| Shadow of the Noose | Robert Wood | TV mini-series | |
| Dramarama Dramarama (TV series) Dramarama is the name of a British children's' anthology series broadcast on ITV between 1983 and 1989. It tended to feature drama of a science fiction or supernatural bent. The programme was administered by Tyne Tees Television in Newcastle, who had a track-record for organising cross-franchise... |
British Ambassador | Series 7, Episode 7, "Rosie the Great" | |
| 1990 | Ruth Rendell Ruth Rendell Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, , who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, is an English crime writer, author of psychological thrillers and murder mysteries.... Mysteries |
Zeno Vedast | Series 1, Episode 1, 2, 3, "Some Lie and Some Die" |
| 1991 | Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was originally made by LWT and is now made by ITV Studios... |
Claude Langton | Series 3, Episode 4, "Wasps' Nest" |
| Selling Hitler Selling Hitler Selling Hitler is a 1991 ITV television drama-documentary mini-series about the Hitler Diaries hoax and was based on Robert Harris's 1986 book Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries.-Plot:... |
Thomas Walde | TV mini-series | |
| Titmuss Regained | Ken Cracken | Episodes "Today", "Tomorrow", "And the Next Day" | |
| 1992 | Early Travellers in North America | Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.... |
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| 1993 | The Comic Strip Presents... The Comic Strip The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents.... The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson and Jennifer Saunders, with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and... |
John | Series 5, Episode 6, "Jealousy" |
| Stay Lucky Stay Lucky Stay Lucky is a 1989–1993 British television comedy-drama series. Made by Yorkshire Television and screened on the ITV network, it starred Dennis Waterman and Jan Francis.-Plot:... |
Robin | Series 4, Episode 2, "The Driving Instructor" | |
| Prime Suspect Prime Suspect Prime Suspect is a British police procedural television drama series directed by Christopher Menaul and starring Helen Mirren and made by Granada Television for the ITV network in the 1990s and 2000s... |
Vera Reynolds | Series 3 | |
| 1994 | Chandler & Co Chandler & Co Chandler and Co was a UK television programme, made 1993–96, about two female private detectives. It starred Catherine Russell as Elly Chandler. Her partner was played by Barbara Flynn in the first series by Susan Fleetwood in the second.... |
Larry Blakeson | |
| The All New Alexei Sayle Show The All New Alexei Sayle Show The All New Alexei Sayle Show was a comedy sketch show broadcast on BBC2 television for a total of twelve episodes, over two series in 1994 and 1995... |
Time Traveller | "Drunk in Time" | |
| 1994 | The Vicar of Dibley The Vicar of Dibley The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom created by Richard Curtis and written for its lead actress, Dawn French, by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, with contributions from Kit Hesketh-Harvey. It aired from 1994 to 2007... |
Tristan Campbell | Series 1, Episode 2, "Songs of Praise Songs of Praise (The Vicar of Dibley) "Songs of Praise" is an episode of British sitcom, The Vicar of Dibley. It was originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom on the 17 November 1994.-Plot:... (1994) Christmas Special, "The Christmas Lunch Incident" (1996) |
| 1996 | Delta Wave | Dinsdale Draco | |
| Neverwhere Neverwhere Neverwhere is an urban fantasy television series by Neil Gaiman that first aired in 1996 on BBC Two. The series is set in "London Below", a magical realm coexisting with the more familiar London, referred to as "London Above". It was devised by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry, and directed by Dewi... |
Islington | Episodes 2 - 6 | |
| The Crow Road The Crow Road (TV series) The Crow Road was a television miniseries by BBC Scotland in 1996, based faithfully on the complex novel by Scottish novelist Iain Banks. It was directed by Gavin Millar.... |
Rory McHoan | 4 Episodes | |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | Lord Fellamar | Episodes 3 - 6 |
| 1999 | Psychos | Mark Collins | Episode 6 |
| 2001 | High Stakes | Michael Calderwood | Series 1, Episode 6, "Dream Team |
| 2003 | In Deep | Jeremy | Series 3, Episode 7, "Character Assassination: Part 1" |
| Fortysomething | Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey | Episodes 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 | |
| Judge John Deed Judge John Deed Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove... |
Alan Roxborough, M.P. | Series 3, Episode 3, Conspiracy | |
| 2004 | Sea of Souls Sea of Souls Sea of Souls is a BBC paranormal drama series, based around the fictional activities of a group of investigators into psychic and other paranormal events. Produced in-house by BBC Scotland, initially in association with Sony Pictures Television International, the series debuted on BBC One in the UK... |
Gordon Fleming | Episode 1, 2, Seeing Double |
| My Family | Colin Judd | Series 5, Episode 10, "Dentist to the Stars" | |
| Foyle's War Foyle's War Foyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002... |
Raymond Carter | Series 3, Episode 4, "War of Nerves" | |
| Peep Show Peep Show (TV series) Peep Show is a British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The television programme is written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb themselves, amongst others. It has been broadcast on Channel 4 since 2003. The show's seventh series makes it... |
Professor MacLeish | Series 2, Episode 4, "University Challenge" | |
| 2005 | The Afternoon Play The Afternoon Play The Afternoon Play is a series of individual plays which sometimes appear on BBC One during weekday afternoons. The first series began on 27 January 2003, and as of 2008 there have been five series... |
Billy Shannon | Series 3, Episode 5, "The Singing Cactus" |
| 2005 | The Thick of It The Thick of It The Thick of It is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of modern British government. It was first broadcast on BBC Four in 2005, and has so far completed fourteen half-hour episodes and two special hour-long episodes to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown's... |
Malcolm Tucker | 2005–present |
| 2006 | Donovan | Dr. Angus Baldwin | Series 1, Episode 3 |
| Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was... |
Lawrence Barker | Series 9, Episode 5, "Death in Chorus" | |
| Pinochet in Suburbia Pinochet in Suburbia Pinochet in Suburbia is a 2006 docudrama about former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and the attempts to extradite him from Great Britain during his visit there in 1998 for medical treatment... |
Andy McEntee | TV film | |
| 2007 | Waking the Dead Waking the Dead (TV series) Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series... |
Lucien Calvin | Series 6, Episode 5, 6, "The Fall" |
| Coming Up | Joe | "Brussels" | |
| Fallen Angel | Henry Appleton | ||
| 2007 | Skins Skins (TV series) Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death... |
Mark Jenkins | Series 1, Episode 5, "Sid", Episode 6, "Michelle" (2007) Series 2, Episode 3, "Sid" (2008) |
| 2008 | Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior... |
Caecilius Lucius Caecilius Iucundus Lucius Caecilius Iucundus was a banker who lived in the Roman town of Pompeii around 20 - 62 AD. His house still stands and can be seen in the ruins of the city Pompeii. It was partially destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79... |
Series 4, Episode 2, "The Fires of Pompeii The Fires of Pompeii "The Fires of Pompeii" is the second episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 12 April 2008.... " |
| Midnight Man Midnight Man (TV serial) Midnight Man is a 2008 British television serial produced by Carnival Films for the ITV network. The three-part serial stars James Nesbitt as Max Raban, a former investigative journalist who discovers an international conspiracy involving government policy groups and death squads... |
Trevor | ||
| Glendogie Bogey | Jeff Wylie | Voice | |
| The Devil's Whore The Devil's Whore The Devil's Whore is a four-part television series set during the English Civil War, produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4 in 2008. It centres on the adventures of the fictional Angelica Fanshawe, and the historical Leveller soldier Edward Sexby... |
King Charles I Charles I of England Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles... |
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| 2009 | Torchwood Torchwood Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from... |
John Frobisher | "Children of Earth" Series 3 |
| Getting On Getting On Getting On is a satirical British sitcom based in an NHS hospital. It is written by its core cast, Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, and Joanna Scanlan, and is directed by Peter Capaldi. It first aired in July 2009... |
Doctor | Series 1 Episode 2 He also directs the series |
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| A Portrait of Scotland | Presenter | He also wrote the script | |
| 2010 | Ten Minute Tales | The Man | SkyOne mini series |
| Accused Accused (TV series) Accused is a British television anthology series. Written and created by Jimmy McGovern, it stars Christopher Eccleston, Benjamin Smith, Juliet Stevenson, Andy Serkis, Marc Warren and Naomie Harris as the accused in each episode. Filming for the series took place around Manchester between May and... |
Frank Ryland | Series 1, Episode 3 | |
| The Nativity (BBC Adaptation) | Balthazar Biblical Magi The Magi Greek: μάγοι, magoi), also referred to as the Wise Men, Kings, Astrologers, or Kings from the East, were a group of distinguished foreigners who were said to have visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh... |
4 Episodes | |
| 2011 | The Penguins of Madagascar The Penguins of Madagascar The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar: The penguins Skipper , Kowalski , Private , and Rico ; the lemurs King Julien , Maurice , and Mort... |
Uncle Nigel | 1 episode |
| The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (ITV Adaptation) | Samuel Kent | ||
Radio
Peter Capaldi starred alongside Jack DeeJack Dee
James Andrew Innes "Jack" Dee is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer known for his sardonic, curmudgeonly, and deadpan style.-Early life:...
in the radio comedy, The News at Bedtime
The News at Bedtime
The News at Bedtime is a satirical comedy series on BBC Radio 4 written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, writers of the satirical Private Eye magazine. The series is a spoof of news programmes, in particular shows such as The Today Programme, set in "Nurseryland", a place in which all nursery rhymes...
. Broadcast on Radio 4.
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Living Apart Together | Joe | |
| 1983 | Local Hero Local Hero Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster. It was directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam.... |
Oldsen | |
| 1984 | Turtle Diary Turtle Diary Turtle Diary is a 1985 British drama about "people rediscovering the joys of life and love," based on a screenplay adapted by Harold Pinter from Russell Hoban's novel Turtle Diary, directed by John Irvin, and starring Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, and Michael Gambon.-Synopsis:Two lonely Londoners -... |
Assistant Keeper | |
| 1987 | The Love Child | ||
| 1988 | The Lair of the White Worm The Lair of the White Worm (film) The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 film based loosely on the novel by Bram Stoker of the same name and drawing upon the English myth of the Lambton Worm... |
Angus Flint | |
| Dangerous Liaisons Dangerous Liaisons Dangerous Liaisons is a 1988 drama film based upon Christopher Hampton's play, Les liaisons dangereuses, which in turn was a theatrical adaptation of the 18th-century French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.... |
Azolan | ||
| 1991 | December Bride December Bride (film) December Bride is a film produced in Ireland in 1990 and released on 29 November 1991. It stars Saskia Reeves as the title character, with Donal McCann and Ciarán Hinds as the brothers who become her lovers in a conservative rural part of Ulster... |
Young Sorleyson | |
| 1992 | Soft Top Hard Shoulder | Gavin Bellini | |
| 1994 | Captives Captives Captives is a 1994 romantic crime drama film directed by Angela Pope. It stars Julia Ormond, Tim Roth and Keith Allen. The picture was selected as the opening film in the Venetian Nights section of the 1994 Venice Film Festival, in addition to its selection for Gala Presentation at the 1994 Toronto... |
Simon | |
| 1997 | Bean | Gareth | |
| Shooting Fish Shooting Fish Shooting Fish is a 1997 British film co-written by Richard Holmes and Stefan Schwartz. Holmes produced and Schwartz directed. It co-starred Dan Futterman and Stuart Townsend as two con men with Kate Beckinsale as their unwilling assistant. It was produced by Winchester Films and partly funded by... |
Mr. Gilzean | ||
| 1998 | What Rats Won't Do | Tony | |
| 1999 | The Greatest Store in the World | Mr. Whiskers | |
| 2000 | Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | Derek | |
| 2002 | Max Max (film) Max is a 2002 British/Hungarian/Canadian fictional drama film, that depicts a friendship between a Jewish art dealer, Max Rothman, and a young Austrian painter, Adolf Hitler... |
David Cohn | |
| Solid Geometry (TV) Solid Geometry (film) Solid Geometry is a 2002 short TV film directed by Denis Lawson, starring Ewan McGregor and Ruth Millar. It is based on a short story by Ian McEwan published in collection First Love, Last Rites.-Plot summary:... |
David Hunter | ||
| 2003 | Shotgun Dave Rides East | Rob | |
| 2004 | Modigliani Modigliani (film) - Plot :Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and... |
Jean Cocteau | As Peter Capaldi |
| Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) Niceland is an award-winning Icelandic film. In 2004, it took the Edda Award for "Screenplay of the Year". It was nominated for, but did not win, "Best Film."... |
John | ||
| Wild Country | Father Steve | ||
| 2005 | House of 9 House of 9 House of 9 is a 2005 thriller film directed by Steven R. Monroe and starring Dennis Hopper. The film was first released in France at the Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2004, followed by a limited release in the United States.- Premise :... |
Max Roy | |
| The Best Man | Priest | ||
| 2007 | Magicians Magicians (film) Magicians is a 2007 British comedy film released on 18 May 2007. It stars comic duo Robert Webb and David Mitchell as stage magicians Karl and Harry respectively. The two magicians compete together in a magic competition, despite their personal differences... |
Mike Francis | |
| 2009 | In the Loop In the Loop (film) In the Loop is a 2009 British satirical black comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci. It is based on the BBC Television series The Thick of It satirising Anglo-American politics in the 21st century and the Invasion of Iraq... |
Malcolm Tucker | Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor The Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award given by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film to the actor or actors whose winning performance is voted by participating members. The Chlotrudis Awards is an annual ceremony where the best of the previous year's independent and... Runner-up — Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2009 The 35th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association , honored the best in film for 2009.-Winners:*Best Picture:**The Hurt Locker**Runner-up: Up in the Air*Best Director:... Nominated — British Independent Film Award for Best Actor British Independent Film Awards 2009 The 12th British Independent Film Awards, held on 6 December 2009 at The Brewery in West London, honoured the best British independent films of 2009.-Best British Independent Film:* Moon* An Education* Fish Tank* In The Loop... Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor is an annual award given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:... Nominated — London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year London Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 The 30th Critics' Circle Awards, will be given by the London Film Critics Circle on 18 February 2010, honouring the best in film for 2009.-Actor of the Year:*Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man*Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart... Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best supporting actor of the year.-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... |