“The British film industry has always tried to sell itself as something rather sophisticated. It's almost as if it thinks it is by royal command. It has always tried to claim the high ground, not only over Hollywood but over the whole of humanity!”

Scottish actor, director, singer and guitarist

Peter Dougan Capaldi is a Scottish actor, director, singer and guitarist. He is known for playing the twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who from 2013 to 2017, and Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It from 2005 to 2012. He also received four British Academy Television Award nominations for The Thick of It, and won Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. Alongside his acting, he has worked as a director and musician.