Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Date of Birth: 14 Apr 1958

Country: UK

Total Credits at Criticker: 44 (Actor), 3 (Director), 4 (Writer)

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    Bean
    Rowan Atkinson is the outrageous Mr. Bean, sent on a mission to California to escort the world famous painting of 'Whistler's Mother' to its new home in The Grierson Gallery. What the gallery owner, one of the richest men in America, and his curator David Langley (MacNicol) believe, is that Mr. Bean is Dr. Bean, a renowned art expert. In fact he is just a sleepy-headed, wildly eccentric museum guard. (Universal Studios)
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    Dangerous Liaisons
    Set in France around 1760-1770. The Marquise de Merteuil needs a favour from her ex-lover, Vicomte de Valmont. One Marquise de Merteuil's ex-lover, Gercourt, is planning on marrying a young, virtuos, woman called Cecile de Volanges. The Marquise would like Valmont to seduce Cecile before her wedding day. Meanwhile Valmont has a conquest of his own in mind, Madame de Tourvel, a beautiful, married, and God fearing woman... (imdb)
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    Max
    A tale that careens through art, politics, love, hope, intolerance, obsession and destructive malevolence to provide an original and intimate portrait of a major turning point in modern history. (Lions Gate Films)
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    Modigliani
    This film portrays the untold story of the bitter rivalry between Modigliani and Picasso. Two men whose envy of each other is fuelled by their brilliance, their arrogance, their passions. (Bauer Martinez Studios)
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    Shooting Fish
    Dylan and Jez are con artists, Dylan is a charming American who's run from some characters in the states and Jez is an English techno nerd. During one of their scams selling a voice recognition computer they hire Georgie as a secretary for the job. The romantic triangle between Dylan, Jez and Georgie appears, but she is also not a secretary, but a student, and her marriage with rich Roger is upcoming. (imdb)
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    Local Hero
    An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected. (imdb)
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    The Lair of the White Worm
    Scottish archaelogist Angus Flint discovers an odd skull amid the ruins of a convent which he is excavating... (imdb)
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    House of 9
    Nine strangers, with no apparent connection between them are abducted: drugged, kidnapped and sealed in a house together. (imdb)
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    Mrs Caldicot\
    Not so aged widow Thelma Caldicot is coerced into a resthome by her manipulative son and daughter-in-law after the death of her bullying husband. Apathy turns to anger and then action as the medication is discarded and Thelma discovers her mettle. She and her aged cohorts stage a rebellion but the result is something nobody envisaged. (imdb)
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    Neverwhere
    Neverwhere (1996) - TV Mini-Series
    Richard Mayhew leads an ordinary life in London when one day a girl named Door falls, injured, across his path. The next thing he knows, his life is gone and he's pulled into the fantastical world of London Below. Pursued by the murderous Messrs. Croup and Vandemar, Door and Richard with the help of Hunter and the Marquis de Carabas, attempt to find the Angel Islington, who knows the secret behind the murder of Door's family, and possibly a way for Richard to go home. (imdb)
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    Magicians
    A pair of rivaling stage magicians are forced to confront their falling out over a guillotine mishap when they compete in a magic competition. (imdb)
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    Captives
    A beautiful young dentist (Ormond) working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate (Roth) after the break-up of her marriage, and embarks upon an illicit affair with him, with terrible consequences for all. (imdb)
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    In the Loop
    A parody of the inner workings of U.S. and British government agencies and their international relations.
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    The Devil\
    The Devil's Whore (2008) - TV Mini-Series
    Set between the years 1642 and 1660, "The Devil's Whore" charts the progress of the English Civil War through the eyes of the a 17 year old girl, the fictional Angelica Fanshawe. (imdb)
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    Prime Suspect 3
    Prime Suspect 3 (1993) - TV Mini-Series
    Assigned to a Vice squad, Detective Jane Tennison investigates a child murder and discovers a sinister link to the police.
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    John and Yoko: A Love Story
    Details the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from before their first meeting to their rise to stardom. (imdb)
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    The Crow Road
    The Crow Road (1996) - TV Mini-Series
    Prentice McHoan is a young Scots history student. When Prentice's relatives begin to die in spectacular circumstances, and at an alarming rate, he begins to suspect that his family is hiding a secret. (imdb)
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    The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
    In 1860 Scotland Yard's 'Prince of Sleuths' Jack Whicher is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of three-year-old Saville Kent, snatched from his bed at night and killed. (imdb)
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    The Greatest Store in the World
    Geraldine and her two daughters, Livvie and Angeline, are living rough on the streets on London. When their van blows up, they must find an alternitive place to stay. At first, they live in temporary housing, but the conditions are unbearable. Geraldine reacts quickly and the family decides to take up residence in Scottley's, the best department store in London. They must keep it a secret from doorman Brian (whom the girls call Mr. (imdb)
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    December Bride
    At the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, she refuses to reveal the name of the father. (Jean-Marie Berthiume)
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    Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
    After sixteen years at Her Majesty's Pleasure, Britain's hardest man is released from prison, and into the care of a documentary film crew headed by a Brit-loving American film-maker who follow him for the next week, on an hilarious roller-coaster tour of gangland London and beyond. (imdb)
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    World War Z
    United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to decimate humanity itself. (imdb)
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    Hotel!
    Hotel! (2001) - TV Movie
    The US president unexpectedly checks into a sleepy hotel in the heart of England, where he is held hostage by terrorists and, even worse, attended to by a host of wacky characters who obviously don't get out much. Spoof thriller.
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    Paddington
    A young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kindly Brown family, who read the label around his neck ('Please look after this bear. Thank you.') and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist. (imdb)
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    Bistro
    Bistro (2010) - Short Film
    A restaurant diner is unable to make a pig of himself. (imdb)
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    The Cricklewood Greats
    Peter Capaldi embarks upon a personal journey to discover the shocking history of the stars of north London's famous film studios. Including clips from rarely seen films and interviews with Marcia Warren and Terry Gilliam.
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    The Nativity
    The Nativity (2010) - TV Mini-Series
    British four-part drama television series. The series is a re-telling of the Nativity of Jesus (en.wikipedia.org)
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    Doctor Who
    Doctor Who (2005) - TV Series
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    The Field of Blood
    The Field of Blood (2011) - TV Mini-Series
    Glasgow 1982, a young girl investigates mysterious murders in a world of men. (imdb)
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    The All New Alexei Sayle Show
    Comedy sketch show
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    Accused
    Accused (2010) - TV Series
    Every episode examines a person who is accused of a crime (mostly murder) & what led them to end up in the Dock. Created by Jimmy McGovern. (imdb)
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    Soft Top Hard Shoulder
    A young man who has turned his back on his family and their dynasty is informed that the family business has been sold, and that he must make the trek from London to Glasgow to get his share of the profits. Along the way he picks up a hitchhiker with a secret. (imdb)
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    Wild Country
    In Glasgow, the teenager single mother Kelly Ann is forced by Father Steven "Steve" Gillis to deliver her baby boy for adoption. Six weeks later, Father Steve organizes a hike in the countryside with the youths David, Louise, Mark and Kelly Ann and leaves them alone in the Scottish Highlands. He shows the meeting point in the map and tells that he would wait for them in an inn on the next day. (imdb)
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    Pinochet\
    The true story of Pinochet's surprise arrest for crimes against humanity in 1998. Then retired, the 82-year-old former dictator went to Great Britain for a vacation that was to forever change his life--and the prospects for dictators across the globe. (HBO)
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    Christopher Robin
    A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
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    The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
    The life, loves and adventures of the charming rascal Tom Jones, a foundling child born of a serving wench but allowed to grow up in the privileged surroundings of Squire Allworthy's household. (imdb)
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    The Personal History of David Copperfield
    The life of David Copperfield is chronicled from his youth into adulthood. (Wikipedia)
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    The Suicide Squad
    Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
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    Screen 2 - Do Not Disturb
    When Jenny and Bruce Coldfield bring a curious party of enthusiasts to a remote Norfolk village to visit the hidden world of ghost story writer Eleanor Mont other forces start to stir.
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    Benediction
    The story of English poet, writer and soldier Siegfried Sassoon. (imdb)
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    The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
    In the early days of criminal investigation, before guilt and innocence were determined by forensic science, there was a detective, "a man of mystery", with an uncanny ability to read the human character and an unswerving instinct for the truth. In Victorian England, justice depended on The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. (amazon.com)
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    The Devil\
    A woman who wakes up every night at exactly 3.33AM, in the middle of the so-called devil's hour between 3AM and 4AM. (imdb)
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    Criminal Record
    Follows two brilliant detectives in a tug of war over a historic murder conviction, dealing with issues of race, institutional failure, and the quest to find common ground in a polarized...
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