The actor on political corruption, the genius of Terence Davies and making a solo album in his 60sPeter Capaldi, 63, studied at Glasgow School of Art and landed his breakthrough acting role aged 24 on the film Local Hero.
He’s best known for his Bafta-winning performance as spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in political satire The Thick of It and as the 12th Doctor in Doctor Who.
His film roles include The Personal History of David Copperfield, The Suicide Squad and Paddington.
As a director, he won an Oscar for his 1993 short film, Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
At art college, he was briefly in a punk band; four decades later, he is releasing his first solo album, St Christopher.You’re releasing your debut album aged 63.
How did that happen?We just set out to have some fun.
My friend Dr Robert from the Blow Monkeys is a
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