List of awards and nominations received by Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi awards and nominations
	Capaldi in 2019
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Nominations	54
	Note ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.;

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Peter Capaldi is a Scottish actor and director. Capaldi's first onscreen appearances was in the 1982 film, Living Apart Together.^[1] He rose to prominence for his performances as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It and In the Loop,^[1] and as the Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who.^[2]^[3] Capaldi's first nomination was in 1993 at BAFTA Scotland where he won "Best Actor" for the film Soft Top Hard Shoulder.

Between 1993 and 1995, Capaldi was nominated and won seven awards for his short film, Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, including a BAFTA Film Award and an Academy Award. From 2006 to 2013 Capaldi was nominated four times for Best Male Comedy Performance at the BAFTA TV Awards for The Thick of It, winning once in 2010. In 2009, he won "Best Acting Performance in Film" at the BAFTA Film Awards for his performance as Tucker in In The Loop.

For his narration of audiobooks, Capaldi has been awarded three AudioFile Earphones awards, one in 2005 for Witch Hunt and two in 2019 for Watership Down and Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth. In 2014 for his work on Doctor Who, Capaldi won a GQ Man of the Year Award for "TV personality of the Year". In 2022, Capaldi was honoured with an award for "Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television" at the Scottish BAFTAs.

[1] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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Award	Year^[a]	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
BAFTA Scotland Award	1993	Best Actor	Soft Top Hard Shoulder	Won	^[4]
BAFTA Scotland Award		Best Short Film	Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life	Won	^[5]
Atlantic International Film Festival		Best Live Action Film		Won	^[6]
Atlantic International Film Festival		Best Short Film		Won	^[6]
Angers European First Film Festival	1994	Short Film		Won	^[7]
BAFTA Film Award		Best Short Film		Won	^[8]
Celtic Media Festival Award		Best New Director		Won	^[6]
Academy Award	1995	Best Live Action Short Film		Won^[b]	^[9]
AudioFile Earphones Awards	2005	N/a	Witch Hunt	Won	^[10]
RTS Television Award	2006		The Thick of It	Nominated	^[11]
BAFTA TV Award	2006	Best Comedy Performance		Nominated	^[12]
BAFTA TV Award	2008	Best Comedy Performance		Nominated	^[13]
RTS Television Award	2008	Best Comedy Performance		Nominated	^[14]
BAFTA Scotland Award	2009	Best Acting Performance in Film	In the Loop	Won	^[15]
British Independent Film Award	2009	Best Actor		Nominated	^[16]
NYFCO Award	2009	Best Ensemble Cast		Won	^[17]
LAFCA Award	2009	Best Supporting Actor		2nd place	^[18]
NYFCC Award	2009	Best Supporting Actor		3rd place	^[19]
CFCA Award		Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	^[20]
IndieWire Critics Poll		Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	^[21]
VVFP Award		Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	^[22]
Gold Derby Award		Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	^[23]
OFCS Award	2010	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	^[24]
Evening Standard British Film Award		Peter Sellers Award for Comedy		Nominated	^[25]
International Cinephile Society Award		Best Supporting Actor		2nd place	^[26]
International Cinephile Society Award		Best Ensemble		Won	^[27]
ALFS Award		British Actor of the Year		Nominated	^[28]
Chlotrudis Award		Best Supporting Actor		Won	^[29]
Chlotrudis Award		Best Ensemble Cast		Won	^[29]
BAFTA TV Award	2010	Best Male Comedy Performance	The Thick of It	Won	^[30]
RTS Television Award	2010	Best Comedy Performance		Nominated	^[31]
Broadcasting Press Guild Award		Best Actor		Won	^[32]
Golden Nymph		Outstanding Actor – Comedy Series		Nominated	^[33]
British Comedy Award	2011	Best TV Comedy Actor		Won	^[34]
BAFTA Scotland Award	2011	Best Actor – Television	The Field of Blood	Nominated	^[35]
BAFTA TV Award	2012	Best Comedy (Programme or Series)	The Cricklewood Greats	Nominated	^[36]
British Comedy Award	2012	Best TV Comedy Actor	The Thick of It	Won	^[37]
BAFTA TV Award	2013	Best Male Comedy Performance	The Thick of It	Nominated	^[38]
BAFTA TV Award	2013	Best Supporting Actor	The Hour	Nominated	^[39]
Broadcasting Press Guild Award	2013	Best Actor	The Thick of It and The Hour	Nominated	^[40]
RTS Scotland Award	2014	Special Award	N/a	Won	^[41]
GQ Man of the Year Award	2014	TV Personality of the Year	Doctor Who	Won	^[42]
BAFTA Cymru Award	2015	Best Actor		Nominated	^[43]
TV Choice Award	2016	Best Actor		Nominated	^[44]
BAFTA Scotland Award	2016	Best Actor – Television	Doctor Who	Nominated	^[45]
Sunday Herald Culture Award	2018	Best Actor – Television	Doctor Who	Won	^[46]
AudioFile Earphones Award	2019	N/a	Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth	Won	^[47]
AudioFile Earphones Award		N/a	Watership Down	Won	^[48]
Voice Arts Award		Audiobook Narration – Classics, Best Voiceover		Nominated	^[49]
Audie Award	2020	Best Male Narrator		Nominated	^[50]
British Short Film Award	2021	Icon Award	N/a	Won	^[51]
BAFTA Scotland Award	2022	Best Actor – Film	Benediction	Nominated	^[52]
BAFTA Scotland Award	2022	Outstanding Contributions to Film & Television	N/a	Won	^[53]

List of awards and nominations received by Peter Capaldi

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