List of awards and nominations received by Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi is a Scottish actor and director. Capaldi's first onscreen appearances was in the 1982 film, Living Apart Together. He rose to prominence for his performances as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It and In the Loop, and as the Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who. Capaldi's first nomination was in 1993 at BAFTA Scotland where he won "Best Actor" for the film Soft Top Hard Shoulder.
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| Wins | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominations | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Awards. 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.
Awards and nominations
Awards, honours, or nominations for Capaldi himself are indicated with a hyphen (—)
| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| BAFTA Scotland Award | 1993 | Best Actor | Soft Top Hard Shoulder | Won | |
| Best Short Film | Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life | Won | |||
| Atlantic International Film Festival | Best Live Action Film | Won | |||
| Best Short Film | Won | ||||
| Angers European First Film Festival Audience Award | 1994 | Short Film | Won | ||
| BAFTA Film Award | Best Short Film | Won | |||
| Celtic Media Festival Award | Best New Director | Won | |||
| Academy Award | 1995 | Best Live Action Short Film | Won | ||
| AudioFile Earphones Awards | 2005 | — | Witch Hunt | Won | |
| RTS Television Award | 2006 | The Thick of It | Nominated | ||
| BAFTA TV Award | 2006 | Best Comedy Performance | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | Best Comedy Performance | Nominated | |||
| RTS Television Award | 2008 | Best Comedy Performance | Nominated | ||
| BAFTA Scotland Award | 2009 | Best Acting Performance in Film | In the Loop | Won | |
| British Independent Film Award | 2009 | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
| NYFCO Award | Best Ensemble Cast | Won | |||
| LAFCA Award | 2009 | Best Supporting Actor | 2nd place | ||
| NYFCC Award | 2009 | Best Supporting Actor | 3rd place | ||
| CFCA Award | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
| IndieWire Critics Poll | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
| VVFP Award | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
| Gold Derby Award | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
| OFCS Award | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
| Evening Standard British Film Award | Peter Sellers Award for Comedy | Nominated | |||
| International Cinephile Society Award | Best Supporting Actor | 2nd place | |||
| Best Ensemble | Won | ||||
| ALFS Award | British Actor of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Chlotrudis Award | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |||
| Best Ensemble Cast | Won | ||||
| BAFTA TV Award | 2010 | Best Male Comedy Performance | The Thick of It | Won | |
| RTS Television Award | 2010 | Best Comedy Performance | Nominated | ||
| Broadcasting Press Guild Award | Best Actor | Won | |||
| Golden Nymph | Outstanding Actor – Comedy Series | Nominated | |||
| British Comedy Award | 2011 | Best TV Comedy Actor | Won | ||
| BAFTA Scotland Award | 2011 | Best Actor – Television | The Field of Blood | Nominated | |
| BAFTA TV Award | 2012 | Best Comedy (Programme or Series) | The Cricklewood Greats | Nominated | |
| British Comedy Award | 2012 | Best TV Comedy Actor | The Thick of It | Won | |
| BAFTA TV Award | 2013 | Best Male Comedy Performance | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | The Hour | Nominated | |||
| Broadcasting Press Guild Award | 2013 | Best Actor | The Thick of It and The Hour | Nominated | |
| RTS Scotland Award | 2014 | Special Award | — | Won | |
| GQ Man of the Year Award | TV Personality of the Year | Doctor Who | Won | ||
| BAFTA Cymru Award | 2015 | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
| TV Choice Award | 2016 | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
| BAFTA Scotland Award | 2016 | Best Actor – Television | Doctor Who | Nominated | |
| Sunday Herald Culture Award | 2018 | Best Actor – Television | Won | ||
| AudioFile Earphones Award | 2019 | — | Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth | Won | |
| — | Watership Down | Won | |||
| Voice Arts Award | Audiobook Narration – Classics, Best Voiceover | Nominated | |||
| Audie Award | 2020 | Best Male Narrator | Nominated | ||
| British Short Film Award | 2021 | Icon Award | — | Won | |
| BAFTA Scotland Award | 2022 | Best Actor – Film | Benediction | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Contributions to Film & Television | — | Won |