Peter Capaldi (born 1958) is an Academy Award- and BAFTA Award-winning Scottish film director and actor.
Capaldi was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated in Glasgow at St Teresa's R C Primary School in Glasgow's Possilpark, St Ninian's High School in Kirkintilloch (along with The Blue Nile's front man Paul Buchanan), and the Glasgow School of Art. During his time at art school Capaldi was the lead singer for a punk rock band, "Dreamboys" (w...
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Peter Capaldi (born 1958) is an Academy Award- and BAFTA Award-winning Scottish film director and actor.
Capaldi was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated in Glasgow at St Teresa's R C Primary School in Glasgow's Possilpark, St Ninian's High School in Kirkintilloch (along with The Blue Nile's front man Paul Buchanan), and the Glasgow School of Art. During his time at art school Capaldi was the lead singer for a punk rock band, "Dreamboys" (which included Craig Ferguson as its drummer). Capaldi also attended St. Matthew's Primary School in Bishopbriggs. He had already demonstrated a talent for performance in primary school, where he was responsible for the production of, inter alia, a puppet show. He is currently a celebrity patron of the Association for International Cancer Research and Aberlour Child Care Trust, the Scottish children's charity. He currently lives in Crouch End with his wife, Elaine Collins, and their daughter. Capaldi, on a recent interview with Jonathan Ross on...
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