The British Academy Scotland Awards announced that Capaldi, who has won three Scottish BAFTAs, a film BAFTA and one national BAFTA, will become the 16th person to receive the award, which has previously been given to Lorraine Kelly, Billy Connolly, Bill Paterson and Armando Iannucci among others.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am deeply touched to be receiving the BAFTA Scotland Outstanding Contribution to Film and TV Award,\u201d the Glasgow-born actor said in a statement.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\u201cMy good luck started with being born in Scotland and continued on with the opportunities afforded me within the Scottish film and TV industry. Without the support of the creative community in Scotland I wouldn\u2019t be here, so to be the recipient of this award is kindness indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n
BAFTA Scotland\u2019s Director, Jude MacLaverty, added that Capaldi is one of Scotland\u2019s \u201chighest profile actors\u201d and that his work has \u201cinspired future generations of film and television makers\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are honoured to present this award to Peter and look forward to recognising his outstanding achievements in-person at the BAFTA Scotland Awards on Sunday 20 November.\u201d<\/p>\n
Capaldi landed a breakthrough role in cult classic film Local Hero and rose to fame playing the foul-mouthed Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It.<\/p>\n
He is best known however for playing the Twelfth Doctor on BBC One\u2019s Doctor Who from 2013 until 2017, taking over the iconic Time Lord role from Matt Smith.<\/p>
Capaldi won a BAFTA Scotland Award for his performances in Soft Top Hard Shoulder, In the Loop and his short film Franz Kafka\u2019s It\u2019s a Wonderful Life, for which he also won a BAFTA Film Award.<\/p>\n
In recent years, Capaldi has appeared in World War Z, Paddington, The Personal History of David Copperfield and The Suicide Squad, while the 64-year-old currently stars in Prime Video\u2019s The Devil\u2019s Hour<\/a> as well as Big Mouth\u2019s sixth season.<\/p>\n The BAFTA Scotland Awards will air on BAFTA\u2019s YouTube channel at 5:30pm, with a highlights programme airing on BBC Scotland at 10pm.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31.\u00a0<\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the<\/strong>\u00a0Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Thursday, 03 November 2022 at 12:00 am BAFTA Scotland has honoured Peter Capaldi with the Outstanding Contribution Award for 2022, which will be presented to the\u00a0Doctor Who star at this year\u2019s ceremony. The British Academy Scotland Awards announced that Capaldi, who has won three Scottish BAFTAs, a film BAFTA and one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25133,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/doctor-whos-peter-capaldi-honoured-with-outstanding-contribution-award-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/doctor-whos-peter-capaldi-honoured-with-outstanding-contribution-award-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/doctor-whos-peter-capaldi-honoured-with-outstanding-contribution-award-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/doctor-whos-peter-capaldi-honoured-with-outstanding-contribution-award-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/doctor-whos-peter-capaldi-honoured-with-outstanding-contribution-award-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/doctor-whos-peter-capaldi-honoured-with-outstanding-contribution-award-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/doctor-whos-peter-capaldi-honoured-with-outstanding-contribution-award-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Thursday, 03 November 2022 at 12:00 am BAFTA Scotland has honoured Peter Capaldi with the Outstanding Contribution Award for 2022, which will be presented to the\u00a0Doctor Who star at this year\u2019s ceremony. The British Academy Scotland Awards announced that Capaldi, who has won three Scottish BAFTAs, a film BAFTA and one…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/25132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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