Peter Capaldi Parents: Meet Gerald John Capaldi & Nancy Capaldi

Peter Capaldi is the son of Gerald John Capaldi and Nancy Capaldi.

His parents ran an ice cream business in the Springburn district, where they were neighbours and acquaintances of the family of Armando Iannucci, creator of The Thick of It, although the two men did not know each other as children.

When Peter Capaldi reprised the role of Tucker in the feature film in the Loop, he was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

Capaldi won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his 1993 short film Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life. He went on to write and direct the drama film Strictly Sinatra and directed two series of the sitcom Getting On.