How tall is Peter Capaldi?

Peter Capaldi's listed height is 183 cm (6'0"). He is taller than about 84% of men in the United Kingdom.

Where 183 cm sits among men in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 84% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1958 (average 176.1 cm).

Capaldi next to his co-stars

Idris Elba is 6 cm taller than Peter Capaldi (189 cm), The Suicide Squad co-star.

Hugh Grant is 3 cm shorter than Peter Capaldi (180 cm), Paddington 2 co-star.

Benedict Cumberbatch is the same height than Peter Capaldi (183 cm), The Fifth Estate co-star.

About Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi is a Scottish actor, director, singer and guitarist, born on 14 April 1958 in Glasgow. He wrote and directed the drama film Strictly Sinatra in 2001 and directed two series of the sitcom Getting On, in 2009 and 2010. He also wrote a rock album titled St. Christopher.

Capaldi won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his 1993 short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life. He played Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It from 2005 to 2012, winning Best Male Comedy Performance at the British Academy Television Awards in 2010. He portrayed the twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who from 2013 to 2017, and played Mr Curry in Paddington and Paddington 2.

At a listed 183 cm (6'0"), Capaldi is 6 cm shorter than Idris Elba, who is listed at 189 cm (6'2") and appeared with him in The Suicide Squad. He is 3 cm taller than Hugh Grant, listed at 180 cm (5'11"), from Paddington 2, and has the same listed height as Benedict Cumberbatch, his co-star in The Fifth Estate. Capaldi is married to Elaine Collins.

Frequently asked

How tall is Peter Capaldi in feet and inches? Peter Capaldi is 6'0" tall, which is 183 cm, 72 inches or 1.83 m.

How tall is Peter Capaldi compared to Idris Elba? Idris Elba is 6 cm taller than Peter Capaldi: 189 cm (6'2") vs 183 cm (6'0").

How tall is Peter Capaldi compared to Hugh Grant? Hugh Grant is 3 cm shorter than Peter Capaldi: 180 cm (5'11") vs 183 cm (6'0").

How tall is Peter Capaldi compared to Benedict Cumberbatch? Benedict Cumberbatch is the same height than Peter Capaldi: 183 cm (6'0") vs 183 cm (6'0").

Is Peter Capaldi tall for men in the United Kingdom? At 183 cm he is taller than about 84% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1958, whose average height is 176.1 cm.

Sources

• Peter Capaldi on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Peter Capaldi on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 183 cm.
• Peter Capaldi on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.