Peter Capaldi played Malcolm Tucker in a British comedy television series.
In the Loop is a 2009 British satirical black comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci . Peter Capaldi . His next most notable role is spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It , for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations , winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010 . For reprising the role in the spinoff film In the Loop , Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor . The Thick of It is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of modern British government .