Sylvester McCoy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-08-20 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Sylvester McCoy
Biography
Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith; 20 August 1943) is a Scottish actor and physical comedian. He is best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1987 to 1989—the final Doctor of the original run—and briefly returning in a television film in 1996. He is also known for his work as Radagast in The Hobbit film series (2012—2014).
Known For
Acting
You - Story and Glory of a Masterpiece
as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
(2025)
Dead Before They Wake
as Evan
(2025)
The Heartsmith
as Umbrella Man
(2025)
Doctor Who: Downtime
as The Doctor
(2025)
Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors
as The Doctor
(2024)
The Apocalypse Box
as Peter Mann
(2024)
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
(2023)
Necronomicon
as Book Seller (archive footage)
(2023)
Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
(2023)
Sylvester McCoy Uncut
as Himself
(2023)
(2022)
The Munsters
as Igor
(2022)
The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
as Igor / Self
(2022)
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
as Klakk (voice)
(2021)
Christmas with Strangers
as Self
(2021)
Doctor Who: 24 Carat
as The Doctor
(2020)
The Owners
as Richard Huggins
(2020)
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
as Book Seller (archive footage)
(2020)
Lost at Christmas
as Ernie
(2019)
(2019)
(2018)
Beauty
as Henry
(2018)
Hangover in Death Valley
as General Zwick (archive footage)
(2018)
(2017)
Slumber
as Amado
(2016)
(2015)
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
(2014)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Radagast the Brown
(2014)
The Seventeenth Kind
as Rusty
(2014)
(2013)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Radagast the Brown
(2013)
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
(2013)
The Christmas Candle
as Edward Haddington
(2013)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
(2013)
(2013)
Doctor Who Explained
as Self
(2013)
Ian Levine: Downtime Redux
as The Doctor
(2013)
(2012)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Radagast the Brown
(2012)
Eldorado
as General Zwick
(2012)
The Inspector Chronicles
as Uncle Roderick
(2011)
(2010)
(2008)
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
(2008)
King Lear
as The Fool
(2007)
Davros Connections
as (archival footage)
(2007)
(2006)
Manilla Envelopes
as Duncan
(2005)
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
as Self
(2003)
(2002)
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as The Doctor
(2002)
(2001)
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
as The Foot Doctor
(2001)
(2000)
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Mr. Tallman
(1999)
Adventures in Space and Time
as Himself
(1998)
(1997)
Beyond Fear
as Michael Samms
(1996)
Doctor Who
as The Doctor
(1996)
(1996)
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
as Self
(1996)
Ghostlands
as Edward Parfitt
(1996)
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
as Presenter
(1995)
Leapin' Leprechauns
as Flynn
(1995)
(1995)
(1994)
The Zero Imperative
as Dr. Colin Dove
(1994)
(1994)
(1993)
The Airzone Solution
as Anthony Stanwick
(1993)
I Was That Monster
as Himself
(1993)
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself
(1993)
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as The 7th Doctor
(1993)
Police 5: The Master
as The Doctor (archive footage)
(1992)
The Children's Royal Variety Performance
as The Wizard
(1991)
Thrill Kill Video Club
as Spoons
(1991)
(1990)
(1990)
(1990)
(1990)
(1990)
(1990)
Search Out Space
as The Doctor
(1989)
Doctor Who: Survival
as The Doctor
(1989)
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
as The Doctor
(1989)
Doctor Who: Battlefield
as The Doctor
(1989)
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
as The Doctor
(1988)
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
as The Doctor
(1988)
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
as The Doctor
(1988)
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as The Doctor
(1988)
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
as The Doctor
(1988)
(1987)
Three Kinds of Heat
as Harry Pimm
(1987)
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
as The Doctor
(1987)
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
as The Doctor
(1987)
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
as The Doctor
(1987)
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
as The Doctor
(1986)
(1980)
Electric in the City
as Kerwin
(1979)
Dracula
as Walter
(1979)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Various Roles
(1979)
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
as Turps
(1971)
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
as Self
Crew
Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?
Executive Producer
(1996)
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Camera Operator, Director