Sylvester McCoy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

8/20/1943

Place of Birth

Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

Сильвестр Маккой Персі Джеймс Патрік Кент-Сміт

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

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

as Radagast the Brown

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

as Radagast the Brown

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

as Radagast the Brown

Dracula

Dracula

as Walter

The Owners

The Owners

as Richard Huggins

The Circuit

The Circuit

Unknown Role

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)

The Christmas Candle

The Christmas Candle

as Edward Haddington

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

as The Doctor

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

as Self

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

as The Doctor

Davros Connections

Davros Connections

as (archival footage)

Slumber

Slumber

as Amado

Beyond Fear

Beyond Fear

as Michael Samms

Lost at Christmas

Lost at Christmas

as Ernie

Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns

Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns

as Flynn

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

as The 7th Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

Career Timeline

2025

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: Downtime

as The Doctor

The Heartsmith

as Umbrella Man

Dead Before They Wake

as Evan

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms

as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

The Apocalypse Box

as Peter Mann

2023

Talking Doctor Who

as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

Tales of the Tardis

as The Doctor

Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2

as Self

Sylvester McCoy Uncut

as Himself

Necronomicon

as Book Seller (archive footage)

2022

Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!

as Klakk (voice)

The Munsters

as Igor

The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane

as Igor / Self

2021

Christmas with Strangers

as Self

In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy

as Self

The Doctor's Table: Season 24

as Self

Here's to the Future

as Self

Holiday Camp: The Making of 'Delta and the Bannermen'

as Self

Doctor Who: 24 Carat

as The Doctor

2020

Lost at Christmas

as Ernie

The Owners

as Richard Huggins

Buried Treasure: 30 Years of Fenric

as Self

Conjuring: The Book of the Dead

as Book Seller (archive footage)

2019

The Circuit

Role unknown

The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years

Role unknown

2018

Hangover in Death Valley

as General Zwick (archive footage)

The Doctors: Monsters!

Role unknown

Beauty

as Henry

2017

Slumber

as Amado

2016

The Real Marigold Hotel

as Self

Punk Strut: The Movie

as DJ

2015

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)

Thunderbirds Are Go!

as Aezethril the Wizard (voice)

2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

as Radagast the Brown

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

as Self

The Seventeenth Kind

as Rusty

2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

as Radagast the Brown

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

as Self

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

as Self

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

The Christmas Candle

as Edward Haddington

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS

as Self

Doctor Who: Thin Ice

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Crime of the Century

as The Doctor

Doctor Who Explained

as Self

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

as Self

Father Brown

as Dr. Angus McClurgy

2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

as Radagast the Brown

The Inspector Chronicles

as Uncle Roderick

Fire and Ice: The Making of 'Dragonfire'

as Self

Eldorado

as General Zwick

2011

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Role unknown

Casting Sylvester: The Missing Piece of the Jigsaw

as Self

Pointless Celebrities

as Self

2010

The Last Chance Saloon

Role unknown

The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy

Role unknown

Hot Gossip

as Self

2008

Watertank

as Self

Past and Future King: Writing ‘Battlefield’

as Self

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

King Lear

as The Fool

2007

Davros Connections

as (archival footage)

Back to School: The Making of 'Remembrance of the Daleks'

as Self

Doctor Who: Endgame

Role unknown

2006

Mayo

as Reverend Beaver

Manilla Envelopes

as Duncan

2005

Doctor Who: A New Dimension

as Self

Doctor Who Confidential

Role unknown

2003

The Story of Doctor Who

Role unknown

2002

My Doctor Who Diary

Role unknown

Still Game

Role unknown

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

as The Doctor

2001

Then & Now

Role unknown

Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?

as The Foot Doctor

2000

The Mumbo Jumbo

as Mr. Tallman

You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece

as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman

1999

Adventures in Space and Time

as Himself

1998

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

Role unknown

1997

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

as Mr, Dowling

Space Cadets

as Self

Beyond Fear

as Michael Samms

1996

Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns

as Flynn

Doctor Who

as The Doctor

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

as Self

I Was a Doctor Who Monster!

as Presenter

Ghostlands

as Edward Parfitt

1995

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

Role unknown

Leapin' Leprechauns

as Flynn

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

Role unknown

1994

Myth Makers 28: Sylvester McCoy

as Self

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

as Dr. Colin Dove

Stranger than Fiction

Role unknown

1993

Police 5: The Master

as The Doctor (archive footage)

I Was That Monster

as Himself

30 Years in the TARDIS

as Himself

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

as The 7th Doctor

Frank Stubbs Promotes

as Angus

The Airzone Solution

as Anthony Stanwick

GMTV

as Self

1992

The Children's Royal Variety Performance

as The Wizard

1991

Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years

as Self - Presenter

The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event

Role unknown

Thrill Kill Video Club

as Spoons

1990

Search Out Space

as The Doctor

The PanoptiCon Tapes V

Role unknown

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV

Role unknown

The PanoptiCon Tapes III

Role unknown

The PanoptiCon Tapes II

Role unknown

1989

Doctor Who: Survival

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Battlefield

as The Doctor

1988

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

as The Doctor

The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

Role unknown

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

as The Doctor

1987

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani

as The Doctor

Going Live!

as Self

Three Kinds of Heat

as Harry Pimm

It's Wicked

Role unknown

Doctor Who Then & Now

as Doctor Who

1986

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

Role unknown

Casualty

as Kev the Rev

Casualty

as Ashley Millington

1985

The Last Place on Earth

as Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers

1984

The Bill

Role unknown

1981

Big Jim And The Figaro Club

as Turps

1980

Electric in the City

as Kerwin

1979

The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Various Roles

Dracula

as Walter

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

as Turps

1978

An Audience with...

as Self

1974

Playhouse

as Kerwin

Tiswas

Role unknown

1971

The Ken Campbell Roadshow

as Self

1964

Vision On

Role unknown

1963

Doctor Who

as The Doctor