Sylvester McCoy
August 20, 1943 (81 years old) in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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
Credits
- 2024 · The Apocalypse Box as Peter Mann
- 2024 · Dead Before They Wake as Evan
- 2023 · Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
- 2023 · Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
- 2023 · Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2 as Self
- 2023 · Sylvester McCoy Uncut as Himself
- 2023 · Necronomicon as The Book Seller (archive footage)
- 2022 · Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth! as Klakk (voice)
- 2022 · The Munsters as Igor
- 2022 · The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane as Igor / Self
- 2021 · Christmas with Strangers as Self
- 2021 · Doctor Who: 24 Carat as The Doctor
- 2020 · Lost at Christmas as Ernie
- 2020 · The Owners as Richard Huggins
- 2020 · Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Book Seller (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Circuit as
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as General Zwick (archive footage)
- 2018 · Beauty as Henry
- 2017 · Slumber as Amado
- 2016 · The Real Marigold Hotel as Self
- 2016 · Punk Strut: The Movie as DJ
- 2015 · Thunderbirds Are Go! as Aezethril the Wizard (voice)
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Radagast the Brown
- 2014 · Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison as Self
- 2014 · The Seventeenth Kind as Rusty
- 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 Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- 2013 · Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
- 2013 · The Christmas Candle as Edward Haddington
- 2013 · Ian Levine: Downtime Redux as The Doctor
- 2013 · Doctor Who Explained as Self
- 2013 · Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- 2013 · Father Brown as Dr. Angus McClurgy
- 2012 · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Radagast the Brown
- 2012 · The Inspector Chronicles as Uncle Roderick
- 2012 · Eldorado as General Zwick
- 2011 · Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time as
- 2011 · Pointless Celebrities as Self
- 2008 · King Lear as The Fool
- 2007 · Davros Connections as (archival footage)
- 2007 · Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa' as Self
- 2006 · Mayo as Reverend Beaver
- 2006 · Manilla Envelopes as Duncan
- 2005 · Doctor Who as The Doctor (archive footage)
- 2005 · Doctor Who as The Doctor
- 2005 · Doctor Who Confidential as
- 2005 · Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
- 2003 · The Story of Doctor Who as
- 2002 · Still Game as
- 2001 · Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet? as The Foot Doctor
- 1997 · The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Mr, Dowling
- 1997 · Space Cadets as Self
- 1997 · Beyond Fear as Michael Samms
- 1996 · Doctor Who as The Doctor
- 1995 · The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond as
- 1995 · Leapin' Leprechauns as Flynn
- 1994 · Ready Steady Cook as Self - Contestant
- 1993 · Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 7th Doctor
- 1993 · Frank Stubbs Promotes as Angus
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1993 · The Airzone Solution as Anthony Stanwick
- 1991 · Thrill Kill Video Club as Spoons
- 1990 · The PanoptiCon Tapes IV as
- 1990 · The PanoptiCon Tapes III as
- 1988 · Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol as The Doctor
- 1987 · Doctor Who: Time and the Rani as The Doctor
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1987 · Three Kinds of Heat as Harry Pimm
- 1987 · It's Wicked as
- 1986 · Casualty as Kev the Rev
- 1986 · Casualty as Ashley Millington
- 1985 · The Last Place on Earth as Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1981 · Big Jim And The Figaro Club as Turps
- 1979 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Various Roles
- 1979 · Dracula as Walter
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1974 · Tiswas as
- 1964 · Vision On as
- 1963 · Doctor Who as The Doctor
- Future · You - Story and Glory of a Masterpiece as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
- 2019 · The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years as
- 2002 · My Doctor Who Diary as
- 2002 · Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Doctor
- 2001 · Then & Now as
- 2000 · The Mumbo Jumbo as Mr. Tallman
- 1999 · Adventures in Space and Time as Himself
- 1998 · Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? as
- 1996 · Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns as Flynn
- 1996 · Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary as Self
- 1996 · I Was a Doctor Who Monster! as Presenter
- 1996 · Ghostlands as Edward Parfitt
- 1995 · Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen as
- 1994 · Myth Makers 28: Sylvester McCoy as
- 1994 · The Zero Imperative as Dr. Colin Dove
- 1994 · Stranger than Fiction as
- 1991 · Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years as Host
- 1990 · The PanoptiCon Tapes V as
- 1990 · The PanoptiCon Tapes II as
- 1990 · The PanoptiCon Tapes as
- 1989 · Doctor Who: Survival as The Doctor
- 1989 · Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric as The Doctor
- 1989 · Doctor Who: Ghost Light as The Doctor
- 1989 · Doctor Who: Battlefield as The Doctor
- 1988 · Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as The Doctor
- 1988 · Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis as The Doctor
- 1988 · Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks as The Doctor
- 1987 · Doctor Who: Dragonfire as The Doctor
- 1987 · Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen as The Doctor
- 1987 · Doctor Who: Paradise Towers as The Doctor
- 1987 · Doctor Who Then & Now as Doctor Who
- 1986 · The PanoptiCon Tapes VI as
- 1980 · Electric in the City as Kerwin
- 1979 · Big Jim and the Figaro Club as Turps
- Future · Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy? as Self
- 1971 · The Ken Campbell Roadshow as Self