Sylvester McCoy
Born
August 20, 1943 (81 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2023
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
Self
2023
Sylvester McCoy Uncut
Himself
2023
Necronomicon
Book Seller (archive footage)
2023
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
Klakk (voice)
2022
The Munsters
Igor
2022
The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
Igor / Self
2022
Doctor Who: 24 Carat
The Doctor
2021
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
Book Seller (archive footage)
2020
The Circuit
2019
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
2019
Punk Strut: The Movie
DJ
2016
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Radagast the Brown
2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
2014
The Seventeenth Kind
Rusty
2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Radagast the Brown
2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2013
The Christmas Candle
Edward Haddington
2013
Doctor Who Explained
Self
2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Radagast the Brown
2012
King Lear
The Fool
2008
My Doctor Who Diary
2002
Then & Now
2001
The Mumbo Jumbo
Mr. Tallman
2000
Doctor Who
The Doctor
1996
Myth Makers 28: Sylvester McCoy
Self
1994
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The 7th Doctor
1993
The Airzone Solution
Anthony Stanwick
1993
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Various Roles
1979
Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?
Self
The Heartsmith
Umbrella Man
2025
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2024
Lost at Christmas
Ernie
2020
The Owners
Richard Huggins
2020
The Doctors: Monsters!
2018
Beauty
Henry
2018
Slumber
Amado
2017
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2008
Davros Connections
(archival footage)
2007
Doctor Who: Endgame
2007
Manilla Envelopes
Duncan
2006
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
The Doctor
2002
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
The Foot Doctor
2001
Adventures in Space and Time
Himself
1999
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
Beyond Fear
Michael Samms
1997
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
Presenter
1996
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Leapin' Leprechauns
Flynn
1995
Police 5: The Master
The Doctor (archive footage)
1993
I Was That Monster
Himself
1993
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
1993
The Children's Royal Variety Performance
The Wizard
1992
Thrill Kill Video Club
Spoons
1991
Search Out Space
The Doctor
1990
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
The Doctor
1987
Three Kinds of Heat
Harry Pimm
1987
Electric in the City
Kerwin
1980
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
Self
1971
You - Story and Glory of a Masterpiece
Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors
The Doctor
2025
Doctor Who: Downtime
The Doctor
2025
Dead Before They Wake
Evan
2025
The Apocalypse Box
Peter Mann
2024
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor · (1 episode)
2023
Christmas with Strangers
Self
2021
Sylvester McCoy - In Conversation
Self
2021
Hangover in Death Valley
General Zwick (archive footage)
2018
The Real Marigold Hotel
Self · (3 episodes)
2016
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Aezethril the Wizard (voice) · (1 episode)
2015
Ian Levine: Downtime Redux
The Doctor
2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self · (11 episodes)
2013
Father Brown
Dr. Angus McClurgy · (1 episode)
2013
The Inspector Chronicles
Uncle Roderick
2012
Eldorado
General Zwick
2012
Pointless Celebrities
Self · (1 episode)
2011
The Last Chance Saloon
2010
Mayo
Reverend Beaver · (1 episode)
2006
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
2005
Doctor Who Confidential
(9 episodes)
2005
Still Game
(1 episode)
2002
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Mr, Dowling · (5 episodes)
1997
Space Cadets
Self · (2 episodes)
1997
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
Flynn
1996
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self
1996
Ghostlands
Edward Parfitt
1996
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
The Zero Imperative
Dr. Colin Dove
1994
Stranger than Fiction
1994
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Angus · (1 episode)
1993
GMTV
Self · (2 episodes)
1993
Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years
Host
1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes
1990
Doctor Who: Survival
The Doctor
1989
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
The Doctor
1989
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
The Doctor
1989
Doctor Who: Battlefield
The Doctor
1989
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Doctor
1988
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
The Doctor
1988
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
The Doctor
1988
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
The Doctor
1988
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
The Doctor
1987
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
The Doctor
1987
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
The Doctor
1987
Going Live!
Self · (2 episodes)
1987
It's Wicked
(1 episode)
1987
Doctor Who Then & Now
Doctor Who · (1 episode)
1987
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Casualty
Kev the Rev · (1 episode)
1986
Casualty
Ashley Millington · (1 episode)
1986
The Last Place on Earth
Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers · (7 episodes)
1985
The Bill
(1 episode)
1984
Big Jim And The Figaro Club
Turps · (6 episodes)
1981
Dracula
Walter
1979
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Turps
1979
An Audience with...
Self · (1 episode)
1978
Playhouse
Kerwin · (1 episode)
1974
Tiswas
(302 episodes)
1974
Vision On
(121 episodes)
1964
Doctor Who
The Doctor · (42 episodes)
1963