7.3Acting
Sylvester McCoy
- Born
- 1943-08-20
- Birthplace
- Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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
Filmography
138 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Dead Before They Wake
2025 · Movie
Evan
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025 · Movie
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Heartsmith
2025 · Movie
Umbrella Man
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 · Movie
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
The Apocalypse Box
2024 · Movie
Peter Mann
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
2023 · Movie
Self
Necronomicon
2023 · Movie
Book Seller (archive footage)
Sylvester McCoy Uncut
2023 · Movie
Himself
Tales of the Tardis
2023 · TV Show
The Doctor
Talking Doctor Who
2023 · Movie
Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie
2023 · Movie
Knibbles the Beaver (voice)
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
2022 · Movie
Klakk (voice)
The Munsters
2022 · Movie
Igor
Christmas with Strangers
2021 · Movie
Self
Doctor Who: 24 Carat
2021 · Movie
The Doctor
In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy
2021 · Movie
Self
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
2020 · Movie
Book Seller (archive footage)
Lost at Christmas
2020 · Movie
Ernie
The Big Night In
2020 · Movie
Self
The Owners
2020 · Movie
Richard Huggins
The Circuit
2019 · Movie
Cast
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
2019 · Movie
Cast
Beauty
2018 · Movie
Henry
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018 · TV Show
Self
Hangover in Death Valley
2018 · Movie
General Zwick (archive footage)
The Doctors: Monsters!
2018 · Movie
Cast
Slumber
2017 · Movie
Amado
Punk Strut: The Movie
2016 · Movie
DJ
The Real Marigold Hotel
2016 · TV Show
Self
Zapped
2016 · TV Show
Lord Protector
Crims
2015 · TV Show
Mr Dunlop
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015 · Movie
The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
Thunderbirds Are Go!
2015 · TV Show
Aezethril the Wizard (voice)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014 · Movie
Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · Movie
Radagast the Brown
The Seventeenth Kind
2014 · Movie
Rusty
Doctor Who at the Proms
2013 · Movie
The Doctor (7) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who Explained
2013 · Movie
Self
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013 · Movie
Self
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
2013 · Movie
Self
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 · Movie
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013 · TV Show
Self
Father Brown
2013 · TV Show
Dr. Angus McClurgy
The Christmas Candle
2013 · Movie
Edward Haddington
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013 · Movie
Self
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · Movie
Radagast the Brown
Eldorado
2012 · Movie
General Zwick
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · Movie
Radagast the Brown
The Inspector Chronicles
2012 · Movie
Uncle Roderick
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011 · Movie
Cast
Pointless Celebrities
2011 · TV Show
Self
The Last Chance Saloon
2010 · Movie
Cast
The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy
2010 · Movie
Cast
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008 · Movie
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
King Lear
2008 · Movie
The Fool
Davros Connections
2007 · Movie
(archival footage)
Doctor Who: Endgame
2007 · Movie
Self
Manilla Envelopes
2006 · Movie
Duncan
Mayo
2006 · TV Show
Reverend Beaver
Collectormania 7
2005 · Movie
Self
Doctor Who Confidential
2005 · TV Show
Cast
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005 · Movie
Self
The Story of Doctor Who
2003 · Movie
Cast
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002 · Movie
The Doctor
My Doctor Who Diary
2002 · Movie
Cast
Still Game
2002 · TV Show
Cast
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
2001 · Movie
The Foot Doctor
Then & Now
2001 · Movie
Cast
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000 · Movie
Mr. Tallman
You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece
2000 · Movie
Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
Adventures in Space and Time
1999 · Movie
Himself
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998 · Movie
Cast
Beyond Fear
1997 · Movie
Michael Samms
Space Cadets
1997 · TV Show
Self
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997 · TV Show
Mr, Dowling
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996 · Movie
Self · Director · Camera Operator
Doctor Who
1996 · Movie
The Doctor
Ghostlands
1996 · Movie
Edward Parfitt
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996 · Movie
Presenter
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
1996 · Movie
Flynn
Leapin' Leprechauns
1995 · Movie
Flynn
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995 · Movie
Cast
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995 · Movie
Cast
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994 · Movie
Dr. Colin Dove
Stranger than Fiction
1994 · Movie
Cast
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993 · Movie
Himself
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993 · Movie
The 7th Doctor
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993 · TV Show
Angus
GMTV
1993 · TV Show
Self
I Was That Monster
1993 · Movie
Himself
Police 5: The Master
1993 · Movie
The Doctor (archive footage)
The Airzone Solution
1993 · Movie
Anthony Stanwick
The Children's Royal Variety Performance
1992 · Movie
The Wizard
Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years
1991 · Movie
Self - Presenter
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991 · Movie
Cast
Thrill Kill Video Club
1991 · Movie
Spoons
Search Out Space
1990 · Movie
The Doctor
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990 · Movie
Cast
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990 · Movie
Cast
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990 · Movie
Cast
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990 · Movie
Cast
Doctor Who: Battlefield
1989 · Movie
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989 · Movie
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Survival
1989 · Movie
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
1989 · Movie
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
1988 · Movie
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988 · Movie
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1988 · Movie
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
1988 · Movie
The Doctor
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988 · Movie
Cast
Doctor Who Then & Now
1987 · TV Show
Doctor Who
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
1987 · Movie
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1987 · Movie
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987 · Movie
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
1987 · Movie
The Doctor
Going Live!
1987 · TV Show
Self
It's Wicked
1987 · TV Show
Cast
Three Kinds of Heat
1987 · Movie
Harry Pimm
Casualty
1986 · TV Show
Kev the Rev · Ashley Millington
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986 · Movie
Cast
The Last Place on Earth
1985 · TV Show
Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers
The Bill
1984 · TV Show
Cast
Dramarama
1983 · TV Show
Donald
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1981 · TV Show
Turps
Electric in the City
1980 · Movie
Kerwin
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1979 · Movie
Turps
Dracula
1979 · Movie
Walter
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979 · Movie
Various Roles
Turning Year Tales
1979 · TV Show
Turps
An Audience with...
1978 · TV Show
Self
For the Love of Albert
1977 · TV Show
Cast
Playhouse
1974 · TV Show
Kerwin
Tiswas
1974 · TV Show
Cast
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
1971 · Movie
Self
Vision On
1964 · TV Show
Cast
Doctor Who
1963 · TV Show
The Doctor
Bananacide
Date unknown · Movie
Dr. Brunswick
Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?
Date unknown · Movie
Self · Executive Producer