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

Doctor Who

Casualty

Casualty

Father Brown

The Bill

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Playhouse

All Movies (106)

• Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War2025 · as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Heartsmith2025 · as Umbrella Man
• Dead Before They Wake2025 · as Evan
• Doctor Who at the Proms2024 · as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
• The Apocalypse Box2024 · as Peter Mann
• The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie2023 · as Knibbles the Beaver (voice)
• Talking Doctor Who2023 · as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
• Doctor on Display: Blackpool 22023 · as Self
• Sylvester McCoy Uncut2023 · as Himself
• Necronomicon2023 · as Book Seller (archive footage)
• Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!2022 · as Klakk (voice)
• The Munsters2022 · as Igor
• The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane2022 · as Igor / Self
• Christmas with Strangers2021 · as Self
• In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy2021 · as Self
• Doctor Who: 24 Carat2021 · as The Doctor
• Lost at Christmas2020 · as Ernie
• The Owners2020 · as Richard Huggins
• The Big Night In2020 · as Self
• Conjuring: The Book of the Dead2020 · as Book Seller (archive footage)
• The Circuit2019
• The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years2019
• Hangover in Death Valley2018 · as General Zwick (archive footage)
• The Doctors: Monsters!2018
• Beauty2018 · as Henry
• Slumber2017 · as Amado
• Punk Strut: The Movie2016 · as DJ
• Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song2015 · as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2014 · as Radagast the Brown
• Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison2014 · as Self
• The Seventeenth Kind2014 · as Rusty
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2013 · as Radagast the Brown
• Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty2013 · as Self
• The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot2013 · as Self
• Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor2013 · as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
• The Christmas Candle2013 · as Edward Haddington
• Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS2013 · as Self
• Doctor Who Explained2013 · as Self
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012 · as Radagast the Brown
• The Inspector Chronicles2012 · as Uncle Roderick
• Eldorado2012 · as General Zwick
• Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time2011
• The Last Chance Saloon2010
• The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy2010
• Doctor Who: The Next Doctor2008 · as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
• King Lear2008 · as The Fool
• Davros Connections2007 · as (archival footage)
• Doctor Who: Endgame2007 · as Self
• Manilla Envelopes2006 · as Duncan
• Doctor Who: A New Dimension2005 · as Self
• The Story of Doctor Who2003
• My Doctor Who Diary2002
• Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time2002 · as The Doctor
• Then & Now2001
• Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?2001 · as The Foot Doctor
• The Mumbo Jumbo2000 · as Mr. Tallman
• You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece2000 · as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
• Adventures in Space and Time1999 · as Himself
• Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?1998
• Beyond Fear1997 · as Michael Samms
• Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns1996 · as Flynn
• Doctor Who1996 · as The Doctor
• Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary1996 · as Self
• I Was a Doctor Who Monster!1996 · as Presenter
• Ghostlands1996 · as Edward Parfitt
• The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond1995
• Leapin' Leprechauns1995 · as Flynn
• Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen1995
• PROBE: The Zero Imperative1994 · as Dr. Colin Dove
• Stranger than Fiction1994
• Police 5: The Master1993 · as The Doctor (archive footage)
• I Was That Monster1993 · as Himself
• 30 Years in the TARDIS1993 · as Himself
• Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time1993 · as The 7th Doctor
• The Airzone Solution1993 · as Anthony Stanwick
• The Children's Royal Variety Performance1992 · as The Wizard
• Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years1991 · as Self - Presenter
• The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event1991
• Thrill Kill Video Club1991 · as Spoons
• Search Out Space1990 · as The Doctor
• The PanoptiCon Tapes V1990
• The PanoptiCon Tapes IV1990
• The PanoptiCon Tapes III1990
• The PanoptiCon Tapes II1990
• Doctor Who: Survival1989 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric1989 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Ghost Light1989 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Battlefield1989 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy1988 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis1988 · as The Doctor
• The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis1988
• Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol1988 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks1988 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Dragonfire1987 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen1987 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Paradise Towers1987 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Time and the Rani1987 · as The Doctor
• Three Kinds of Heat1987 · as Harry Pimm
• The PanoptiCon Tapes VI1986
• Electric in the City1980 · as Kerwin
• The Secret Policeman's Ball1979 · as Various Roles
• Dracula1979 · as Walter
• Big Jim and the Figaro Club1979 · as Turps
• The Ken Campbell Roadshow1971 · as Self
• Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?— · as Self
• Bananacide— · as Dr. Brunswick

All TV Shows (29)

• Tales of the Tardis2023 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa2018 · as Self
• The Real Marigold Hotel2016 · as Self
• Thunderbirds Are Go!2015 · as Aezethril the Wizard (voice)
• Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited2013 · as Self
• Father Brown2013 · as Dr. Angus McClurgy
• Pointless Celebrities2011 · as Self
• Mayo2006 · as Reverend Beaver
• Doctor Who Confidential2005
• Still Game2002
• The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling1997 · as Mr, Dowling
• Space Cadets1997 · as Self
• Frank Stubbs Promotes1993 · as Angus
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• Going Live!1987 · as Self
• It's Wicked1987
• Doctor Who Then & Now1987 · as Doctor Who
• Casualty1986 · as Kev the Rev
• Casualty1986 · as Ashley Millington
• The Last Place on Earth1985 · as Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers
• The Bill1984
• Dramarama1983 · as Donald
• Big Jim and the Figaro Club1981 · as Turps
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• For the Love of Albert1977
• Playhouse1974 · as Kerwin
• Tiswas1974
• Vision On1964
• Doctor Who1963 · as The Doctor