
Sylvester McCoy
Known for Acting · 136 credits
- Born
- 1943-08-20 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Сильвестр Маккой · Персі Джеймс Патрік Кент-Сміт
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
TV Shows (27)

Doctor Who
1963
as The Doctor

Casualty
1986
as Kev the Rev / Ashley Millington

Father Brown
2013
as Dr. Angus McClurgy

The Bill
1984

Playhouse
1974
as Kerwin

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

GMTV
1993
as Self

Pointless Celebrities
2011
as Self

Doctor Who Confidential
2005

Tiswas
1974

Going Live!
1987
as Self

Thunderbirds Are Go!
2015
as Aezethril the Wizard (voice)

Still Game
2002

Dramarama
1983
as Donald

Tales of the Tardis
2023
as The Doctor

Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
as Angus

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
as Self

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Mr, Dowling

Vision On
1964

The Last Place on Earth
1985
as Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers

Mayo
2006
as Reverend Beaver

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
as Self
Space Cadets
1997
as Self

The Real Marigold Hotel
2016
as Self
It's Wicked
1987
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1981
as Turps

Doctor Who Then & Now
1987
as Doctor Who
Movies (109)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Radagast the Brown

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Radagast the Brown

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Radagast the Brown

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

Eldorado
2012
as General Zwick

Doctor Who
1996
as The Doctor

Slumber
2017
as Amado

Dracula
1979
as Walter

The Munsters
2022
as Igor

The Christmas Candle
2013
as Edward Haddington

The Owners
2020
as Richard Huggins

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
as Self

Manilla Envelopes
2006
as Duncan

Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

The Seventeenth Kind
2014
as Rusty

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
as The 7th Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

King Lear
2008
as The Fool

The Airzone Solution
1993
as Anthony Stanwick

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self

The Big Night In
2020
as Self

Necronomicon
2023
as Book Seller (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
1988
as The Doctor

Beauty
2018
as Henry

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014
as Self

The Circuit
2019

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
1987
as The Doctor

The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
2022
as Igor / Self

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995

Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
as Self

The Inspector Chronicles
2012
as Uncle Roderick

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
1989
as The Doctor

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
as Various Roles

Hangover in Death Valley
2018
as General Zwick (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Battlefield
1989
as The Doctor

Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
2001
as The Foot Doctor

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996
as Self

Doctor Who: Survival
1989
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
1987
as The Doctor

Three Kinds of Heat
1987
as Harry Pimm

Christmas with Strangers
2021
as Self

Davros Connections
2007
as (archival footage)

Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
1996
as Flynn

I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996
as Presenter

Stranger than Fiction
1994

Electric in the City
1980
as Kerwin

The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
1988
as The Doctor

The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990

Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
2020
as Book Seller (archive footage)

PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
as Dr. Colin Dove

The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990

I Was That Monster
1993
as Himself

The Story of Doctor Who
2003

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
as The Doctor

Talking Doctor Who
2023
as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998

30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
as Himself

The Apocalypse Box
2024
as Peter Mann

Search Out Space
1990
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1988
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
as The Doctor

The Mumbo Jumbo
2000
as Mr. Tallman

Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
2022
as Klakk (voice)

The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
2013
as Self

Doctor Who Explained
2013
as Self

Beyond Fear
1997
as Michael Samms

Leapin' Leprechauns
1995
as Flynn

Adventures in Space and Time
1999
as Himself
Doctor Who: Downtime
2025
as The Doctor

Dead Before They Wake
2025
as Evan

Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
2023
as Self

The Last Chance Saloon
2010

The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
Ghostlands
1996
as Edward Parfitt

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986

Punk Strut: The Movie
2016
as DJ

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990

Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1979
as Turps

Thrill Kill Video Club
1991
as Spoons

Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?
as Self

Lost at Christmas
2020
as Ernie

Police 5: The Master
1993
as The Doctor (archive footage)

The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
2019

My Doctor Who Diary
2002

Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1987
as The Doctor

The Children's Royal Variety Performance
1992
as The Wizard

The Heartsmith
2025
as Umbrella Man

Doctor Who: Thin Ice
2013
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Endgame
2007
as Self

Doctor Who: Crime of the Century
2013
as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years
1991
as Self - Presenter

In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy
2021
as Self

Doctor Who: 24 Carat
2021
as The Doctor

The Ken Campbell Roadshow
1971
as Self

Then & Now
2001

You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece
2000
as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman

Sylvester McCoy Uncut
2023
as Himself
Bananacide
as Dr. Brunswick

The Doctors: Monsters!
2018

The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy
2010

The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie
2023
as Knibbles the Beaver (voice)
About Sylvester McCoy
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). With 136 credits spanning from 1963 to 2025, Sylvester McCoy has appeared in 109 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sylvester McCoy Movies
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) — as Radagast the Brown
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) — as Radagast the Brown
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) — as Radagast the Brown
- Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015) — as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) — as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
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