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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