Sylvester McCoy

Sylvester McCoy

Known for
Acting
Born
August 20, 1943 (age 83)
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

Photos

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Filmography

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Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy? poster

Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?

Movie · as Self

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Bananacide poster

Bananacide

Movie · as Dr. Brunswick

2025
Dead Before They Wake poster

Dead Before They Wake

Movie · as Evan

2025
The Heartsmith poster

The Heartsmith

Movie · as Umbrella Man

2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War poster

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024
The Apocalypse Box poster

The Apocalypse Box

Movie · as Peter Mann

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

2023
Necronomicon poster

Necronomicon

Movie · as Book Seller (archive footage)

2023
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2 poster

Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2

Movie · as Self

2023
Talking Doctor Who poster

Talking Doctor Who

Movie · as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

2023
Sylvester McCoy Uncut poster

Sylvester McCoy Uncut

Movie · as Himself

2023
The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie poster

The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie

Movie · as Knibbles the Beaver (voice)

2023
Tales of the Tardis poster

Tales of the Tardis

TV · as The Doctor · 1 ep

2022
The Munsters poster

The Munsters

Movie · as Igor

2022
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth! poster

Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!

Movie · as Klakk (voice)

2021
Doctor Who: 24 Carat poster

Doctor Who: 24 Carat

Movie · as The Doctor

2021
Christmas with Strangers poster

Christmas with Strangers

Movie · as Self

2021
In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy poster

In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy

Movie · as Self

2020
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead poster

Conjuring: The Book of the Dead

Movie · as Book Seller (archive footage)

2020
The Owners poster

The Owners

Movie · as Richard Huggins

2020
Lost at Christmas poster

Lost at Christmas

Movie · as Ernie

2020
The Big Night In poster

The Big Night In

Movie · as Self

2019
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years poster

The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years

Movie

2019
The Circuit poster

The Circuit

Movie

2018
Hangover in Death Valley poster

Hangover in Death Valley

Movie · as General Zwick (archive footage)

2018
Beauty poster

Beauty

Movie · as Henry

2018
The Doctors: Monsters! poster

The Doctors: Monsters!

Movie

2018
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa poster

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

TV · as Self · 25 eps

2017
Slumber poster

Slumber

Movie · as Amado

2016
Punk Strut: The Movie poster

Punk Strut: The Movie

Movie · as DJ

2016
The Real Marigold Hotel poster

The Real Marigold Hotel

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2016
Zapped poster

Zapped

TV · as Lord Protector · 3 eps

2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song poster

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Movie · as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)

2015
Thunderbirds Are Go! poster

Thunderbirds Are Go!

TV · as Aezethril the Wizard (voice) · 1 ep

2015
Crims poster

Crims

TV · as Mr Dunlop · 1 ep

2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison poster

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Movie · as Self

2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Movie · as Radagast the Brown

2014
The Seventeenth Kind poster

The Seventeenth Kind

Movie · as Rusty

2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty poster

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Movie · as Self

2013
Doctor Who Explained poster

Doctor Who Explained

Movie · as Self

2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug poster

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Movie · as Radagast the Brown

2013
The Christmas Candle poster

The Christmas Candle

Movie · as Edward Haddington

2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot poster

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Movie · as Self

2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS poster

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS

Movie · as Self

2013
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as The Doctor (7) (archive footage) (uncredited)

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Dr. Angus McClurgy · 1 ep

2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited poster

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

TV · as Self · 11 eps

2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey poster

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Movie · as Radagast the Brown

2012
The Inspector Chronicles poster

The Inspector Chronicles

Movie · as Uncle Roderick

2012
Eldorado poster

Eldorado

Movie · as General Zwick

2011
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time poster

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Movie

2011
Pointless Celebrities poster

Pointless Celebrities

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
The Last Chance Saloon poster

The Last Chance Saloon

Movie

2010
The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy poster

The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy

Movie

2008
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · as The Fool

2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor poster

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Movie · as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

2007
Davros Connections poster

Davros Connections

Movie · as (archival footage)

2007
Doctor Who: Endgame poster

Doctor Who: Endgame

Movie · as Self

2006
Manilla Envelopes poster

Manilla Envelopes

Movie · as Duncan

2006
Mayo poster

Mayo

TV · as Reverend Beaver · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension poster

Doctor Who: A New Dimension

Movie · as Self

2005
Collectormania 7 poster

Collectormania 7

Movie · as Self

2005
Doctor Who Confidential poster

Doctor Who Confidential

TV · 9 eps

2003
The Story of Doctor Who poster

The Story of Doctor Who

Movie

2002
My Doctor Who Diary poster

My Doctor Who Diary

Movie

2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time poster

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

Movie · as The Doctor

2002
Still Game poster

Still Game

TV · 1 ep

2001
Then & Now poster

Then & Now

Movie

2001
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet? poster

Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?

Movie · as The Foot Doctor

2000
The Mumbo Jumbo poster

The Mumbo Jumbo

Movie · as Mr. Tallman

2000
You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece poster

You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece

Movie · as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman

1999
Adventures in Space and Time poster

Adventures in Space and Time

Movie · as Himself

1998
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? poster

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

Movie

1997
Beyond Fear poster

Beyond Fear

Movie · as Michael Samms

1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling poster

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

TV · as Mr, Dowling · 5 eps

1997
Space Cadets

Space Cadets

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1996
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

Movie · as The Doctor

1996
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns poster

Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns

Movie · as Flynn

1996
Ghostlands

Ghostlands

Movie · as Edward Parfitt

1996
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary poster

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Movie · as Self

1996
I Was a Doctor Who Monster! poster

I Was a Doctor Who Monster!

Movie · as Presenter

1995
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen poster

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

Movie

1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond poster

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

Movie

1995
Leapin' Leprechauns poster

Leapin' Leprechauns

Movie · as Flynn

1994
PROBE: The Zero Imperative poster

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

Movie · as Dr. Colin Dove

1994
Stranger than Fiction poster

Stranger than Fiction

Movie

1993
The Airzone Solution poster

The Airzone Solution

Movie · as Anthony Stanwick

1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time poster

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Movie · as The 7th Doctor

1993
30 Years in the TARDIS poster

30 Years in the TARDIS

Movie · as Himself

1993
Police 5: The Master poster

Police 5: The Master

Movie · as The Doctor (archive footage)

1993
I Was That Monster poster

I Was That Monster

Movie · as Himself

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1993
Frank Stubbs Promotes poster

Frank Stubbs Promotes

TV · as Angus · 1 ep

1992
The Children's Royal Variety Performance poster

The Children's Royal Variety Performance

Movie · as The Wizard

1991
Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years poster

Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years

Movie · as Self - Presenter

1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event

Movie

1991
Thrill Kill Video Club poster

Thrill Kill Video Club

Movie · as Spoons

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes III

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes II poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes II

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes V poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes V

Movie

1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV

Movie

1990
Search Out Space poster

Search Out Space

Movie · as The Doctor

1989
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric poster

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Movie · as The Doctor

1989
Doctor Who: Battlefield poster

Doctor Who: Battlefield

Movie · as The Doctor

1989
Doctor Who: Survival poster

Doctor Who: Survival

Movie · as The Doctor

1989
Doctor Who: Ghost Light poster

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Movie · as The Doctor

1988
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy poster

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Movie · as The Doctor

1988
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

Movie · as The Doctor

1988
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol poster

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol

Movie · as The Doctor

1988
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis poster

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

Movie · as The Doctor

1988
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis poster

The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

Movie

1988
The Lowdown

The Lowdown

TV · 1 ep

1987
Doctor Who: Dragonfire poster

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

Movie · as The Doctor

1987
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen poster

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

Movie · as The Doctor

1987
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani poster

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani

Movie · as The Doctor

1987
Three Kinds of Heat poster

Three Kinds of Heat

Movie · as Harry Pimm

1987
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers poster

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Movie · as The Doctor

1987
It's Wicked

It's Wicked

TV · 1 ep

1987
Doctor Who Then & Now poster

Doctor Who Then & Now

TV · as Doctor Who · 1 ep

1987
Going Live! poster

Going Live!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1986
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI poster

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

Movie

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Kev the Rev, Ashley Millington · 1 ep

1985
The Last Place on Earth poster

The Last Place on Earth

TV · as Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers · 7 eps

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 1 ep

1983
Dramarama poster

Dramarama

TV · as Donald · 1 ep

1981
Big Jim and the Figaro Club

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

TV · as Turps · 5 eps

1980
Electric in the City poster

Electric in the City

Movie · as Kerwin

1979
The Secret Policeman's Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Movie · as Various Roles

1979
Dracula poster

Dracula

Movie · as Walter

1979
Big Jim and the Figaro Club poster

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

Movie · as Turps

1979
Turning Year Tales

Turning Year Tales

TV · as Turps · 1 ep

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
For the Love of Albert

For the Love of Albert

TV · 5 eps

1974
Tiswas poster

Tiswas

TV · 302 eps

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as Kerwin · 1 ep

1971
The Ken Campbell Roadshow poster

The Ken Campbell Roadshow

Movie · as Self

1964
Vision On poster

Vision On

TV · 121 eps

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as The Doctor · 42 eps