Sylvester McCoy
Acting1943Dunoon, 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
Acting History
Future
Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?
Executive Producer
2025
Dead Before They Wake
as Evan
The Heartsmith
as Umbrella Man
Doctor Who: Downtime
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
The Apocalypse Box
as Peter Mann
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
Father Brown
TVas Dr. Angus McClurgy• 1 eps
2023
Necronomicon
as Book Seller (archive footage)
Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
Sylvester McCoy Uncut
as Himself
The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie
as Knibbles the Beaver (voice)
Tales of the Tardis
TVas The Doctor• 1 eps
2022
The Munsters
as Igor
The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
as Igor / Self
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
as Klakk (voice)
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
as The Doctor
2021
Christmas with Strangers
as Self
Doctor Who: 24 Carat
as The Doctor
2020
Lost at Christmas
as Ernie
The Owners
as Richard Huggins
The Big Night In
as Self
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
as Book Seller (archive footage)
2019
Thunderbirds Are Go!
TVas Aezethril the Wizard (voice)• 1 eps
2018
Beauty
as Henry
Hangover in Death Valley
as General Zwick (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
TVas Self
2017
Slumber
as Amado
2016
The Real Marigold Hotel
TVas Self
2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Radagast the Brown
The Seventeenth Kind
as Rusty
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Radagast the Brown
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
The Christmas Candle
as Edward Haddington
Doctor Who Explained
as Self
Doctor Who: Thin Ice
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Crime of the Century
as The Doctor
Pointless Celebrities
TVas Self• 1 eps
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
TVas Self
2012
Eldorado
as General Zwick
The Inspector Chronicles
as Uncle Roderick
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Radagast the Brown
2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
King Lear
as The Fool
An Audience with...
TVas Self• 1 eps
2007
Davros Connections
as (archival footage)
Doctor Who: Endgame
as Self
2006
Manilla Envelopes
as Duncan
Mayo
TVas Reverend Beaver
2004
2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as The Doctor
2001
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
as The Foot Doctor
2000
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Mr. Tallman
You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece
as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
1999
Adventures in Space and Time
as Himself
1997
Beyond Fear
as Michael Samms
Space Cadets
TVas Self
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TVas Mr, Dowling
1996
Doctor Who
as The Doctor
Ghostlands
as Edward Parfitt
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
as Self
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
as Presenter
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Camera Operator
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Director
1994
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
as Dr. Colin Dove
1993
The Airzone Solution
as Anthony Stanwick
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as The 7th Doctor
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself
Police 5: The Master
as The Doctor (archive footage)
I Was That Monster
as Himself
GMTV
TVas Self
Frank Stubbs Promotes
TVas Angus
1992
The Children's Royal Variety Performance
as The Wizard
1991
Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years
as Self - Presenter
Thrill Kill Video Club
as Spoons
1989
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Battlefield
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Survival
as The Doctor
1988
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
as The Doctor
1987
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
as The Doctor
Three Kinds of Heat
as Harry Pimm
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
as The Doctor
Going Live!
TVas Self• 2 eps
Doctor Who Then & Now
TVas Doctor Who
1986
Casualty
TVas Kev the Rev / Ashley Millington
1985
The Last Place on Earth
TVas Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers
1984
1981
Big Jim And The Figaro Club
TVas Turps
1980
Electric in the City
as Kerwin
Playhouse
TVas Kerwin• 1 eps
1979
1974
1971
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
as Self
1964
1963
Doctor Who
TVas The Doctor