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).
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Acting History
2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025Doctor Who: Downtime as The Doctor
2025The Heartsmith as Umbrella Man
2025Dead Before They Wake as Evan
2024Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2024The Apocalypse Box as Peter Mann
2023Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
2023Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2023Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2 as Self
2023Sylvester McCoy Uncut as Himself
2023Necronomicon as Book Seller (archive footage)
2022Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth! as Klakk (voice)
2022The Munsters as Igor
2022The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane as Igor / Self
2021Christmas with Strangers as Self
2021In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy as Self
2021Doctor Who: 24 Carat as The Doctor
2020Lost at Christmas as Ernie
2020The Owners as Richard Huggins
2020Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Book Seller (archive footage)
2019The Circuit
2019The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
2018Hangover in Death Valley as General Zwick (archive footage)
2018The Doctors: Monsters!
2018Beauty as Henry
2017Slumber as Amado
2016The Real Marigold Hotel as Self
2016Punk Strut: The Movie as DJ
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
2015Thunderbirds Are Go! as Aezethril the Wizard (voice)
2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Radagast the Brown
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison as Self
2014The Seventeenth Kind as Rusty
2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Radagast the Brown
2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2013The Christmas Candle as Edward Haddington
2013Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS as Self
2013Doctor Who: Crime of the Century as The Doctor
2013Doctor Who: Thin Ice as The Doctor
2013Doctor Who Explained as Self
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
2013Father Brown as Dr. Angus McClurgy
2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Radagast the Brown
2012The Inspector Chronicles as Uncle Roderick
2012Eldorado as General Zwick
2011Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011Pointless Celebrities as Self
2010The Last Chance Saloon
2010The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy
2008Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2008King Lear as The Fool
2007Davros Connections as (archival footage)
2007Doctor Who: Endgame as Self
2006Mayo as Reverend Beaver
2006Manilla Envelopes as Duncan
2005Doctor Who Confidential
2005Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
2003The Story of Doctor Who
2002My Doctor Who Diary
2002Still Game
2002Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Doctor
2001Then & Now
2001Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet? as The Foot Doctor
2000The Mumbo Jumbo as Mr. Tallman
2000You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
1999Adventures in Space and Time as Himself
1998Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1997The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Mr, Dowling
1997Space Cadets as Self
1997Beyond Fear as Michael Samms
1996Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns as Flynn
1996Doctor Who as The Doctor
1996Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary as Self
1996I Was a Doctor Who Monster! as Presenter
1996Ghostlands as Edward Parfitt
1995The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995Leapin' Leprechauns as Flynn
1995Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1994PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Dr. Colin Dove
1994Stranger than Fiction
1993Police 5: The Master as The Doctor (archive footage)
1993I Was That Monster as Himself
199330 Years in the TARDIS as Himself
1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 7th Doctor
1993Frank Stubbs Promotes as Angus
1993GMTV as Self
1993The Airzone Solution as Anthony Stanwick
1992The Children's Royal Variety Performance as The Wizard
1991Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years as Self - Presenter
1991The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991Thrill Kill Video Club as Spoons
1990Search Out Space as The Doctor
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1989Doctor Who: Survival as The Doctor
1989Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric as The Doctor
1989Doctor Who: Ghost Light as The Doctor
1989Doctor Who: Battlefield as The Doctor
1988Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as The Doctor
1988Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis as The Doctor
1988The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol as The Doctor
1988Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks as The Doctor
1987Doctor Who: Dragonfire as The Doctor
1987Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen as The Doctor
1987Doctor Who: Paradise Towers as The Doctor
1987Doctor Who: Time and the Rani as The Doctor
1987Going Live! as Self
1987Three Kinds of Heat as Harry Pimm
1987It's Wicked
1987Doctor Who Then & Now as Doctor Who
1986The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986Casualty as Kev the Rev
1986Casualty as Ashley Millington
1985The Last Place on Earth as Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers
1984The Bill
1981Big Jim And The Figaro Club as Turps
1980Electric in the City as Kerwin
1979The Secret Policeman's Ball as Various Roles
1979Dracula as Walter
1979Big Jim and the Figaro Club as Turps
1978An Audience with... as Self
1974Playhouse as Kerwin
1974Tiswas
1971The Ken Campbell Roadshow as Self
1964Vision On
1963Doctor Who as The Doctor
—Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy? as Self