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