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