Sylvester McCoy

Sylvester McCoy

Acting • Born 1943-08-20

Acting1Dunoon, 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).

Filmography

136 credits
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years

The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years

Movie • 2019

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Movie • 2013

Self

Doctor Who Explained

Doctor Who Explained

Movie • 2013

Self

The Circuit

The Circuit

Movie • 2019

The Munsters

The Munsters

Movie • 2022

Igor

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Movie • 1996

The Doctor

King Lear

King Lear

Movie • 2008

The Fool

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Movie • 2012

Radagast the Brown

The Mumbo Jumbo

The Mumbo Jumbo

Movie • 2000

Mr. Tallman

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Movie • 2014

Self

Conjuring: The Book of the Dead

Conjuring: The Book of the Dead

Movie • 2020

Book Seller (archive footage)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Movie • 2013

Radagast the Brown

Necronomicon

Necronomicon

Movie • 2023

Book Seller (archive footage)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Movie • 2014

Radagast the Brown

The Secret Policeman's Ball

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Movie • 1979

Various Roles

Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?

Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?

Movie

Self

The Airzone Solution

The Airzone Solution

Movie • 1993

Anthony Stanwick

Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2

Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2

Movie • 2023

Self

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Movie • 1993

The 7th Doctor

The Christmas Candle

The Christmas Candle

Movie • 2013

Edward Haddington

The Seventeenth Kind

The Seventeenth Kind

Movie • 2014

Rusty

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Movie • 2013

Self

Talking Doctor Who

Talking Doctor Who

Movie • 2023

Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years

Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years

Movie • 1991

Self - Presenter

Sylvester McCoy Uncut

Sylvester McCoy Uncut

Movie • 2023

Himself

Then & Now

Then & Now

Movie • 2001

My Doctor Who Diary

My Doctor Who Diary

Movie • 2002

The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane

The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane

Movie • 2022

Igor / Self

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Movie • 2013

The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!

Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!

Movie • 2022

Klakk (voice)

Doctor Who: 24 Carat

Doctor Who: 24 Carat

Movie • 2021

The Doctor

Punk Strut: The Movie

Punk Strut: The Movie

Movie • 2016

DJ

The Inspector Chronicles

The Inspector Chronicles

Movie • 2012

Uncle Roderick

The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event

The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event

Movie • 1991

The PanoptiCon Tapes II

The PanoptiCon Tapes II

Movie • 1990

The PanoptiCon Tapes III

The PanoptiCon Tapes III

Movie • 1990

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV

The PanoptiCon Tapes IV

Movie • 1990

The PanoptiCon Tapes V

The PanoptiCon Tapes V

Movie • 1990

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

The PanoptiCon Tapes VI

Movie • 1986

Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns

Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns

Movie • 1996

Flynn

Dracula

Dracula

Movie • 1979

Walter

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

Movie • 1994

Dr. Colin Dove

Hangover in Death Valley

Hangover in Death Valley

Movie • 2018

General Zwick (archive footage)

Christmas with Strangers

Christmas with Strangers

Movie • 2021

Self

Doctor Who: Battlefield

Doctor Who: Battlefield

Movie • 1989

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Movie • 1989

The Doctor

Dead Before They Wake

Dead Before They Wake

Movie • 2025

Evan

Doctor Who: A New Dimension

Doctor Who: A New Dimension

Movie • 2005

Self

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

Movie • 1979

Turps

Doctor Who: Survival

Doctor Who: Survival

Movie • 1989

The Doctor

Eldorado

Eldorado

Movie • 2012

General Zwick

Ghostlands

Ghostlands

Movie • 1996

Edward Parfitt

The Apocalypse Box

The Apocalypse Box

Movie • 2024

Peter Mann

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

Doctor Who: Dragonfire

Movie • 1987

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

Movie • 1987

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani

Movie • 1987

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Movie • 1989

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Movie • 1988

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

Movie • 1988

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol

Movie • 1988

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks

Movie • 1988

The Doctor

Stranger than Fiction

Stranger than Fiction

Movie • 1994

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen

Movie • 1995

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Movie • 1996

Self

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

Movie • 1995

Leapin' Leprechauns

Leapin' Leprechauns

Movie • 1995

Flynn

Slumber

Slumber

Movie • 2017

Amado

Three Kinds of Heat

Three Kinds of Heat

Movie • 1987

Harry Pimm

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time

Movie • 2011

Manilla Envelopes

Manilla Envelopes

Movie • 2006

Duncan

Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?

Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?

Movie • 2001

The Foot Doctor

Adventures in Space and Time

Adventures in Space and Time

Movie • 1999

Himself

Davros Connections

Davros Connections

Movie • 2007

(archival footage)

The Story of Doctor Who

The Story of Doctor Who

Movie • 2003

I Was a Doctor Who Monster!

I Was a Doctor Who Monster!

Movie • 1996

Presenter

Beyond Fear

Beyond Fear

Movie • 1997

Michael Samms

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

Movie • 1998

The Owners

The Owners

Movie • 2020

Richard Huggins

Beauty

Beauty

Movie • 2018

Henry

Lost at Christmas

Lost at Christmas

Movie • 2020

Ernie

The Ken Campbell Roadshow

The Ken Campbell Roadshow

Movie • 1971

Self

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Movie • 1987

The Doctor

Thrill Kill Video Club

Thrill Kill Video Club

Movie • 1991

Spoons

You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece

You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece

Movie • 2000

Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman

Electric in the City

Electric in the City

Movie • 1980

Kerwin

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time

Movie • 2002

The Doctor

Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie • 2024

The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

The Heartsmith

The Heartsmith

Movie • 2025

Umbrella Man

The Doctors: Monsters!

The Doctors: Monsters!

Movie • 2018

The Children's Royal Variety Performance

The Children's Royal Variety Performance

Movie • 1992

The Wizard

30 Years in the TARDIS

30 Years in the TARDIS

Movie • 1993

Himself

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Movie • 2008

The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Movie • 2015

The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)

Police 5: The Master

Police 5: The Master

Movie • 1993

The Doctor (archive footage)

I Was That Monster

I Was That Monster

Movie • 1993

Himself

Search Out Space

Search Out Space

Movie • 1990

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Endgame

Doctor Who: Endgame

Movie • 2007

Self

The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

Movie • 1988

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS

Movie • 2013

Self

The Last Chance Saloon

The Last Chance Saloon

Movie • 2010

Doctor Who: Downtime

Doctor Who: Downtime

Movie • 2025

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Movie • 2025

The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy

In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy

Movie • 2021

Self

The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy

The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy

Movie • 2010

Doctor Who: Thin Ice

Doctor Who: Thin Ice

Movie • 2013

The Doctor

Doctor Who: Crime of the Century

Doctor Who: Crime of the Century

Movie • 2013

The Doctor

The Big Night In

The Big Night In

Movie • 2020

Self

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor

Movie • 2022

The Doctor

The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie

The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie

Movie • 2023

Knibbles the Beaver (voice)

Tiswas

Tiswas

TV • 1974

Vision On

Vision On

TV • 1964

Still Game

Still Game

TV • 2002

Doctor Who Confidential

Doctor Who Confidential

TV • 2005

The Bill

The Bill

TV • 1984

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

TV • 1997

Mr, Dowling

Space Cadets

Space Cadets

TV • 1997

Self

Mayo

Mayo

TV • 2006

Reverend Beaver

The Last Place on Earth

The Last Place on Earth

TV • 1985

Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers

GMTV

GMTV

TV • 1993

Self

Big Jim And The Figaro Club

Big Jim And The Figaro Club

TV • 1981

Turps

It's Wicked

It's Wicked

TV • 1987

Pointless Celebrities

Pointless Celebrities

TV • 2011

Self

An Audience with...

An Audience with...

TV • 1978

Self

Frank Stubbs Promotes

Frank Stubbs Promotes

TV • 1993

Angus

Casualty

Casualty

TV • 1986

Kev the Rev

Casualty

Casualty

TV • 1986

Ashley Millington

Tales of the Tardis

Tales of the Tardis

TV • 2023

The Doctor

Doctor Who Then & Now

Doctor Who Then & Now

TV • 1987

Doctor Who

Father Brown

Father Brown

TV • 2013

Dr. Angus McClurgy

Going Live!

Going Live!

TV • 1987

Self

The Real Marigold Hotel

The Real Marigold Hotel

TV • 2016

Self

Thunderbirds Are Go!

Thunderbirds Are Go!

TV • 2015

Aezethril the Wizard (voice)

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

TV • 1963

The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

TV • 2013

Self

Playhouse

Playhouse

TV • 1974

Kerwin

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

TV • 2018

Self