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