Sylvester McCoy
Known for acting · Born 20 August 1943 · 83 · Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
139 credits
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
Doctor Who
1963
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
Tiswas
1974
The Owners
2020
Slumber
2017
Vision On
1964
Doctor Who
1996
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
Lost at Christmas
2020
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
Acting (137)
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarThe Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2025Dead Before They WakeEvanFilm
2025The HeartsmithUmbrella ManFilm
2024The Apocalypse BoxPeter MannFilm
2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (7) (archive footage)Film
2023Tales of the TardisThe DoctorSeries
2023Talking Doctor WhoSelf / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)Film
2023NecronomiconBook Seller (archive footage)Film
2023Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2SelfFilm
2023Sylvester McCoy UncutHimselfFilm
2023The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The MovieKnibbles the Beaver (voice)Film
2022The MunstersIgorFilm
2022Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!Klakk (voice)Film
2021Doctor Who: 24 CaratThe DoctorFilm
2021Christmas with StrangersSelfFilm
2021In Conversation: Sylvester McCoySelfFilm
2020The OwnersRichard HugginsFilm
2020Lost at ChristmasErnieFilm
2020Conjuring: The Book of the DeadBook Seller (archive footage)Film
2020The Big Night InSelfFilm
2019The CircuitFilm
2019The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy YearsFilm
2018BeautyHenryFilm
2018Hangover in Death ValleyGeneral Zwick (archive footage)Film
2018The Doctors: Monsters!Film
2018Doctor Who: Behind the SofaSelf · 25 episodesSeries
2017SlumberAmadoFilm
2016ZappedLord Protector · 3 episodesSeries
2016The Real Marigold HotelSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2016Punk Strut: The MovieDJFilm
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)Film
2015Thunderbirds Are Go!Aezethril the Wizard (voice)Series
2015CrimsMr DunlopSeries
2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesRadagast the BrownFilm
2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter DavisonSelfFilm
2014The Seventeenth KindRustyFilm
2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugRadagast the BrownFilm
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe Doctor (7) (archive footage)Film
2013Father BrownDr. Angus McClurgySeries
2013The Five(ish) Doctors RebootSelfFilm
2013The Christmas CandleEdward HaddingtonFilm
2013Doctor Who: The Doctors RevisitedSelf · 11 episodesSeries
2013Doctor Who ExplainedSelfFilm
2013Doctor Who Live: The AfterpartySelfFilm
2013Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDISSelfFilm
2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyRadagast the BrownFilm
2012EldoradoGeneral ZwickFilm
2012The Inspector ChroniclesUncle RoderickFilm
2011Pointless CelebritiesSelfSeries
2011Doctor Who: Tales Lost in TimeFilm
2010The Last Chance SaloonFilm
2010The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoyFilm
2008Doctor Who: The Next DoctorThe Doctor (7) (archive footage)Film
2008King LearThe FoolFilm
2007Davros Connections(archival footage)Film
2007Doctor Who: EndgameSelfFilm
2006MayoReverend BeaverSeries
2006Manilla EnvelopesDuncanFilm
2005Doctor Who Confidential · 9 episodesSeries
2005Doctor Who: A New DimensionSelfFilm
2005Collectormania 7SelfFilm
2003The Story of Doctor WhoFilm
2002Still GameSeries
2002Doctor Who: Death Comes to TimeThe DoctorFilm
2002My Doctor Who DiaryFilm
2001Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?The Foot DoctorFilm
2001Then & NowFilm
2000The Mumbo JumboMr. TallmanFilm
2000You: Story and Glory of a MasterpieceMuseum attendant / Vasilij GrossmanFilm
1999Adventures in Space and TimeHimselfFilm
1998Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?Film
1997Space CadetsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingMr, Dowling · 5 episodesSeries
1997Beyond FearMichael SammsFilm
1996Doctor WhoThe DoctorFilm
1996Spellbreaker: Secret of the LeprechaunsFlynnFilm
1996Bidding Adieu: A Video DiarySelfFilm
1996I Was a Doctor Who Monster!PresenterFilm
1996GhostlandsEdward ParfittFilm
1995Leapin' LeprechaunsFlynnFilm
1995The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and BeyondFilm
1995Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to ScreenFilm
1994PROBE: The Zero ImperativeDr. Colin DoveFilm
1994Stranger than FictionFilm
1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in TimeThe 7th DoctorFilm
1993GMTVSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1993The Airzone SolutionAnthony StanwickFilm
199330 Years in the TARDISHimselfFilm
1993Frank Stubbs PromotesAngusSeries
1993Police 5: The MasterThe Doctor (archive footage)Film
1993I Was That MonsterHimselfFilm
1992The Children's Royal Variety PerformanceThe WizardFilm
1991Doctor Who: The Hartnell YearsSelf - PresenterFilm
1991Thrill Kill Video ClubSpoonsFilm
1991The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main EventFilm
1990Search Out SpaceThe DoctorFilm
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes IIFilm
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes IIIFilm
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes VFilm
1990The PanoptiCon Tapes IVFilm
1989Doctor Who: SurvivalThe DoctorFilm
1989Doctor Who: The Curse of FenricThe DoctorFilm
1989Doctor Who: BattlefieldThe DoctorFilm
1989Doctor Who: Ghost LightThe DoctorFilm
1988Doctor Who: Remembrance of the DaleksThe DoctorFilm
1988Doctor Who: The Happiness PatrolThe DoctorFilm
1988Doctor Who: Silver NemesisThe DoctorFilm
1988Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the GalaxyThe DoctorFilm
1988The Making of Doctor Who: Silver NemesisFilm
1987Doctor Who: DragonfireThe DoctorFilm
1987Doctor Who: Delta and the BannermenThe DoctorFilm
1987Doctor Who: Time and the RaniThe DoctorFilm
1987Three Kinds of HeatHarry PimmFilm
1987Doctor Who: Paradise TowersThe DoctorFilm
1987Going Live!Self · 2 episodesSeries
1987It's WickedSeries
1987Doctor Who Then & NowDoctor WhoSeries
1986CasualtyKev the Rev, Ashley MillingtonSeries
1986The PanoptiCon Tapes VIFilm
1985The Last Place on EarthLt. 'Birdie' Bowers · 7 episodesSeries
1984The BillSeries
1983DramaramaDonaldSeries
1981Big Jim and the Figaro ClubTurps · 5 episodesSeries
1980Electric in the CityKerwinFilm
1979DraculaWalterFilm
1979The Secret Policeman's BallVarious RolesFilm
1979Big Jim and the Figaro ClubTurpsFilm
1979Turning Year TalesTurpsSeries
1978An Audience with...SelfSeries
1977For the Love of Albert · 5 episodesSeries
1974Tiswas · 302 episodesSeries
1974PlayhouseKerwinSeries
1971The Ken Campbell RoadshowSelfFilm
1964Vision On · 121 episodesSeries
1963Doctor WhoThe Doctor · 42 episodesSeries
—Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?SelfFilm
—BananacideDr. BrunswickFilm
Directing (1)
1996Bidding Adieu: A Video DiaryDirector, Camera OperatorFilm
Production (1)
—Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?Executive ProducerFilm