Sylvester McCoy

Personal Info

Birthday

August 20, 1943

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

Сильвестр Маккой

Персі Джеймс Патрік Кент-Сміт

Sylvester McCoy

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).

Known For

Doctor Who

Father Brown

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Casualty

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Playhouse

Thunderbirds Are Go!

Filmography

2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Downtime
as The Doctor
The Heartsmith
as Umbrella Man
Dead Before They Wake
as Evan
2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
The Apocalypse Box
as Peter Mann
2023
Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
as Self
Sylvester McCoy Uncut
as Himself
Necronomicon
as Book Seller (archive footage)
2022
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
as Klakk (voice)
The Munsters
as Igor
The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
as Igor / Self
2021
Christmas with Strangers
as Self
Sylvester McCoy - In Conversation
as Self
Doctor Who: 24 Carat
as The Doctor
2020
Lost at Christmas
as Ernie
The Owners
as Richard Huggins
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
as Book Seller (archive footage)
2018
Hangover in Death Valley
as General Zwick (archive footage)
Beauty
as Henry
2017
Slumber
as Amado
2016
Punk Strut: The Movie
as DJ
2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Radagast the Brown
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
as Self
The Seventeenth Kind
as Rusty
2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Radagast the Brown
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as Self
The Christmas Candle
as Edward Haddington
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
as Self
Ian Levine: Downtime Redux
as The Doctor
Doctor Who Explained
as Self
2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Radagast the Brown
The Inspector Chronicles
as Uncle Roderick
Eldorado
as General Zwick
2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
King Lear
as The Fool
2007
Davros Connections
as (archival footage)
2006
Manilla Envelopes
as Duncan
2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
as Self
2002
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
as The Doctor
2001
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
as The Foot Doctor
2000
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Mr. Tallman
1999
Adventures in Space and Time
as Himself
1997
Beyond Fear
as Michael Samms
1996
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
as Flynn
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
as Self
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
as Presenter
Ghostlands
as Edward Parfitt
1995
Leapin' Leprechauns
as Flynn
1994
Myth Makers 28: Sylvester McCoy
as Self
The Zero Imperative
as Dr. Colin Dove
1993
Police 5: The Master
as The Doctor (archive footage)
I Was That Monster
as Himself
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as The 7th Doctor
The Airzone Solution
as Anthony Stanwick
1992
The Children's Royal Variety Performance
as The Wizard
1991
Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years
as Self - Presenter
Thrill Kill Video Club
as Spoons
1990
Search Out Space
as The Doctor
1989
Doctor Who: Survival
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Battlefield
as The Doctor
1988
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
as The Doctor
1987
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
as The Doctor
Three Kinds of Heat
as Harry Pimm
1980
Electric in the City
as Kerwin
1979
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Various Roles
Dracula
as Walter
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
as Turps
1971
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
as Self