Sylvester McCoy
Born: 1943-08-20 in Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Known For: Acting
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
2025
- Doctor Who: Downtime as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Dead Before They Wake as Evan
- The Heartsmith as Umbrella Man
2024
- Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
- The Apocalypse Box as Peter Mann
- The Doctor Who Escape Room: Team Seventh Doctor as Self
2023
- Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
- Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2 as Self
- Sylvester McCoy Uncut as Himself
- Necronomicon as Book Seller (archive footage)
- Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2022
- The Munsters as Igor
- The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane as Igor / Self
- Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth! as Klakk (voice)
2021
- Holiday Camp: The Making of 'Delta and the Bannermen' as Self
- In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy as Self
- Here's to the Future as Self
- The Doctor's Table: Season 24 as Self
- Christmas with Strangers as Self
- Doctor Who: 24 Carat as The Doctor
2020
- The Owners as Richard Huggins
- Buried Treasure: 30 Years of Fenric as Self
- Lost at Christmas as Ernie
- Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Book Seller (archive footage)
2018
- Beauty as Henry
- The Doctors: Monsters!
- Hangover in Death Valley as General Zwick (archive footage)
2017
- Slumber as Amado
2016
- Punk Strut: The Movie as DJ
- The Real Marigold Hotel as Self
2015
- Thunderbirds Are Go! as Aezethril the Wizard (voice)
- 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
- Father Brown as Dr. Angus McClurgy
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Radagast the Brown
- Doctor Who: Thin Ice as The Doctor
- The Christmas Candle as Edward Haddington
- Doctor Who: Crime of the Century as The Doctor
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- Doctor Who Explained as Self
- Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
- Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS as Self
2012
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Radagast the Brown
- Eldorado as General Zwick
- The Inspector Chronicles as Uncle Roderick
- Fire and Ice: The Making of 'Dragonfire' as Self
2011
2008
- King Lear as The Fool
- Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
- Storm Over Avallion: Making 'Battlefield' as Self
- Past and Future King: Writing ‘Battlefield’ as Self
- Watertank as Self
2007
- Davros Connections as (archival footage)
- Doctor Who: Endgame as Self
- Back to School: The Making of 'Remembrance of the Daleks' as Self
- Cat Flap: The Making of 'Survival' as Self
2006
- Manilla Envelopes as Duncan
- Mayo as Reverend Beaver
2005
2004
2002
- Still Game
- Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Doctor
- My Doctor Who Diary
2001
- Then & Now
- Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet? as The Foot Doctor
2000
- The Mumbo Jumbo as Mr. Tallman
- You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
1999
- Adventures in Space and Time as Himself
1997
- Beyond Fear as Michael Samms
- The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Mr, Dowling
- Space Cadets as Self
1996
- Ghostlands as Edward Parfitt
- Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns as Flynn
- Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary as Self
- Doctor Who as The Doctor
- I Was a Doctor Who Monster! as Presenter
1995
1994
- PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Dr. Colin Dove
- Myth Makers 28: Sylvester McCoy as Self
- Stranger than Fiction
1993
- GMTV as Self
- Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 7th Doctor
- Police 5: The Master as The Doctor (archive footage)
- Frank Stubbs Promotes as Angus
- The Airzone Solution as Anthony Stanwick
- 30 Years in the TARDIS as Himself
- I Was That Monster as Himself
1992
- The Children's Royal Variety Performance as The Wizard
1991
- Thrill Kill Video Club as Spoons
- Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years as Self - Presenter
- The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1990
1989
- Doctor Who: Ghost Light as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Survival 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: Remembrance of the Daleks as The Doctor
- The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
- Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol as The Doctor
1987
- Going Live! as Self
- Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Time and the Rani as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Dragonfire as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Paradise Towers as The Doctor
- It's Wicked
- Three Kinds of Heat as Harry Pimm
- Doctor Who Then & Now as Doctor Who
1986
- Casualty as Kev the Rev
- The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1985
- The Last Place on Earth as Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers
1984
1981
- Big Jim And The Figaro Club as Turps
1980
- Electric in the City as Kerwin
1979
- Dracula as Walter
- The Secret Policeman's Ball as Various Roles
- Big Jim and the Figaro Club as Turps
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
1971
- The Ken Campbell Roadshow as Self
1964
1963
- Doctor Who as The Doctor