
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).
Acted in 104
2020s
- 2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Before They Wake
Evan
- 2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
The Apocalypse Box
Peter Mann
- 2023
The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie
Knibbles the Beaver (voice)
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor · 1 episode
- 2022
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
Klakk (voice)
- 2021
Doctor Who: 24 Carat
The Doctor
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
The Circuit
Movie
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
Movie
- 2018
Hangover in Death Valley
General Zwick (archive footage)
The Doctors: Monsters!
Movie
Beauty
Henry
- 2017
- 2016
Punk Strut: The Movie
DJ
- 2015
Crims
Mr Dunlop · 1 episode
- 2014
The Seventeenth Kind
Rusty
- 2013
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (7) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2012
The Inspector Chronicles
Uncle Roderick
- 2011
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Movie
- 2010
The Last Chance Saloon
Movie
The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy
Movie
2000s
- 2008
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
- 2007
Davros Connections
(archival footage)
- 2006
Mayo
Reverend Beaver · 1 episode
- 2005
- 2003
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie
- 2002
My Doctor Who Diary
Movie
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
The Doctor
- 2001
Then & Now
Movie
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
The Foot Doctor
- 2000
The Mumbo Jumbo
Mr. Tallman
You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece
Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
1990s
- 1998
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Movie
- 1997
Beyond Fear
Michael Samms
- 1996
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
Flynn
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
Presenter
- 1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
Movie
Leapin' Leprechauns
Flynn
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
Movie
- 1994
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Dr. Colin Dove
Stranger than Fiction
Movie
- 1993
Police 5: The Master
The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The 7th Doctor
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Angus · 1 episode
- 1992
The Children's Royal Variety Performance
The Wizard
- 1991
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
Movie
Thrill Kill Video Club
Spoons
- 1990
Search Out Space
The Doctor
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
Movie
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
Movie
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
Movie
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
Movie
1980s
- 1989
Doctor Who: Survival
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Battlefield
The Doctor
- 1988
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
The Doctor
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
Movie
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
The Doctor
- 1987
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
The Doctor
Three Kinds of Heat
Harry Pimm
Doctor Who Then & Now
Doctor Who · 1 episode
- 1986
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
Movie
- 1985
The Last Place on Earth
Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers · 7 episodes
- 1984
- 1983
- 1980
Electric in the City
Kerwin
1970s
- 1979
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Various Roles
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Turps
- 1974
No release date
Bananacide
Dr. Brunswick
Produced 1
No release date
Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?
Executive Producer
Camera 1
1990s
- 1996
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Camera Operator
Directed 1
1990s
- 1996
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Director
Appearances28
2020s
- 2023
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
Self
Sylvester McCoy Uncut
Himself
- 2021
Christmas with Strangers
Self
In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy
Self
- 2020
The Big Night In
Self
2010s
- 2018
- 2016
The Real Marigold Hotel
Self · 3 episodes
- 2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
- 2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
Doctor Who Explained
Self
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self · 11 episodes
- 2011
2000s
- 2007
Doctor Who: Endgame
Self
- 2005
Collectormania 7
Self
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
1990s
- 1999
Adventures in Space and Time
Himself
- 1996
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self
- 1993
I Was That Monster
Himself
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
- 1991
Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years
Self - Presenter
1980s
- 1987
1970s
- 1978
- 1971
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
Self
No release date
Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?
Self