Sylvester McCoy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1943
- Birthplace
- Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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
Bananacide TBA
as Dr. Brunswick
Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy? TBA
as Self, Executive Producer
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War 2025
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Heartsmith 2025
as Umbrella Man
Dead Before They Wake 2025
as Evan
Doctor Who at the Proms 2024
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
The Apocalypse Box 2024
as Peter Mann
The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie 2023
as Knibbles the Beaver (voice)
Talking Doctor Who 2023
as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2 2023
as Self
Sylvester McCoy Uncut 2023
as Himself
Necronomicon 2023
as Book Seller (archive footage)
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth! 2022
as Klakk (voice)
The Munsters 2022
as Igor
Christmas with Strangers 2021
as Self
In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy 2021
as Self
Doctor Who: 24 Carat 2021
as The Doctor
Lost at Christmas 2020
as Ernie
The Owners 2020
as Richard Huggins
The Big Night In 2020
as Self
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead 2020
as Book Seller (archive footage)
The Circuit 2019
Actor
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years 2019
Actor
Hangover in Death Valley 2018
as General Zwick (archive footage)
The Doctors: Monsters! 2018
Actor
Beauty 2018
as Henry
Slumber 2017
as Amado
Punk Strut: The Movie 2016
as DJ
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song 2015
as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014
as Radagast the Brown
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison 2014
as Self
The Seventeenth Kind 2014
as Rusty
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2013
as Radagast the Brown
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor 2013
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot 2013
as Self
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty 2013
as Self
The Christmas Candle 2013
as Edward Haddington
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS 2013
as Self
Doctor Who Explained 2013
as Self
Doctor Who at the Proms 2013
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012
as Radagast the Brown
The Inspector Chronicles 2012
as Uncle Roderick
Eldorado 2012
as General Zwick
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time 2011
Actor
The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy 2010
Actor
The Last Chance Saloon 2010
Actor
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor 2008
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
King Lear 2008
as The Fool
Davros Connections 2007
as (archival footage)
Doctor Who: Endgame 2007
as Self
Manilla Envelopes 2006
as Duncan
Collectormania 7 2005
as Self
Doctor Who: A New Dimension 2005
as Self
The Story of Doctor Who 2003
Actor
My Doctor Who Diary 2002
Actor
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time 2002
as The Doctor
Then & Now 2001
Actor
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet? 2001
as The Foot Doctor
The Mumbo Jumbo 2000
as Mr. Tallman
You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece 2000
as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
Adventures in Space and Time 1999
as Himself
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? 1998
Actor
Beyond Fear 1997
as Michael Samms
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns 1996
as Flynn
Doctor Who 1996
as The Doctor
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary 1996
as Self, Camera Operator, Director
I Was a Doctor Who Monster! 1996
as Presenter
- Ghostlands
Ghostlands 1996
as Edward Parfitt
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond 1995
Actor
Leapin' Leprechauns 1995
as Flynn
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen 1995
Actor
Stranger than Fiction 1994
Actor
PROBE: The Zero Imperative 1994
as Dr. Colin Dove
Police 5: The Master 1993
as The Doctor (archive footage)
I Was That Monster 1993
as Himself
30 Years in the TARDIS 1993
as Himself
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time 1993
as The 7th Doctor
The Airzone Solution 1993
as Anthony Stanwick
The Children's Royal Variety Performance 1992
as The Wizard
Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years 1991
as Self - Presenter
Thrill Kill Video Club 1991
as Spoons
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event 1991
Actor
Search Out Space 1990
as The Doctor
The PanoptiCon Tapes V 1990
Actor
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV 1990
Actor
The PanoptiCon Tapes III 1990
Actor
The PanoptiCon Tapes II 1990
Actor
Doctor Who: Survival 1989
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric 1989
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Ghost Light 1989
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Battlefield 1989
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 1988
as The Doctor
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
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks 1988
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Dragonfire 1987
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen 1987
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers 1987
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani 1987
as The Doctor
Three Kinds of Heat 1987
as Harry Pimm
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI 1986
Actor
Electric in the City 1980
as Kerwin
The Secret Policeman's Ball 1979
as Various Roles
Dracula 1979
as Walter
Big Jim and the Figaro Club 1979
as Turps
The Ken Campbell Roadshow 1971
as Self
Credits from TMDB.