Sylvester McCoy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 20 August 1943 · 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).
Known for
Acting 113
- 2026Bananacide as Dr. Brunswick
- 2026Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy? as Self
- 2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025Doctor Who: The Eight Doctors as The Doctor
- 2025Doctor Who: Downtime as The Doctor
- 2025The Heartsmith as Umbrella Man
- 2025Dead Before They Wake as Evan
- 2024Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
- 2024The Apocalypse Box as Peter Mann
- 2023The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie as Knibbles the Beaver (voice)
- 2023Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
- 2023Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2 as Self
- 2023Sylvester McCoy Uncut as Himself
- 2023Necronomicon as Book Seller (archive footage)
- 2022Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth! as Klakk (voice)
- 2022The Munsters as Igor
- 2022The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane as Igor / Self
- 2021Christmas with Strangers as Self
- 2021In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy as Self
- 2021Doctor Who: 24 Carat as The Doctor
- 2020Lost at Christmas as Ernie
- 2020The Owners as Richard Huggins
- 2020The Big Night In as Self
- 2020Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Book Seller (archive footage)
- 2019The Circuit
- 2019The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
- 2018Hangover in Death Valley as General Zwick (archive footage)
- 2018The Doctors: Monsters!
- 2018Beauty as Henry
- 2017Slumber as Amado
- 2016Punk Strut: The Movie as DJ
- 2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
- 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Radagast the Brown
- 2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison as Self
- 2014The Seventeenth Kind as Rusty
- 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Radagast the Brown
- 2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
- 2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
- 2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- 2013The Christmas Candle as Edward Haddington
- 2013Doctor Who: Thin Ice as The Doctor
- 2013Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS as Self
- 2013Doctor Who: Crime of the Century as The Doctor
- 2013Ian Levine: Downtime Redux as The Doctor
- 2013Doctor Who Explained as Self
- 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Radagast the Brown
- 2012The Inspector Chronicles as Uncle Roderick
- 2012Eldorado as General Zwick
- 2011Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
- 2010The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy
- 2010The Last Chance Saloon
- 2008Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
- 2008King Lear as The Fool
- 2007Davros Connections as (archival footage)
- 2007Doctor Who: Endgame as Self
- 2006Manilla Envelopes as Duncan
- 2005Collectormania 7 as Self
- 2005Doctor Who: A New Dimension as Self
- 2003The Story of Doctor Who
- 2002My Doctor Who Diary
- 2002Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time as The Doctor
- 2001Then & Now
- 2001Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet? as The Foot Doctor
- 2000The Mumbo Jumbo as Mr. Tallman
- 2000You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
- 1999Adventures in Space and Time as Himself
- 1998Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
- 1997Beyond Fear as Michael Samms
- 1996Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns as Flynn
- 1996Doctor Who as The Doctor
- 1996Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary as Self
- 1996I Was a Doctor Who Monster! as Presenter
- 1996Ghostlands as Edward Parfitt
- 1995The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
- 1995Leapin' Leprechauns as Flynn
- 1995Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
- 1994Myth Makers 28: Sylvester McCoy as Self
- 1994PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Dr. Colin Dove
- 1994Stranger than Fiction
- 1993Police 5: The Master as The Doctor (archive footage)
- 1993I Was That Monster as Himself
- 199330 Years in the TARDIS as Himself
- 1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 7th Doctor
- 1993The Airzone Solution as Anthony Stanwick
- 1992The Children's Royal Variety Performance as The Wizard
- 1991Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years as Self - Presenter
- 1991Thrill Kill Video Club as Spoons
- 1991The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
- 1990Search Out Space as The Doctor
- 1990The PanoptiCon Tapes V
- 1990The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
- 1990The PanoptiCon Tapes III
- 1990The PanoptiCon Tapes II
- 1989Doctor Who: Survival as The Doctor
- 1989Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric as The Doctor
- 1989Doctor Who: Ghost Light as The Doctor
- 1989Doctor Who: Battlefield as The Doctor
- 1988Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as The Doctor
- 1988Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis as The Doctor
- 1988The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
- 1988Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol as The Doctor
- 1988Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks as The Doctor
- 1987Doctor Who: Dragonfire as The Doctor
- 1987Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen as The Doctor
- 1987Doctor Who: Paradise Towers as The Doctor
- 1987Doctor Who: Time and the Rani as The Doctor
- 1987Three Kinds of Heat as Harry Pimm
- 1986The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
- 1980Electric in the City as Kerwin
- 1979The Secret Policeman's Ball as Various Roles
- 1979Dracula as Walter
- 1979Big Jim and the Figaro Club as Turps
- 1971The Ken Campbell Roadshow as Self
Production 1
- 2026Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy? · executive producer
Camera 1
- 1996Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary · camera operator
Directing 1
- 1996Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary · director