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).
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Movies (44)
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Doctor Who: Downtime
as The Doctor
2025
The Heartsmith
as Umbrella Man
2025
Dead Before They Wake
as Evan
2025
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2024
The Apocalypse Box
as Peter Mann
2024
Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2023
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
as Self
2023
Sylvester McCoy Uncut
as Himself
2023
Necronomicon
as Book Seller (archive footage)
2023
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
as Klakk (voice)
2022
The Munsters
as Igor
2022
The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
as Igor / Self
2022
Christmas with Strangers
as Self
2021
In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy
as Self
2021
Doctor Who: 24 Carat
as The Doctor
2021
Lost at Christmas
as Ernie
2020
The Owners
as Richard Huggins
2020
The Big Night In
as Self
2020
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
as Book Seller (archive footage)
2020
The Circuit
2019
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
2019
Hangover in Death Valley
as General Zwick (archive footage)
2018
The Doctors: Monsters!
2018
Beauty
as Henry
2018
Slumber
as Amado
2017
Punk Strut: The Movie
as DJ
2016
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Radagast the Brown
2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
as Self
2014
The Seventeenth Kind
as Rusty
2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Radagast the Brown
2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as Self
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2013
The Christmas Candle
as Edward Haddington
2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
as Self
2013
Doctor Who: Thin Ice
as The Doctor
2013
Doctor Who: Crime of the Century
as The Doctor
2013
Doctor Who Explained
as Self
2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Radagast the Brown
2012
The Inspector Chronicles
as Uncle Roderick
2012
Eldorado
as General Zwick
2012
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
