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
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014)
Radagast the Brown
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(2012)
Radagast the Brown
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(2013)
Radagast the Brown
Slumber
(2017)
Amado
The Munsters
(2022)
Igor
Dracula
(1979)
Walter
Doctor Who
(1996)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
(2013)
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
The Owners
(2020)
Richard Huggins
Full Filmography
Acting
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
(1971)
Self
Dracula
(1979)
Walter
The Secret Policeman's Ball
(1979)
Various Roles
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
(1986)
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
(1987)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
(1987)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
(1987)
The Doctor
Three Kinds of Heat
(1987)
Harry Pimm
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
(1987)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
(1988)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
(1988)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
(1988)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
(1988)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Battlefield
(1989)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Survival
(1989)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
(1989)
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
(1989)
The Doctor
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
(1990)
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
(1990)
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
(1990)
The PanoptiCon Tapes
(1990)
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
(1990)
Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years
(1991)
Host
Thrill Kill Video Club
(1991)
Spoons
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
(1993)
The 7th Doctor
The Airzone Solution
(1993)
Anthony Stanwick
Myth Makers 28: Sylvester McCoy
(1994)
The Zero Imperative
(1994)
Dr. Colin Dove
Stranger than Fiction
(1994)
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
(1995)
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
(1995)
Leapin' Leprechauns
(1995)
Flynn
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
(1996)
Flynn
Doctor Who
(1996)
The Doctor
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
(1996)
Self
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
(1996)
Presenter
Beyond Fear
(1997)
Michael Samms
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
(1998)
Adventures in Space and Time
(1999)
Himself
The Mumbo Jumbo
(2000)
Mr. Tallman
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
(2001)
The Foot Doctor
Then & Now
(2001)
My Doctor Who Diary
(2002)
The Story of Doctor Who
(2003)
Manilla Envelopes
(2006)
Duncan
Davros Connections
(2007)
(archival footage)
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
(2007)
Self
King Lear
(2008)
The Fool
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
(2011)
Eldorado
(2012)
General Zwick
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(2012)
Radagast the Brown
The Inspector Chronicles
(2012)
Uncle Roderick
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
(2013)
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
The Christmas Candle
(2013)
Edward Haddington
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(2013)
Radagast the Brown
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
(2013)
Himself
Ian Levine: Downtime Redux
(2013)
The Doctor
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
(2013)
Self
Doctor Who Explained
(2013)
Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014)
Radagast the Brown
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
(2014)
Self
The Seventeenth Kind
(2014)
Rusty
Punk Strut: The Movie
(2016)
DJ
Slumber
(2017)
Amado
Beauty
(2018)
Henry
Hangover in Death Valley
(2018)
General Zwick (archive footage)
The Circuit
(2019)
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
(2019)
Lost at Christmas
(2020)
Ernie
The Owners
(2020)
Richard Huggins
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
(2020)
Book Seller (archive footage)
Christmas with Strangers
(2021)
Self
Doctor Who: 24 Carat
(2021)
The Doctor
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
(2022)
Klakk (voice)
The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
(2022)
Igor / Self
The Munsters
(2022)
Igor
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
(2022)
The Doctor (7)
Necronomicon
(2023)
The Book Seller
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
(2023)
Self
Sylvester McCoy Uncut
(2023)
Himself
Talking Doctor Who
(2023)
Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
Dead Before They Wake
(2024)
Evan
Camera
Directing