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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-08-20 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

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).

Known For

Acting

2025

The Heartsmith as Umbrella Man

2024

The Apocalypse Box as Peter Mann
Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

2023

Necronomicon as Book Seller (archive footage)
Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor

2022

The Munsters as Igor

2021

Doctor Who: 24 Carat as The Doctor

2020

Conjuring: The Book of the Dead as Book Seller (archive footage)
The Owners as Richard Huggins

2019

2018

Hangover in Death Valley as General Zwick (archive footage)
Beauty as Henry

2017

Slumber as Amado

2016

2015

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
Thunderbirds Are Go! as Aezethril the Wizard (voice)

2014

2013

The Christmas Candle as Edward Haddington
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
Father Brown as Dr. Angus McClurgy

2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Radagast the Brown
The Inspector Chronicles as Uncle Roderick
Eldorado as General Zwick

2011

2008

King Lear as The Fool
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

2007

Davros Connections as (archival footage)

2006

Mayo as Reverend Beaver

2005

Doctor Who as The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who as The Doctor

2003

2002

2001

2000

The Mumbo Jumbo as Mr. Tallman

1999

1998

1997

Beyond Fear as Michael Samms
Space Cadets as Self

1996

Doctor Who as The Doctor
Ghostlands as Edward Parfitt

1995

1994

The Zero Imperative as Dr. Colin Dove
Ready Steady Cook as Self - Contestant

1993

The Airzone Solution as Anthony Stanwick
Police 5: The Master as The Doctor (archive footage)
GMTV as Self

1992

1991

1990

Search Out Space as The Doctor

1989

Doctor Who: Survival as The Doctor

1988

1987

Three Kinds of Heat as Harry Pimm
Doctor Who Then & Now as Doctor Who
Going Live! as Self

1986

Casualty as Kev the Rev
Casualty as Ashley Millington

1985

The Last Place on Earth as Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers

1984

1981

1980

1979

Dracula as Walter

1978

1974

1971

1964

1963

Doctor Who as The Doctor

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You - Story and Glory of a Masterpiece as Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman

Production

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Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy? as Executive Producer

Directing

Camera

1996

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary as Camera Operator