Cast & creator
Sylvester McCoy
Best known for Doctor Who, Casualty, Casualty
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).
Also known as: Сильвестр Маккой, Персі Джеймс Патрік Кент-Сміт
110
film credits
32
television credits
139
1963–2025 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (142)
Showing 142 of 142 credits
Doctor Who
The Doctor
1963
Casualty
Kev the Rev
1986Casualty
Ashley Millington
1986
Father Brown
Dr. Angus McClurgy
2013
The Bill
1984
GMTV
Self
1993
Playhouse
Kerwin
1974
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Radagast the Brown
2014
An Audience with...
Self
1978
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Radagast the Brown
2012
Pointless Celebrities
Self
2011
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Radagast the Brown
2013
Going Live!
Self
1987
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Tiswas
1974
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Aezethril the Wizard (voice)
2015
Dramarama
Donald
1983
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Mr, Dowling
1997
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
2018
Vision On
1964
Still Game
2002
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor
2023
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Angus
1993
Zapped
Lord Protector
2016
The Munsters
Igor
2022
The Last Place on Earth
Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers
1985Space Cadets
Self
1997
Mayo
Reverend Beaver
2006
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
2013
The Owners
Richard Huggins
2020
Doctor Who
The Doctor
1996
The Real Marigold Hotel
Self
2016
Slumber
Amado
2017
Dracula
Walter
1979
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
2013
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
2005Turning Year Tales
Turps
1979
Crims
Mr Dunlop
2015
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
The Big Night In
Self
2020
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2024Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Turps
1981
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (7) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2008
King Lear
The Fool
2008For the Love of Albert
1977
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
The Doctor
1988
Eldorado
General Zwick
2012
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The 7th Doctor
1993
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
The Doctor
1987
Collectormania 7
Self
2005
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Dr. Colin Dove
1994
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
The Doctor
1987
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Doctor Who Then & Now
Doctor Who
1987
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Various Roles
1979
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
1993It's Wicked
1987
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
The Doctor
1989
Necronomicon
Book Seller (archive footage)
2023
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
2013
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2023
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
The Doctor
1988
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
The Doctor
1989
Hangover in Death Valley
General Zwick (archive footage)
2018
Adventures in Space and Time
Himself
1999
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
2014
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
The Doctor
1988
The Heartsmith
Umbrella Man
2025
Three Kinds of Heat
Harry Pimm
1987
Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
Book Seller (archive footage)
2020
The Christmas Candle
Edward Haddington
2013
Police 5: The Master
The Doctor (archive footage)
1993
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
2013
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
The Doctor
1987
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
I Was That Monster
Himself
1993
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
Flynn
1996
Manilla Envelopes
Duncan
2006
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
The Doctor
1987
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
The Doctor
2002
Doctor Who: 24 Carat
The Doctor
2021
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
The Foot Doctor
2001
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Doctor
1988
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self
1996Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Director
1996Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Camera Operator
1996
Doctor Who: Battlefield
The Doctor
1989
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
Turps
1979
Dead Before They Wake
Evan
2025
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
Presenter
1996
The Circuit
2019
Electric in the City
Kerwin
1980
Punk Strut: The Movie
DJ
2016
The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Doctor Who Explained
Self
2013
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
Bananacide
Dr. Brunswick
The Mumbo Jumbo
Mr. Tallman
2000
Thrill Kill Video Club
Spoons
1991
The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie
Knibbles the Beaver (voice)
2023
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
2019
The Last Chance Saloon
2010
Lost at Christmas
Ernie
2020
Beauty
Henry
2018
The Seventeenth Kind
Rusty
2014
The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy
2010
The Airzone Solution
Anthony Stanwick
1993
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
Self
1971
My Doctor Who Diary
2002
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
You: Story and Glory of a Masterpiece
Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman
2000
Leapin' Leprechauns
Flynn
1995
Doctor Who: Survival
The Doctor
1989
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
Klakk (voice)
2022
Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?
Self
Sylvester: Who's the Real McCoy?
Executive Producer
Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years
Self - Presenter
1991
The Inspector Chronicles
Uncle Roderick
2012
Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
Self
2023
Davros Connections
(archival footage)
2007
In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy
Self
2021
Beyond Fear
Michael Samms
1997
Stranger than Fiction
1994
The Children's Royal Variety Performance
The Wizard
1992
Doctor Who: Endgame
Self
2007
Christmas with Strangers
Self
2021
The Apocalypse Box
Peter Mann
2024
Search Out Space
The Doctor
1990
The Doctors: Monsters!
2018
Then & Now
2001Ghostlands
Edward Parfitt
1996
Sylvester McCoy Uncut
Himself
2023