
Sylvester McCoy
Acting
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
2025Dead Before They Wake
Evan
2025The Heartsmith
Umbrella Man
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024The Apocalypse Box
Peter Mann
2024Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2023Necronomicon
Book Seller (archive footage)
2023Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2
Self
2023Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
2023Sylvester McCoy Uncut
Himself
2023The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie
Knibbles the Beaver (voice)
2022The Munsters
Igor
2022The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
Igor / Self
2022Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
Klakk (voice)
2022Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
The Doctor
2021Doctor Who: 24 Carat
The Doctor
2021Christmas with Strangers
Self
2021In Conversation: Sylvester McCoy
Self
2020Conjuring: The Book of the Dead
Book Seller (archive footage)
2020The Owners
Richard Huggins
2020Lost at Christmas
Ernie
2020The Big Night In
Self
2019The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years
2019The Circuit
2018Hangover in Death Valley
General Zwick (archive footage)
