Born 1943 (age 82) · Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Appears in 135 titles

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).

Filmography

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
7.4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Radagast the Brown
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
7.3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Radagast the Brown
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
7.6
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Radagast the Brown
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
8.2
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
The Owners
5.6
The Owners
2020
as Richard Huggins
Slumber
5.4
Slumber
2017
as Amado
Dracula
6.4
Dracula
1979
as Walter
The Munsters
5.6
The Munsters
2022
as Igor
Doctor Who
6.2
Doctor Who
1996
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
7.4
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
8.0
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
The Christmas Candle
5.8
The Christmas Candle
2013
as Edward Haddington
Lost at Christmas
5.5
Lost at Christmas
2020
as Ernie
Eldorado
2.9
Eldorado
2012
as General Zwick
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
4.8
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
as The 7th Doctor
King Lear
6.7
King Lear
2008
as The Fool
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Survival
7.5
Doctor Who: Survival
1989
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
5.4
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)