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Sylvester McCoy

Acting Born Aug 20, 1943 Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK 24 credits

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).

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Full filmography

  • Casualty (1986) as Kev the Rev
  • Casualty (1986) as Ashley Millington
  • Doctor Who (1963) as The Doctor
  • Father Brown (2013) as Dr. Angus McClurgy
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) as Radagast the Brown
  • The Bill (1984)
  • Playhouse (1974) as Kerwin
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) as Radagast the Brown
  • GMTV (1993) as Self
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) as Radagast the Brown
  • An Audience with... (1978) as Self
  • Pointless Celebrities (2011) as Self
  • Doctor Who Confidential (2005)
  • Tiswas (1974)
  • Thunderbirds Are Go! (2015) as Aezethril the Wizard (voice)
  • Going Live! (1987) as Self
  • Still Game (2002)
  • Dramarama (1983) as Donald
  • Tales of the Tardis (2023) as The Doctor
  • Frank Stubbs Promotes (1993) as Angus
  • The Last Place on Earth (1985) as Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers
  • Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)
  • Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited (2013) as Self
  • Mayo (2006) as Reverend Beaver