
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).

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · as Radagast the Brown

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · as Radagast the Brown

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · as Radagast the Brown

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 · as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

Doctor Who
1996 · as The Doctor

Slumber
2017 · as Amado

Dracula
1979 · as Walter

King Lear
2008 · as The Fool

The Munsters
2022 · as Igor

Eldorado
2012 · as General Zwick

The Owners
2020 · as Richard Huggins

The Big Night In
2020 · as Self

Manilla Envelopes
2006 · as Duncan

Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 · as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

Necronomicon
2023 · as Book Seller (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008 · as The Doctor (7) (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015 · as The Doctor (7) (picture) (uncredited)

Beauty
2018 · as Henry