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Sylvester McCoy

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Sylvester McCoy

Acting

140 known credits 0.9 popularity score 83 years

Biography

About Sylvester McCoy

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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Career at a glance

Sylvester McCoy across film and television

139credited titles
107movie credits
32TV credits
1971–2025screen career span

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