Sylvester McCoy

Acting

Sylvester McCoy

Born 1943-08-20 · Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

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).

Acting credits

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey poster
7.4

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster
7.3

Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug poster
7.6

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013

The Munsters poster
5.6

Lily is a typical 150-year-old lovelorn vampire who's looking for the man of her nightmares -- until she lays her eyes on Herman, a 7-foot-tall green experiment with a heart of gold. It's love at first shock as these two ghouls fall fangs over feet for each other in a Transylvanian romance. Unfortunately, it's not all smooth sailing in the cemetery as Lily's father has other plans for his beloved daughter's future, and they don't involve her new bumbling beau.

The Munsters

2022

The Big Night In poster
9.0

Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces to deliver a very special night of television, hosted by Lenny Henry and Matt Baker.

The Big Night In

2020

The Owners poster
5.6

A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score - an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, the would-be thieves must fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.

The Owners

2020

Slumber poster
5.3

A sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.

Slumber

2017

Doctor Who poster
6.2

The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.

Doctor Who

1996

Dracula poster
6.4

In 1913, charming, seductive, and sinister Count Dracula travels to England seeking an immortal bride.

Dracula

1979

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot poster
7.8

With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013

Doctor Who at the Proms poster
7.2

Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially shot feature for the Fifteenth Doctor and a host of scary aliens as they thrill a packed audience at London's Royal Albert Hall. In a concert like no other in time and space, the much-loved music, performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is accompanied by specially edited sequences from the series.

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor poster
8.2

In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers poster
6.5

The Doctor and Mel visit Paradise Towers, a residential complex that promises a peaceful life to its residents. However, the establishment is far from what its name suggests: A conflict persists among the Kangs, humanesque multicolour beings who gather in opposing gangs based on which colour of the rainbow they bear; killer cleaning robots prowl the halls, and a secret in the complex's basement poses the greatest threat of all.

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

1987

The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy poster
NR

Sylvester McCoy recalls the time when he received the part of the Doctor whilst working alongside Timothy Dalton.

The Name'sh McCoy Shylveshter McCoy

2010

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song poster
8.0

It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song’s squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy. King Hydroflax is furious, and his giant Robot bodyguard is out-of-control and coming for them all! Will Nardole survive? And when will River Song work out who the Doctor is? All will be revealed on a starliner full of galactic super-villains and a destination the Doctor has been avoiding for a very long time.

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015

Collectormania 7 poster
NR

OTT Productions go back for more Milton Keynes comic con action!

Collectormania 7

2005

The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie poster
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A regular trip to a toyshop for Jenny Onion turns out to be the start of a magical adventure when she finds a magical bear in the shop who is called Sleepy. Sleepy enjoys showing Jenny his magical powers and Jenny cannot believe Sleepy has come into her life. On a trip to a magical apple pie shop, Sleepy discovers he needs to travel back through the magical time hole, into Magicville in order to save his friends Cuff Cuff and Sunshine who are being held captive by Pirate Penguin on board his ship the Slippery Snake. With Sleepy's magical powers and Jenny's help the race against time begins for Sleepy and Jenny to make it safely back to Magicville and to begin their rescue mission.

The Adventures of Sleepy The Magical Bear: The Movie

2023

King Lear poster
6.7

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

King Lear

2008

Dead Before They Wake poster
7.0

Nightclub bouncer Alex is tasked with tracking down a young girl snared by a sex trafficking network.

Dead Before They Wake

2025

Beauty poster
7.0

In a gray world, Henry created colors. He managed to trap them inside small glass balls to give to his sick wife, but he couldn't save her. From that day on, he began to produce colored balls non-stop, involving his four sons but refusing to share that incredible magic with the rest of the world and arguing with his youngest son, Stick, about it. Twenty years later, Stick returns home because his father is dying. The only hope seems to lie in a very expensive medical device, but only by freeing the color from the glass balls will Stick and Henry be able to reconcile and fill everyone's lives with beauty.

Beauty

2018

The Circuit poster
1.0

The bold crew of the hit Sci-Fi TV series "Star Crew" are in for an adventure that will push them to their limits while they fight to find the heroes inside in time to save the world.

The Circuit

2019

Manilla Envelopes poster
NR

Also known as The Battersea Ripper, this is a comic crime thriller set in London concerning a young girl's kidnapping and the hapless police and reporters trying to get to the truth. It has never been released to DVD and has only ever had a limited theatrical screening in 2006.

Manilla Envelopes

2006

Doctor Who Explained poster
6.7

A BBC America documentary explores the mysterious and two-hearted alien who is the Doctor with exclusive interviews with cast members from the show's 50-year history.

Doctor Who Explained

2013

Eldorado poster
3.0

The Stranger, a tall striking creature dressed in white sets into motions a series of events whilst reciting the Edgar Allen Poe Poem "Eldorado", which will have an effect on those heading towards the mythical city.

Eldorado

2012

Behind the camera