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Sylvester McCoy

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Sylvester McCoy

Born Aug 20, 1943 · 82 years134 titles 106 movies · 28 TV
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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).

Also known as

Сильвестр Маккой · Персі Джеймс Патрік Кент-Сміт

Born

Aug 20, 1943

Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

134

Acting credits

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Directing

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Writing

2

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1963 1 title(s)

1964 1 title(s)

1971 1 title(s)

1974 2 title(s)

1977 1 title(s)

1978 1 title(s)

1979 3 title(s)

1980 1 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

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1993 7 title(s)

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2012 3 title(s)

2013 9 title(s)

2014 3 title(s)

2015 2 title(s)

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2017 1 title(s)

2018 4 title(s)

2019 2 title(s)

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2023 6 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

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Undated 2 title(s)