Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith, known professionally as Sylvester McCoy, is a Scottish actor who has worked in the mediums of film, television, theatre, video games and audio drama. Below are a list of his performances.
Film YearTitleRoleNotesRef.1979DraculaWalterAs Sylveste McCoyAll the Fun of the FairScotch JackThe Secret Policeman's BallSylvester McCoy1987Three Kinds of HeatHarry Pimm1995Leapin' Leprechauns!Flynn1996Spellbreaker: Secret of the LeprechaunsFlynn1997Beyond FearMichael Sams2000The Mumbo JumboMr. Tallman2006The Battersea RipperDuncan2008King LearThe Fool2009The AcademyFelixThe Academy Part 2: First Impressions2010Punk Strut: The MovieDJ2012EldoradoGeneral ZwickThe Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyRadagast2013The Christmas CandleEdward HaddingtonThe Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugRadagastQuest: A Tall TaleArdanVoice2014The Seventeenth KindRustyThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesRadagast2017SlumberAmado2020YouVasilij GrossmanThe OwnersDr. Richard HugginsLost at ChristmasErnie2022The MunstersIgor2025Dead Before They WakeEvan
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1973–1976Vision OnVarious1973Roberts RobotsRobot EntertainerEpisode: "Dial C for Chaos"1975Lucky FellerSylvestePilot episode1977For the Love of AlbertCast MemberUnknown episodes1978LeapfrogBertAll 28 episodes1979JigsawO-ManTurning Year TalesTurpsEpisode: "Big Jim and the Figaro Club"JackanoryReaderEpisode: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"The Secret Policeman's BallHimself1980BBC2 PlayhouseKerwinEpisode: "Electric in the City"1981Big Jim and the Figaro ClubTurps5 episodesTiny RevolutionsCabaret comedianTV movieTiswasVarious1982–1986EurekaVariousAll 32 episodes1984StarstriderWart1985The Last Place on EarthLt. 'Birdie' Bowers6 episodesNo 73Moving manEpisode: "Moving Space"DramaramaDonaldEpisode: "Frog"1987–1989, 2022Doctor WhoSeventh Doctor44 episodes1988What's Your Story?Narrator / Presenter1988Tomorrow's WorldHimselfChristmas special1989The Noel Edmonds Saturday RoadshowSeventh Doctor1990Search Out ScienceEpisode "Search Out Space"1991Thrill Kill Video ClubSpoonsVideo1993JackanoryStoryteller2 episodesDimensions in TimeSeventh DoctorChildren in Need special1994Frank StubbsAngusEpisode: "Mr. Chairman"1996Rab C. NesbittGash SeniorEpisode: "Father"Doctor WhoSeventh DoctorTV movie1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingMr. Dowling4 episodes1999, 2001See It Saw ItJester1 episodeThe Lord High Chamberlain / Aunt GrizeldaEpisode: "Courage and Adventure"2001CasualtyKev the RevEpisode: "Life and Soul"2002HollyoaksLeonard Cave1 episodeThe BillIan DrewEpisode: "010"2004Still GameArchieEpisode: "Oot"2006The BillMorris ShawEpisode: "457"MayoReverend BeaverEpisode: "Late of This Parish"2008Great PerformancesThe FoolEpisode: "King Lear"CasualtyAshley MillingtonEpisode: "The Evil That Men Do"DoctorsGraham CapelliEpisode: "The Lollipop Man"2009Al Murray's Multiple Personality DisorderNazi Doctor1 episode2013The Five(ish) Doctors RebootHimselfTV film2015CrimsMr. DunlopEpisode: "Day Thirty-Six"2017–2018Sense8The Old Man of Hoy4 episodesZappedLord Protector3 episodes2017Sarah & DuckCometEpisode: "Comet's Coming"2018Holby CityClive BrookerEpisode: "All Lies Lead to the Truth"2019Thunderbirds Are GoAezethril the WizardEpisode: "Endgame"2023Tales of the TARDISSeventh DoctorEpisode: "The Curse of Fenric"2024Father BrownDr. Angus McClurgyEpisode: "The Hermit of Hazelnut Cottage"20262026 Commonwealth Games opening ceremonySeventh DoctorCameo
Stage +YearTitleRoleNotes1975An Italian Straw HatFadinardTheatre Royal, Stratford EastBloody Mary1976Bartholomew FairEzechiel Edgworth / Puppet operatorNottingham Playhouse1977-8White Suit BluesAngel / Ben Rogers / Mark Twain / Pallbearer / Prisoner / RobotThe Old Vic and Nottingham Playhouse1980Gone With HardyStan LaurelNottingham Playhouse1980-1Robin HoodMrs CampbellTheatre Royal, Stratford East1981Can't Pay? Won't Pay!Sergeant/Inspector/Undertaker/GrandfatherCriterion Theatre1982-3The Pirates of PenzanceSamuelTheatre Royal1983The Ghost TrainLyric TheatreAbracadabra1985-6Bedtime StoryBristol Old Vic1986Dracula, or Out For The CountLyric TheatreAntony and CleopatraTheatre RoyalThe Taming of the ShrewThe Pied PiperThe Pied PiperNational Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre and Camera Theater Tel Aviv1987National Theatre – Lyttelton, National Theatre1988Love Songs of World War III: The Adrian Mitchell SongbookCompanyNational Theatre – Cottesloe Theatre (now National Theatre – Dorfman), National Theatre1989-90AladdinPalace Theatre1990TemptationFistulaWestminster Theatre1991The Marriage of FigaroCount AlmavivaWatford Palace Theatre1992-3CinderellaTheatre Royal, Bath1995Zorro The Musical!BernardoTheatre Royal1998Life is a DreamClarinRoyal Lyceum Theatre1999Barbican Theatre2001-2The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeMr. BeaverSadler's Wells Theatre2003Noises OffSelsdon MowbrayGrand Theatre & Opera House, Leeds, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and other locations2005Arsenic and Old LaceDr EinsteinMercury Theatre and Richmond TheatreAladdinAbanazarYvonne Arnaud Theatre2007-8King LearLear's FoolCourtyard Theatre, Theatre Royal and other locations YearTitleRoleCompanyDirector |Notes2014Three SistersDr. McGillivreyTron Theatre, GlasgowAndy Arnoldadaptation by John Byrne2022ApartnessChristopherK4K Films and Shortcut Productions
Short films YearTitleRoleNotesRef.2002The Shieling of the One NightFergus2004GriffinGrimSpanish short film2008Pass Them OnThe Administrator2015The Last Conjuror Arthur Roberts2016Tale of a TimelordThe Doctor2018BeautyHenry202124 CaratSeventh Doctor2026BananacideDr. Brunswick
Direct to video +YearTitleRoleNotesRef.1991The Hartnell YearsPresenter1993The Airzone SolutionAnthony Stanwick1994The Zero ImperativeDr. Colin Dove1996Bidding AdieuHimselfDocumentary2001Do You Have a License To Save This Planet?'The Foot Doctor'Short film
Video games YearTitleVoice roleNotesRefs.1997Destiny of the DoctorsSeventh Doctor2015Lego DimensionsArchive voice2024Fallout: LondonMysterious Scientist 1Guest role. Event occurs at 3:33.
Audio drama YearTitleRoleNotes1995Prince CaspianReepicheepBBC Radio 4 DramatisationThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader1997The Last Battle1998–2000The Time TravellersThe ProfessorBBV Productions1999–2021Doctor Who: The Monthly AdventuresSeventh Doctor93 stories2001Doctor Who: Death Comes To Time5-part webcast2007, 2012–2015Bernice Summerfield9 stories2011Doctor Who: The Lost Stories4 stories2011-2013The Minister of ChanceThe Witch Prime5 stories2012Doctor Who: The Companion ChroniclesSeventh DoctorStory: "Project Nirvana"2012-2016Doctor Who: The Novel Adaptations8 stories2015The Extraordinary Adventures of G.A. Henty: The Dragon And The RavenCedric the Shipwright2016The Diary of River SongSeventh Doctor2 stories2018–presentThe Seventh Doctor Adventures11 stories
Web YearTitleRoleNotes2020The Doctors Say Thank YouHimself
Pinball YearTitleRole1992Doctor WhoThe Doctor
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