List of Sylvester McCoy performances
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
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Dracula | Walter | As Sylveste McCoy | [1][2] |
| All the Fun of the Fair | Scotch Jack | |||
| The Secret Policeman's Ball | Sylvester McCoy | |||
| 1987 | Three Kinds of Heat | Harry Pimm | [2] | |
| 1995 | Leapin' Leprechauns! | Flynn | ||
| 1996 | Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns | Flynn | [3] | |
| 1997 | Beyond Fear | Michael Sams | [4] | |
| 2000 | The Mumbo Jumbo | Mr. Tallman | [5] | |
| 2006 | The Battersea Ripper | Duncan | ||
| 2008 | King Lear | The Fool | [6] | |
| 2009 | The Academy | Felix | [2] | |
| The Academy Part 2: First Impressions | ||||
| 2010 | Punk Strut: The Movie | DJ | [7] | |
| 2012 | Eldorado | General Zwick | [8] | |
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Radagast | [9] | ||
| 2013 | The Christmas Candle | Edward Haddington | [2] | |
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Radagast | [10] | ||
| Quest: A Tall Tale | Ardan | Voice | ||
| 2014 | The Seventeenth Kind | Rusty | ||
| The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Radagast | [4] | ||
| 2017 | Slumber | Amado | [11][12] | |
| 2020 | You | Vasilij Grossman | ||
| The Owners | Dr. Richard Huggins | [13] | ||
| Lost at Christmas | Ernie | [14] | ||
| 2022 | The Munsters | Igor | [15] | |
| 2025 | Dead Before They Wake | Evan | [16] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–1976 | Vision On | Various | |
| 1973 | Roberts Robots | Robot Entertainer | Episode: "Dial C for Chaos" |
| 1975 | Lucky Feller | Sylveste | Pilot episode |
| 1977 | For the Love of Albert | Cast Member | Unknown episodes |
| 1978 | Leapfrog | Bert | All 28 episodes |
| 1979 | Jigsaw | O-Man | |
| Turning Year Tales | Turps | Episode: "Big Jim and the Figaro Club" | |
| Jackanory | Reader | Episode: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" | |
| The Secret Policeman's Ball | Himself | ||
| 1980 | BBC2 Playhouse | Kerwin | Episode: "Electric in the City" |
| 1981 | Big Jim and the Figaro Club | Turps | 5 episodes |
| Tiny Revolutions | Cabaret comedian | TV movie | |
| Tiswas | Various | ||
| 1982–1986 | Eureka | Various | All 32 episodes |
| 1984 | Starstrider | Wart | |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth | Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers | 6 episodes |
| No 73 | Moving man | Episode: "Moving Space" | |
| Dramarama | Donald | Episode: "Frog" | |
| 1987–1989, 2022 | Doctor Who | Seventh Doctor | 44 episodes |
| 1988 | What's Your Story? | Narrator / Presenter | |
| 1988 | Tomorrow's World | Himself | Christmas special |
| 1989 | The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow | Seventh Doctor | |
| 1990 | Search Out Science | Episode "Search Out Space" | |
| 1991 | Thrill Kill Video Club | Spoons | Video |
| 1993 | Jackanory | Storyteller | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Frank Stubbs | Angus | Episode: "Mr. Chairman" |
| 1996 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Gash Senior | Episode: "Father" |
| Doctor Who | Seventh Doctor | TV movie[17] | |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Mr. Dowling | 4 episodes |
| 1999, 2001 | See It Saw It | Jester | 1 episode |
| The Lord High Chamberlain /
Aunt Grizelda |
Episode: "Courage and Adventure" | ||
| 2001 | Casualty | Kev the Rev | Episode: "Life and Soul" |
| 2002 | Hollyoaks | Leonard Cave | 1 episode |
| The Bill | Ian Drew | Episode: "010" | |
| 2004 | Still Game | Archie | Episode: "Oot" |
| 2006 | The Bill | Morris Shaw | Episode: "457" |
| Mayo | Reverend Beaver | Episode: "Late of This Parish" | |
| 2008 | Great Performances | The Fool | Episode: "King Lear" |
| Casualty | Ashley Millington | Episode: "The Evil That Men Do" | |
| Doctors | Graham Capelli | Episode: "The Lollipop Man" | |
| 2009 | Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder | Nazi Doctor | 1 episode |
| 2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Himself | TV film |
| 2015 | Crims | Mr. Dunlop | Episode: "Day Thirty-Six" |
| 2017–2018 | Sense8 | The Old Man of Hoy | 4 episodes |
| Zapped | Lord Protector | 3 episodes | |
| 2017 | Sarah & Duck | Comet | Episode: "Comet's Coming" |
| 2018 | Holby City | Clive Brooker | Episode: "All Lies Lead to the Truth" |
| 2019 | Thunderbirds Are Go | Aezethril the Wizard | Episode: "Endgame" |
| 2023 | Tales of the TARDIS | Seventh Doctor | Episode: "The Curse of Fenric" |
| 2024 | Father Brown | Dr. Angus McClurgy | Episode: "The Hermit of Hazelnut Cottage" |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | An Italian Straw Hat | Fadinard | Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
| Bloody Mary | |||
| 1976 | Bartholomew Fair | Ezechiel Edgworth / Puppet operator | Nottingham Playhouse |
| 1977-8 | White Suit Blues | Angel / Ben Rogers / Mark Twain / Pallbearer / Prisoner / Robot | The Old Vic and Nottingham Playhouse |
| 1980 | Gone With Hardy | Stan Laurel | Nottingham Playhouse |
| 1980-1 | Robin Hood | Mrs Campbell | Theatre Royal, Stratford East |
| 1981 | Can't Pay? Won't Pay! | Sergeant/Inspector/Undertaker/Grandfather | Criterion Theatre |
| 1982-3 | The Pirates of Penzance | Samuel | Theatre Royal |
| 1983 | The Ghost Train | Lyric Theatre | |
| Abracadabra | |||
| 1985-6 | Bedtime Story | Bristol Old Vic | |
| 1986 | Dracula, or Out For The Count | Lyric Theatre | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Theatre Royal | ||
| The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| The Pied Piper | The Pied Piper | National Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre and Camera Theater Tel Aviv | |
| 1987 | National Theatre – Lyttelton, National Theatre | ||
| 1988 | Love Songs of World War III: The Adrian Mitchell Songbook | Company | National Theatre – Cottesloe Theatre (now National Theatre – Dorfman), National Theatre |
| 1989-90 | Aladdin | Palace Theatre | |
| 1990 | Temptation | Fistula | Westminster Theatre |
| 1991 | The Marriage of Figaro | Count Almaviva | Watford Palace Theatre |
| 1992-3 | Cinderella | Theatre Royal, Bath | |
| 1995 | Zorro The Musical! | Bernardo | Theatre Royal |
| 1998 | Life is a Dream | Clarin | Royal Lyceum Theatre |
| 1999 | Barbican Theatre | ||
| 2001-2 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Mr. Beaver | Sadler's Wells Theatre |
| 2003 | Noises Off | Selsdon Mowbray | Grand Theatre & Opera House, Leeds, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and other locations |
| 2005 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Dr Einstein | Mercury Theatre and Richmond Theatre |
| Aladdin | Abanazar | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre | |
| 2007-8 | King Lear | Lear's Fool | Courtyard Theatre, Theatre Royal and other locations |
| Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Three Sisters | Dr. McGillivrey | Tron Theatre, Glasgow | Andy Arnold | adaptation by John Byrne |
| 2022 | Apartness | Christopher | K4K Films and Shortcut Productions |
Short films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Shieling of the One Night | Fergus | ||
| 2004 | Griffin | Grim | Spanish short film | [2] |
| 2008 | Pass Them On | The Administrator | ||
| 2015 | The Last Conjuror | Arthur Roberts | ||
| 2016 | Tale of a Timelord | The Doctor | ||
| 2018 | Beauty | Henry | ||
| 2021 | 24 Carat | Seventh Doctor | ||
| 2025 | Bananacide | Brunswick |
Direct to video
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Hartnell Years | Presenter | ||
| 1993 | The Airzone Solution | Anthony Stanwick | [18] | |
| 1994 | The Zero Imperative | Dr. Colin Dove | ||
| 1996 | Bidding Adieu | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2001 | Do You Have a License To Save This Planet? | 'The Foot Doctor' | Short film |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Destiny of the Doctors | Seventh Doctor | [19] | |
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Archive voice | ||
| 2024 | Fallout: London | Mysterious Scientist 1 | Guest role | [20][21] |
Audio drama
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Prince Caspian | Reepicheep | BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation |
| The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | |||
| 1997 | The Last Battle | ||
| 1998–2000 | The Time Travellers | The Professor | BBV Productions |
| 1999–2021 | Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures | Seventh Doctor | 93 stories |
| 2001 | Doctor Who: Death Comes To Time | 5-part webcast | |
| 2007, 2012–2015 | Bernice Summerfield | 9 stories | |
| 2011 | Doctor Who: The Lost Stories | 4 stories | |
| 2011-2013 | The Minister of Chance | The Witch Prime | 5 stories |
| 2012 | Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles | Seventh Doctor | Story: "Project Nirvana" |
| 2012-2016 | Doctor Who: The Novel Adaptations | 8 stories | |
| 2015 | The Extraordinary Adventures of G.A. Henty: The Dragon And The Raven | Cedric the Shipwright | |
| 2016 | The Diary of River Song | Seventh Doctor | 2 stories |
| 2018–present | The Seventh Doctor Adventures | 11 stories |
Web
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Doctors Say Thank You | Himself | [22] |
Pinball
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Doctor Who | The Doctor |
References
Citations
- ^ Ainsworth 2016, p. 63.
- ^ a b c d e Westthorp, Alex (2014-04-16). "Dr Who: films of Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy". Den of Geek. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ "Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns | Cast and Crew". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ a b Ainsworth 2016, p. 65.
- ^ "The Mumbo Jumbo | Cast and Crew". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ "King Lear | Cast and Crew". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ "Punk Strut: The Movie | Cast and Crew". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ Bell, Chris (2017-01-23). "Eldorado: the bizarre story of the worst movie ever made". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ Child, Ben (2012-11-30). "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – the wait for reviews begins". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ^ Lambie, Ryan (2013-12-08). "The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug review". Den of Geek. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (2017-11-29). "Film Review: 'Slumber'". Variety. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ "Slumber | Cast and Crew". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ Clarke, Stewart (2019-05-07). "Maisie Williams Movie 'The Owners' Rounds Out Cast". Variety. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ "Lost at Christmas | Cast and Crew". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ Khan, Sana (2022-04-28). "'The Munsters': Rob Zombie Reveals Sylvester McCoy's Look As Igor [Photo]". International Business Times. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Dead Before They Wake | Cast and Crew". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ^ "Doctor Who movie producer says BBC didn't want Sylvester McCoy to appear". Radio Times. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "The Airzone Solution | Cast and Crew". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
- ^ Farnell, Chris (2024-03-13). "Why Has There Never Been a Truly Great Doctor Who Video Game?". Den of Geek. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ Fallout London - Official Gameplay Trailer, 18 May 2022, retrieved 2024-02-03. Event occurs at 3:33.
- ^ McNulty, Thomas (2022-05-19). "Fallout: London Mod Boasts Doctor Who Voice Talent". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ Lovett, Jamie (2020-04-25). "Doctor Who: The Doctors Say Thank You to Healthcare Workers". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
Sources
- Ainsworth, John, ed. (2016). "Time and the Rani, Paradise Towers and Delta and the Bannerman". Doctor Who: The Complete History (43). Panini Comics, Hachette Partworks. ISSN 2057-6048.