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- 1943-08-20
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Acting · 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…
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- Dead Before They Wake — Evan2025
- The Heartsmith — Umbrella Man2025
- Doctor Who: Downtime — The Doctor2025
- Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War — The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)2025
- The Apocalypse Box — Peter Mann2024
- Doctor Who at the Proms — The Doctor (7) (archive footage)2024
- Necronomicon — Book Seller (archive footage)2023
- Doctor on Display: Blackpool 2 — Self2023
- Talking Doctor Who — Self / The Doctor (7) (archive footage)2023
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1943 births20th-century Scottish comedians20th-century Scottish male actors21st-century Scottish male actorsFormer Roman CatholicsLiving peoplePeople educated at Blairs CollegePeople educated at Dunoon Grammar SchoolPeople from DunoonRoyal Shakespeare Company membersScottish atheistsScottish male comedians