Sylvester McCoy

Sylvester McCoy ( born August 20, 1943 in Dunoon, Scotland as Percy James Patrick Kent - Smith) is a Scottish actor. His most famous role is that of the seventh Doctor in Doctor Who.

Life

McCoy had an Irish mother and an English father. He grew up primarily in Dublin. In his youth he wanted to be a priest, but gave it up and worked for an insurance company.

He became known as a member of the comedy group The Ken Campbell Roadshow. A role was a stuntman named Sylveste McCoy. The name was listed as his real fun in a program booklet and developed by a misunderstanding about his stage name. He later added an "r ".

He had television appearances including in Vision On, Jigsaw and Tiswas.

McCoy lives in Scotland with his wife and two children.

Doctor Who

In 1987, Sylvester McCoy the coveted role of the Doctor Colin Baker and held it up to that end of the series in 1989. He returned in 1993 in the special episode Dimensions in Time this role back and again in 1996 in the first scenes of the Doctor Who television movie. In this, the seventh Doctor dies due to a faulty treatment at a hospital in San Francisco, because it is not recognized as extraterrestrial Time Lord. For regenerated Doctor Paul McGann.

In the series, McCoy's Doctor at the beginning is rather humorous, later a manipulative strategist. McCoy played the role with a Scottish accent and strongly rolled r. In 1990 he was chosen by the readers of Doctor Who Magazine to the best Doctor, before the previously undefeated favorite Tom Baker. The doctor represented by McCoy also appeared in several novels and comics.

The doctor he plays since 1998 in the series of Big Finish audio plays.

Others

McCoy took over in Peter Jackson's adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit, the role of the wizard Radagast.