Name: Sylvester McCoy
Date of Birth: 20 August 1943 McCoy is technically the longest-serving Doctor Who, after reprising the role in 1996. His term as the Doctor stretched from 1987 until 1996, a total of 8.5 years. No new work was produced by McCoy as the Doctor between 1989-1996 however, meaning that Tom Baker is still the longest continuously-serving Doctor, at 7 years (1974-1981). Adept at playing both the xylophone and the spoons. He can also juggle and once gained a reputation for stuffing live ferrets down his trousers. McCoy and Timothy Dalton appeared together on stage in 1986 in London, and complained to each other that long-term work was so hard to tfind. A year later, McCoy was Dr Who and Dalton was James Bond. ... Became the Official 7th Doctor Who Was considered for the role of Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings". He became the first non-English actor to portray the character of Doctor Who, and the first to speak with an accent other than Received Pronunciation English. Is one of three "Doctor Who" actors who portrayed The Doctor on TV to appear in an episode of "Casualty" (1986). The others are Colin Baker (I) and Christopher Eccleston. He is the only actor to appear in both "Doctor Who" (1963) and Doctor Who (1996) (TV). He was raised primarily in Dublin, Ireland. He is the the only Doctor to have played the role during two regenerations. When Colin Baker left the role he refused to do the regeneration scene. So Sylvester donned Colin Baker's costume and a blonde wig and stood in as Baker. This is the reason that for only the second time in the series (See Peter Davison's regeneration) the Doctor's face is obscured as he changes his appearance. His father Percy Kent-Smith was a Royal Navy submarine officer and was killed in the second world war on July 18 1943 just a month before Sylvester was born. Read more Sylvester McCoy movies (actor)User Comments |
