Sylvester McCoy

Radagast


            


Full Name: Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith

Birthplace: Dunoon, Scotland

Birth Date: 20th August, 1943

Marital Status: He is married

 

 

 

 


Trivia:

  • Attended St. Mun's Primary School

  • In 2007 he performed opposite Sir Ian McKellen in King Lear playing the role of the Fool. They toured worldwide with the production in places such as Melbourne and Auckland. The production was also filmed for TV

  • His father was an Royal Navy submarine officer during World War II. He was killed on 18th July 1943, a month before he was born

  • From the ages 12-16, he trained at Blair's College to become a priest, but later decided to become a lay monk as he wanted to travel. He failed to be accepted by the Dominican Order due to his young age

  • He has sung with the Welsh National Opera

  • He acted as a bodyguard one night for the Rolling Stones, his job was to keep fans from getting onto the stage

  • He can play the spoons and the xylophone

  • His mother, Mary Sheridan was Irish and his father, Percy James Kent-Smith was English

  • He was a member of the comedy act the "Ken Campbell Roadshow" where he played a character called "Sylveste McCoy". He took the name as his stage name and later added an "r" to the name

  • He was the second choice to play Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings

  • Attended Dunoon grammar school after failing to become a monk

  • Is technically the longest serving actor playing Doctor Who due to the years the show was off-air with his Doctor the last seen

  • He worked in the insurance industry until he was 27

  • His mother died in an insane asylum

  • Was originally attached to the role of Governor Swann when Pirates of the Caribbean was to be directed by Steven Spielberg in the 1990's

  • Has two sons; Sam and Joe Kent-Smith


    Notable Projects:

  • King Lear (TV) (2008)
  • Doctor Who (TV) (1996)
  • Jackanory (TV Series) (1979-93)
  • Doctor Who (TV Series) (1987-89)
  • The Three Musketeers (2011)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
  • Elizabethtown (2005)
  • Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
  • Troy (2004)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  • Ned Kelly (2003)
  • Black Hawk Down (2001)


    Current Projects:

  • The Christmas Candle (2013)
  • When the Devil Rides Out (2013)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
  • The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014)


     

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