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Ncuti Gatwa

Ncuti Gatwa

Born: 1992-10-15 • Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda

Massaro Ncuti Gatwa (born October 15, 1992) is a Rwandan-Scottish actor. He rose to prominence as Eric Effiong on the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education, which earned him a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in Television and three BAFTA Television Award nominations for Best Male Comedy Performance. In 2022, Gatwa was announced as the fifteenth incarnation of the Doctor on the BBC series Doctor Who, making him the first black actor to headline the series.

Filmography
Bad Fairies poster
Bad Fairies
2027 • (voice)
The Roses poster
The Roses
2025 • Jeffrey
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War poster
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025 • The Doctor
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest poster
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
2025 • Algernon Moncrieff
Doctor Who at the Proms poster
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 • The Doctor (15)
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death poster
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
2024 • The Doctor
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me poster
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023 • Self
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials poster
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023 • The Doctor (archive footage)
Barbie poster
Barbie
2023 • Ken
The Coronation Concert poster
The Coronation Concert
2023 • Romeo
The Last Letter from Your Lover poster
The Last Letter from Your Lover
2021 • Nick
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day poster
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
2021 • Self
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans poster
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019 • Timidius
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2016 • Demetrius
No Image
Frank and Percy
No Image
The Queen of Fashion
— • Michael Roberts