Ncuti Gatwa
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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.
Known for
Credits
Barbie (2023)
as Ken
The Roses (2025)
as Jeffrey
The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
as Nick
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans (2019)
as Timidius
Bad Fairies (2027)
as (voice)
Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
as The Doctor (15)
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day (2021)
as Self
Frank and Percy (—)
Actor
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)
as The Doctor
The Coronation Concert (2023)
as Romeo
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials (2023)
as The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death (2024)
as The Doctor
The Queen of Fashion (—)
as Michael Roberts
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest (2025)
as Algernon Moncrieff
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me (2023)
as Self
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2016)
as Demetrius