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