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