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Ncuti Gatwa

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Ncuti Gatwa

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Oct 15, 1992 (33 years old)

Place of Birth

Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda

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.

Known For

Acting
2027Bad Fairies(voice)
2025The RosesJeffrey
2025National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being EarnestAlgernon Moncrieff
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarThe Doctor
2024Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of DeathThe Doctor
2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (15)
2024Doctor WhoThe Doctor
2024Doctor Who: UnleashedSelf - The Doctor
2024Masters of the AirLt. Robert H. Daniels
2023The Coronation ConcertRomeo
2023BarbieKen
2023imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and MeSelf
2023Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary SpecialsThe Doctor (archive footage)
2023Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby RoadThe Doctor
2023Tales of the TardisThe Doctor
2022Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSelf
2021Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s DaySelf
2021The Last Letter from Your LoverNick
2021The Outsiders?Self
2019Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten RomansTimidius
2019Sex EducationEric Effiong
2016A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's GlobeDemetrius
2015StonemouthDougie
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
2013Bob ServantMale Customer
2013Portrait Artist of the YearSelf
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2006The One ShowSelf
1953The OscarsSelf - Performer
-Frank and Percy
-The Queen of FashionMichael Roberts
-First Day on EarthDarren