Ncuti Gatwa
Acting • Born 1992-10-15
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
31 credits
The Coronation Concert
Movie • 2023
Romeo
Barbie
Movie • 2023
Ken
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Movie • 2021
Self
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Movie • 2023
Self
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Movie • 2024
The Doctor
The Roses
Movie • 2025
Jeffrey
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Movie • 2023
The Doctor (archive footage)
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2016
Demetrius
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie • 2024
The Doctor (15)
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Movie • 2019
Timidius
The Last Letter from Your Lover
Movie • 2021
Nick
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 2025
Algernon Moncrieff
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Movie • 2025
The Doctor
Frank and Percy
Movie
Bad Fairies
Movie • 2027
(voice)
The Queen of Fashion
Movie
Michael Roberts
Stonemouth
TV • 2015
Dougie
The Outsiders?
TV • 2021
Self
Portrait Artist of the Year
TV • 2013
Self
Bob Servant
TV • 2013
Male Customer
Doctor Who
TV • 2024
The Doctor
Doctor Who: Unleashed
TV • 2024
Self - The Doctor
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Sex Education
TV • 2019
Eric Effiong
Masters of the Air
TV • 2024
Lt. Robert H. Daniels
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self - Performer
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Tales of the Tardis
TV • 2023
The Doctor
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV • 2022
Self
First Day on Earth
TV
Darren