Ncuti Gatwa

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

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The Roses

2025 ⭐ 6.7

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National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest

2025 ⭐ 7.8

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Doctor Who at the Proms

2024 ⭐ 7.2

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Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death

2024 ⭐ 6.1

Career timeline

2027

Bad Fairies

(voice) · 2027

2025

The Roses

Jeffrey · 2025

⭐ 6.7

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

The Doctor · 2025

⭐ 5.4

National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest Notable

Algernon Moncrieff · 2025

⭐ 7.8

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms Notable

The Doctor (15) · 2024

⭐ 7.2

Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death

The Doctor · 2024

⭐ 6.1

2023

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me Notable

Self · 2023

⭐ 10.0

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials Notable

The Doctor (archive footage) · 2023

⭐ 8.8

Barbie Notable

Ken · 2023

⭐ 6.9

2021

The Last Letter from Your Lover Notable

Nick · 2021

⭐ 7.3

Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day Notable

Self · 2021

⭐ 8.0

2019

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Timidius · 2019

⭐ 5.2

2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe Notable

Demetrius · 2016

⭐ 10.0

Frequently appears with

Olivia Colman

Ivy Rose

Benedict Cumberbatch

Theo Rose

Andy Samberg

Barry

Kate McKinnon

Amy

Belinda Bromilow

Janice

Hugh Skinner

Jack Worthing

Sharon D. Clarke

Lady Bracknell

Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo

Gwendolen Fairfax

Eliza Scanlen

Cecily Cardew

Full filmography

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Bad Fairies

2027

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The Roses

2025 ⭐ 6.7

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Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025 ⭐ 5.4

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National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest

2025 ⭐ 7.8

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Doctor Who at the Proms

2024 ⭐ 7.2

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Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death

2024 ⭐ 6.1

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imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

2023 ⭐ 10.0

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Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

2023 ⭐ 8.8

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Barbie

2023 ⭐ 6.9

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The Coronation Concert

2023 ⭐ 6.0

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The Last Letter from Your Lover

2021 ⭐ 7.3

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Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

2021 ⭐ 8.0

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Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

2019 ⭐ 5.2

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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2016 ⭐ 10.0