Actor
Ncuti Gatwa
October 15, 1992 · Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Millie Gibson
4 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War, Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Anita Dobson
4 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War, Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Jemma Redgrave
4 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War, Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Yasmin Finney
4 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War, Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Susan Twist
3 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War, Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Alexander Devrient
3 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War, Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Full filmography · 18
Bad Fairies
as (voice)
2027
The Roses
as Jeffrey
20256.6
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor
2025
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
as Algernon Moncrieff
2025
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (15)
2024
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
Barbie
as Ken
20236.9
The Coronation Concert
as Romeo
2023
The Last Letter from Your Lover
as Nick
20217.3
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
as Timidius
20195.2
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Demetrius
2016