Actor profile

Ncuti Gatwa

15th October 1992 Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda 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.

16 Movies 15 TV Shows 1 In Production 36 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Roses poster

The Roses 27th August 2025 as Jeffrey

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War poster

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War 31st May 2025 as The Doctor

National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest poster

National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest 20th February 2025 as Algernon Moncrieff

Doctor Who - Joy to the World poster

Doctor Who - Joy to the World 25th December 2024 as The Doctor

Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms 24th December 2024 as The Doctor (15)

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

Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death 21st June 2024 as The Doctor

Doctor Who - The Church on Ruby Road poster

Doctor Who - The Church on Ruby Road 25th December 2023 as The Doctor

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials poster

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials 18th December 2023 as The Doctor (archive footage)

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me poster

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me 18th December 2023 as Self

Doctor Who - The Giggle poster

Doctor Who - The Giggle 9th December 2023 as Fifteenth Doctor

Barbie poster

Barbie 19th July 2023 as Ken

The Coronation Concert poster

The Coronation Concert 7th May 2023 as Romeo

The Last Letter from Your Lover poster

The Last Letter from Your Lover 23rd July 2021 as Nick

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

Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day 8th March 2021 as Self

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans poster

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans 26th July 2019 as Timidius

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

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe 11th September 2016 as Demetrius

Saturday Night Live UK poster

Saturday Night Live UK 21st March 2026 as Self - Host

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 11th May 2024 as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Unleashed poster

Doctor Who: Unleashed 11th May 2024 as Self - The Doctor

Masters of the Air poster

Masters of the Air 25th January 2024 as Lt. Robert H. Daniels

Tales of the Tardis poster

Tales of the Tardis 1st November 2023 as The Doctor

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg 4th September 2022 as Self

Sex Education poster

Sex Education 11th January 2019 as Eric Effiong

Stonemouth poster

Stonemouth 8th June 2015 as Dougie

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self

Portrait Artist of the Year poster

Portrait Artist of the Year 5th November 2013 as Self

Bob Servant poster

Bob Servant 23rd January 2013 as Male Customer

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self - Performer

Bad Fairies poster

Coming soon

Bad Fairies 20th May 2027 as (voice)