Ncuti Gatwa

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
October 15, 1992 (32 years old)
Place of Birth
Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda
Popular Genres
Adventure Comedy Drama
Career Span
2016 – Present

Ncuti Gatwa

1 win
443 nominations
1 Oscar
14 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Oct 15, 1992
From
Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda
Known For
Acting
Career
2016 – Present

Known For

Barbie
Barbie
2023
as Ken
The Last Letter from Your Lover
The Last Letter from Your Lover
2021
as Nick
The Roses
The Roses
2025
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
2019
as Timidius
The Coronation Concert
The Coronation Concert
2023
as Romeo
Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (15)
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023
as The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
2024
as The Doctor
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
2021
as Self
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023
as Self
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
2025
as Algernon Moncrieff

Frequent Collaborators

Jamie Demetriou
Jamie Demetriou
3 shared projects
in "Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans"
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Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon
2 shared projects
in "The Roses"
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Tom Stourton
Tom Stourton
2 shared projects
in "Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans"
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Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie
1 shared project
in "Barbie"
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Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling
1 shared project
in "Barbie"
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America Ferrera
America Ferrera
1 shared project
in "Barbie"
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Ariana Greenblatt
Ariana Greenblatt
1 shared project
in "Barbie"
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Issa Rae
Issa Rae
1 shared project
in "Barbie"
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Alexandra Shipp
Alexandra Shipp
1 shared project
in "Barbie"
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Emma Mackey
Emma Mackey
1 shared project
in "Barbie"
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Hari Nef
Hari Nef
1 shared project
in "Barbie"
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Sharon Rooney
Sharon Rooney
1 shared project
in "Barbie"
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Featured in Trailers

Barbie
The Last Letter from Your Lover
The Roses
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

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