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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Graham Norton Show

Sex Education

The One Show

Barbie

Doctor Who

The Oscars

All Movies (16)

• Bad Fairies2027 · as (voice)
• The Roses2025 · as Jeffrey
• Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War2025 · as The Doctor
• National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest2025 · as Algernon Moncrieff
• Doctor Who at the Proms2024 · as The Doctor (15)
• Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death2024 · as The Doctor
• imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me2023 · as Self
• Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials2023 · as The Doctor (archive footage)
• Barbie2023 · as Ken
• The Coronation Concert2023 · as Romeo
• The Last Letter from Your Lover2021 · as Nick
• Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day2021 · as Self
• Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans2019 · as Timidius
• A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe2016 · as Demetrius
• Frank and Percy—
• The Queen of Fashion— · as Michael Roberts

All TV Shows (17)

• Saturday Night Live UK2026 · as Self - Host
• Doctor Who2024 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Unleashed2024 · as Self - The Doctor
• Masters of the Air2024 · as Lt. Robert H. Daniels
• Tales of the Tardis2023 · as The Doctor
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022 · as Self
• The Outsiders?2021 · as Self
• Sex Education2019 · as Eric Effiong
• Stonemouth2015 · as Dougie
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Portrait Artist of the Year2013 · as Self
• Bob Servant2013 · as Male Customer
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self - Performer
• First Day on Earth— · as Darren