
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/15/1992
Place of Birth
Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda
Also Known As
Massaro Ncuti GatwaMizero Ncuti Gatwa
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

Barbie
as Ken

The Roses
as Jeffrey

The Last Letter from Your Lover
as Nick

Bad Fairies
as (voice)

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
as Timidius

The Coronation Concert
as Romeo

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

Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
as Self

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

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

Born With Teeth
as Christopher 'Kit' Marlowe

Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (15)

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
as Self

National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
as Algernon Moncrieff