1992-10-15 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.
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The Roses | 2025-08-27 | |
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National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest | Algernon Moncrieff | 2025-02-20 |
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Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War | The Doctor | 2025-05-31 |
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Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death | The Doctor | 2024-06-21 |
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Doctor Who at the Proms | The Doctor (15) | 2024-12-24 |
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The Coronation Concert | Romeo | 2023-05-07 |
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Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials | The Doctor (archive footage) | 2023-12-18 |
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Barbie | Ken | 2023-07-19 |
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imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me | Self | 2023-12-18 |
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The Last Letter from Your Lover | Nick | 2021-07-23 |
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Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day | Self | 2021-03-08 |
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Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans | Timidius | 2019-07-26 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe | Demetrius | 2016-09-11 |