Born 1992 (age 33) · Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda
Appears in 33 titles

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.

Filmography

Barbie
6.9
Barbie
2023
as Ken
The Roses
6.7
The Roses
2025
as Jeffrey
The Last Letter from Your Lover
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
8.8
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023
as The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Doctor Who at the Proms
7.2
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (15)
The Coronation Concert
6.0
The Coronation Concert
2023
as Romeo
Frank and Percy
Bad Fairies
Bad Fairies
2027
as (voice)
The Queen of Fashion
as Michael Roberts