Ncuti Gatwa | |
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Born | Mizero Ncuti Gatwa[1] 15 October 1992 Kigali, Rwanda |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2014–present |
Mizero Ncuti Gatwa (/ˈʃuːti ˈɡætwɑː/ SHOO-tee GAT-wah;[2][3] born 15 October 1992) is a Rwandan-Scottish actor. He rose to prominence as Eric Effiong on the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–present), which earned him a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in Television and three BAFTA Television Award nominations for Best Male Comedy Performance.[4][5][6][7][8] In 2022, Gatwa was announced as the fourteenth incarnation of the Doctor on the BBC series Doctor Who, making him the first black actor to lead the series.
Gatwa was born in Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda, on 15 October 1992.[9][10] His father, Tharcisse Gatwa, from Rwanda's Karongi District, is a journalist with a PhD in theology.[11][12]
The family later escaped from Rwanda during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 and settled in Scotland.[13] They lived in Edinburgh and Dunfermline. Gatwa attended Boroughmuir High School and Dunfermline High School before moving to Glasgow to study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, graduating with a BA in Acting in 2013.[14][15]
After graduating, Gatwa was granted a position in the Dundee Repertory Theatre acting graduation scheme based in Dundee, Scotland where he performed in several productions including David Greig's Victoria.[16][17][18] He had a brief role in the 2014 sitcom Bob Servant which was also set and filmed in Dundee.[19]
In 2015, he appeared in a supporting role in the miniseries Stonemouth, an adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name. That same year, he performed in the Kneehigh Theatres production of 946, which was adapted from Michael Morpurgo's The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips about the rehearsals for the D-Day landing in Devon with numerous fatalities.[20] Gatwa played Demetrius in the 2016 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe directed by Emma Rice.[21]
In May 2018, Gatwa was cast in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education as Eric Effiong;[19] the show was released in 2019 and garnered critical acclaim.[22] Gatwa received praise for his portrayal of Eric from audiences and critics alike, particularly for how his character was not relegated to the cliché of "gay or black best friend slash sidekick stock character".[5][6] He has earned numerous accolades for the role, which include winning a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in Television in 2020, and earning three BAFTA Television Award nominations for Best Male Comedy Performance, one in 2020, 2021 and 2022 consecutively.[4][5][6][7][8]
On 8 May 2022, it was announced that Gatwa had been cast in Doctor Who as the fourteenth incarnation of the show's protagonist, the Doctor.[23] Gatwa, who was cast in February,[24] will be the first black actor to play a primary incarnation of the character and the second to play an incarnation overall, following Jo Martin's appearance as the Fugitive Doctor. He is expected to take over the role in the third and final of the 2022 specials in October 2022.[25]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans | Timidius | |
2021 | The Last Letter from Your Lover | Nick | |
2023 | Barbie | Filming |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Bob Servant | Male Customer | 1 episode |
2015 | Stonemouth | Dougie | 2 episodes |
2019–present | Sex Education | Eric Effiong | Main role; 24 episodes |
TBA | Masters of the Air | 2cd Lt.Robert Daniels | 3 episodes |
TBA | Doctor Who | Fourteenth Doctor |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Shakespeare's Globe: A Midsummer Night's Dream | Demetrius |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022 | Grid Legends | Valentin Manzi | Voice and motion capture |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Refs |
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2019 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance | Sex Education | Nominated | [26] |
Best Kiss (with Connor Swindells) | Nominated | [26] | |||
BAFTA Scotland | Best Actor in Television | Nominated | |||
2020 | Newport Beach Film Festival | Breakthrough Honouree | Won | ||
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | |||
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | Best Breakthrough | Won | |||
Royal Television Society Awards | Comedy Performance (Male) | Won | |||
Young Scot Awards | Entertainment | Won | |||
BAFTA Television Awards | Best Male Comedy Performance | Nominated | |||
BAFTA Scotland | Best Actor in Television | Won | |||
Rose d'Or | Performance of the Year | Won | |||
2021 | BAFTA Television Awards | Best Male Comedy Performance | Nominated | [27] | |
2022 | National Comedy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Role | Won | ||
Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | |||
BAFTA Television Awards | Best Male Comedy Performance | Nominated |
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