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Ncuti Gatwa
Mizero Ncuti Gatwa (English: /ˈ(n)ʃuːti ˈɡætwɑː/ (N)SHOO-tee GAT-wah; born 15 October 1992) is a Rwandan and Scottish actor. He is best known for playing Eric Effiong in the Netflix series Sex Education (2019–2023) and the Fifteenth Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who (2023–2025); for the latter role he won the 2024 BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor.
Gatwa began his career on stage at the Dundee Repertory Theatre and was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award for his performance as Mercutio in a 2014 production of Romeo & Juliet at HOME arts centre. For his breakout role in Sex Education, Gatwa earned three consecutive British Academy Television Award nominations for Best Male Comedy Performance. His film appearances include Barbie (2023) and The Roses (2025).
Mizero Ncuti Gatwa was born in Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda, on 15 October 1992, to Rwandan parents Josephine and Tharcisse Gatwa. His father is a journalist from Rwanda's Karongi District. Gatwa has two older siblings.
Gatwa's family escaped from Rwanda during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and settled in Scotland. They lived in Oxgangs in Edinburgh, and moved to Dunfermline when he was 15. Gatwa attended Boroughmuir High School and Dunfermline High School before moving to Glasgow to study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting in 2013. While studying, he worked at the LGBTQ+ club The Polo Lounge, handing out flyers and later becoming a go-go dancer at The Polo Lounge's sister club. The Conservatoire awarded him an honorary doctorate at the class of 2022 graduation ceremony.
After graduating, Gatwa was granted a position in the Dundee Repertory Theatre acting graduation scheme where he performed in several productions including David Greig's Victoria. Around this time, Gatwa was attacked by three strangers in the street who fractured his jaw; it is now made with titanium. His first experience on a professional set was when he filmed a brief role in the 2014 BBC Scotland sitcom Bob Servant. In 2014, Gatwa received a Commendation at the Ian Charleson Awards for his performance of Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at HOME, Manchester.
In 2015, he appeared in the miniseries Stonemouth, an adaptation of Iain Banks's 2012 novel of the same name. That same year, he performed in the Kneehigh Theatre's production of 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, which was adapted from Michael Morpurgo's The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, about a large-scale rehearsal for the D-Day landings in 1944 that resulted in numerous fatalities. Gatwa played Demetrius in the 2016 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe directed by Emma Rice.
In 2019, Gatwa had his breakout role as Eric Effiong in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education. For five months prior to this casting, he had been homeless after running out of savings, and had couch surfed among friends whilst whilst working as a temporary employee at Harrods. Gatwa received praise for his portrayal of Eric from critics, particularly for how his character was not relegated to the cliché of "gay or Black best friend slash sidekick stock character". He earned numerous accolades for the role, including a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in Television in 2020, and three BAFTA Television Award nominations for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2020, 2021 and 2022 consecutively.
In April 2022, Gatwa was cast in Greta Gerwig's Barbie as Artist Ken. He joined his Barbie co-stars in a choreographed performance of the song "I'm Just Ken" at the 96th Academy Awards. Gatwa performed an excerpt of Romeo and Juliet with Mei Mac at the 2023 Coronation Concert, and topped the Radio Times's TV 100 power list the same year.
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Ncuti Gatwa
Mizero Ncuti Gatwa (English: /ˈ(n)ʃuːti ˈɡætwɑː/ (N)SHOO-tee GAT-wah; born 15 October 1992) is a Rwandan and Scottish actor. He is best known for playing Eric Effiong in the Netflix series Sex Education (2019–2023) and the Fifteenth Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who (2023–2025); for the latter role he won the 2024 BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor.
Gatwa began his career on stage at the Dundee Repertory Theatre and was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award for his performance as Mercutio in a 2014 production of Romeo & Juliet at HOME arts centre. For his breakout role in Sex Education, Gatwa earned three consecutive British Academy Television Award nominations for Best Male Comedy Performance. His film appearances include Barbie (2023) and The Roses (2025).
Mizero Ncuti Gatwa was born in Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda, on 15 October 1992, to Rwandan parents Josephine and Tharcisse Gatwa. His father is a journalist from Rwanda's Karongi District. Gatwa has two older siblings.
Gatwa's family escaped from Rwanda during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and settled in Scotland. They lived in Oxgangs in Edinburgh, and moved to Dunfermline when he was 15. Gatwa attended Boroughmuir High School and Dunfermline High School before moving to Glasgow to study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting in 2013. While studying, he worked at the LGBTQ+ club The Polo Lounge, handing out flyers and later becoming a go-go dancer at The Polo Lounge's sister club. The Conservatoire awarded him an honorary doctorate at the class of 2022 graduation ceremony.
After graduating, Gatwa was granted a position in the Dundee Repertory Theatre acting graduation scheme where he performed in several productions including David Greig's Victoria. Around this time, Gatwa was attacked by three strangers in the street who fractured his jaw; it is now made with titanium. His first experience on a professional set was when he filmed a brief role in the 2014 BBC Scotland sitcom Bob Servant. In 2014, Gatwa received a Commendation at the Ian Charleson Awards for his performance of Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at HOME, Manchester.
In 2015, he appeared in the miniseries Stonemouth, an adaptation of Iain Banks's 2012 novel of the same name. That same year, he performed in the Kneehigh Theatre's production of 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, which was adapted from Michael Morpurgo's The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, about a large-scale rehearsal for the D-Day landings in 1944 that resulted in numerous fatalities. Gatwa played Demetrius in the 2016 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe directed by Emma Rice.
In 2019, Gatwa had his breakout role as Eric Effiong in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education. For five months prior to this casting, he had been homeless after running out of savings, and had couch surfed among friends whilst whilst working as a temporary employee at Harrods. Gatwa received praise for his portrayal of Eric from critics, particularly for how his character was not relegated to the cliché of "gay or Black best friend slash sidekick stock character". He earned numerous accolades for the role, including a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in Television in 2020, and three BAFTA Television Award nominations for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2020, 2021 and 2022 consecutively.
In April 2022, Gatwa was cast in Greta Gerwig's Barbie as Artist Ken. He joined his Barbie co-stars in a choreographed performance of the song "I'm Just Ken" at the 96th Academy Awards. Gatwa performed an excerpt of Romeo and Juliet with Mei Mac at the 2023 Coronation Concert, and topped the Radio Times's TV 100 power list the same year.