Ncuti Gatwa

Ncuti Gatwa
Gatwa in 2024
Born
Mizero Ncuti Gatwa

(1992-10-15) 15 October 1992 (age 32)
Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda
Citizenship
  • Rwanda
  • United Kingdom
EducationRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Mizero Ncuti Gatwa[1] (English: /ˈ(n)ʃuːti ˈɡætwɑː/ (N)SHOO-tee GAT-wah;[note 1] born 15 October 1992) is a Rwandan-Scottish actor.[7][8] Beginning his career on stage at the Dundee Repertory Theatre, he was a nominee for an Ian Charleson Award for his performance as Mercutio in a 2014 production of Romeo & Juliet at HOME.

Gatwa's screen breakthrough came with playing gay teenager Eric Effiong in the Netflix drama television series Sex Education (2019–2023), which earned him a BAFTA Scotland Award and three BAFTA Television Award nominations. He had supporting roles in the film Barbie (2023) and the television series Masters of the Air (2024), and rose to further prominence as the fifteenth lead actor to play the Doctor in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who since 2023.

  1. ^ The cast of Sex Education (2020). The Cast Of 'Sex Education' Takes The BFF Test (Video). BuzzFeed Celeb. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Meet the Doctor. Stream the new season of Doctor Who now on Disney+!". Disney+. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Ncuti & Kedar from Sex Education Interview Each Other". Between 2 Favs. Netflix. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. ^ Sex Education: Thirst Trap 101. IMDb. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  5. ^ "10 Things Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa Can't Live Without | 10 Essentials". British GQ. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  6. ^ Zorc, R. David; Nibagwire, Louise (2007). Kinyarwanda and Kirundi Comparative Grammar. Hyattsville, Maryland: Dunwoody Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-931546-32-4.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Scottish was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference TNS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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