Ncuti Gatwa
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Mizero Ncuti Gatwa is a Rwandan-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).
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In their own words 5
I had to wrestle with myself - I fell in love with that show. I’ll miss it, but I was ready to move on
Ncuti Gatwa recalls difficult decision to leave Doctor Who: "I had to wrestle with myself" 14 September, 2025
It’s loud. But it’s very cool and exciting to be in the middle of this huge thing - there’s haters, there’s lovers, it’s all going on
Ncuti Gatwa on Leaving ‘Doctor Who’: ‘It Takes a Lot Out of You - Physically, Emotionally, Mentally’ 15 July, 2025
I would love to have the energy and the youth to be able to do this full time for the rest of my life, but my knees are telling me it’s time
Filmography 17
Barbie
The Roses
The Last Letter from Your Lover
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Doctor Who at the Proms
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
The Coronation Concert
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Bad Fairies34 credits on file
Television 17
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Graham Norton Show
Sex Education
The One Show
Doctor Who
Masters of the Air
The Oscars
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Stonemouth
Saturday Night Live UK
Tales of the Tardis
Portrait Artist of the Year
Bob Servant
Doctor Who: UnleashedConnected to Ncuti 6
James AcasterAlso in Bad Fairies (2027)
Felicity JonesAlso in The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
Stacy MartinAlso in The Queen of Fashion
Eliza ScanlenAlso in National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest (2025)
Aneurin BarnardAlso in Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
Peter CapaldiAlso in Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)About this person
Mizero Ncuti Gatwa is a Rwandan-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). He won the 2020 BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in Television for the former role, and the 2024 BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor for the latter.
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