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Ncuti Gatwa
Gatwa in 2019
Born
Mizero Ncuti Gatwa[1]

(1992-10-15) 15 October 1992 (age 31)
Kigali, Rwanda
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
OccupationActor
Years active2014–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.

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans Timidius
2021 The Last Letter from Your Lover Nick
2023 Barbie Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
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 Main role

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Shakespeare's Globe: A Midsummer Night's Dream Demetrius

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2022 Grid Legends Valentin Manzi Voice and motion capture

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Refs
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

References

  1. ^ The cast of Sex Education (2020). The Cast Of 'Sex Education' Takes The BFF Test (Video). BuzzFeed Celeb – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Sex Education: Thirst Trap 101. Retrieved 9 May 2022 – via IMDb.
  3. ^ "Ncuti & Kedar from Sex Education Interview Each Other". Between 2 Favs. Netflix. 25 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b "From Ncuti Gatwa to floral tributes: this week's fashion trends". The Guardian. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Lockett, Dee (22 January 2019). "Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa Doesn't Want to Play the Gay Best Friend". Vulture. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Okundaye, Jason (22 January 2019). "Sex Education's vital, complex portrayal of black queer teenhood". Dazed. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b Smith, Kate Louise (4 June 2020). "Ncuti Gatwa earns BAFTA nomination for Sex Education". PopBuzz.
  8. ^ a b "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". BAFTA. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  9. ^ Anderson, Gillian (5 February 2020). "Ncuti Gatwa Embraces His Electrifying Power". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  10. ^ Negi, Shrishti (6 February 2019). "Ncuti Gatwa of 'Sex Education' on His Unapologetic & Carefree Portrayal of a Gay, Black Teenager". News18. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  11. ^ Gatwa, Tharcisse (25 March 2009). "Victims or Guilty?". International Review of Mission. 88 (351). World Council of Churches: 347–363. doi:10.1111/j.1758-6631.1999.tb00164.x.
  12. ^ "Ncuti Gatwa, Umunyarwanda wihagazeho muri filime 'Sex Education' yaciye ibintu kuri Netflix" (in Nyanja). Isimbi.rw. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Black and Scottish — 'I thought I was the only black person in the world'". BBC. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Ncuti Gatwa". Dundee Rep Theatre. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  15. ^ "BA Acting Showcase Class of 2013" (PDF). Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  16. ^ Rep Theatre, Dundee (8 May 2022). "We are SO PROUD of Ncuti Gatwa, a former Rep graduate actor, who has just been announced as the next Doctor!". Retrieved 8 May 2022 – via Twitter.[non-primary source needed]
  17. ^ "Theatre review: Victoria, Dundee Rep". The Scotsman. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  18. ^ Volpe, Allie (4 June 2020). "Ncuti Gatwa Nearly Quit Acting—Then He Booked 'Sex Education'". Backstage.
  19. ^ a b "BBC One - Bob Servant, Series 2, The Van". BBC. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  20. ^ "946 review – Kneehigh's D-day drama brings cats and razzmatazz". The Guardian. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  21. ^ "A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)". player.shakespearesglobe.com. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  22. ^ "Sex Education: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  23. ^ Belam, Martin (8 May 2022). "Doctor Who: Ncuti Gatwa to replace Jodie Whittaker, BBC announces". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  24. ^ Flook, Ray (8 May 2022). "Doctor Who: New Doctor Ncuti Gatwa Knew in February: "Been Emotional"". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  25. ^ Fullerton, Huw; Knight, Lewis (8 May 2022). "Ncuti Gatwa announced as the next Doctor in Doctor Who". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  26. ^ a b Dupre, Elyse (14 May 2019). "MTV Movie & TV Awards 2019: The Complete List of Nominations". E! News.
  27. ^ "Bafta TV Awards 2021: Winners and nominees in full". BBC News. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
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