Ncuti Gatwa: 5 Things To Know About The ‘Sex Education’ Star Playing The 15th Doctor In ‘Doctor Who’

• Ncuti Gatwa has been formed arsenic the 15th Doctor successful the British bid ‘Doctor Who’.
• He’s known for his relation arsenic Eric Effiong successful the Netflix amusement ‘Sex Education’.
• Ncuti volition prima successful the live-action ‘Barbie’ movie.

Ncuti Gatwa is the new starring antheral successful the Doctor Who franchise. The 30-year-old histrion has been formed arsenic the 15th Doctor successful the British sci-fi bid that’s been airing for six decades. Ncuti volition measurement into the relation successful 2023 after David Tennent returns arsenic the 14th Doctor for a 60th day special, following Jodie Whittaker‘s exit from the franchise. The BBC announced Ncuti was joining the bid backmost successful May 2022.

“Sometimes endowment walks done the doorway and it’s truthful agleam and bold and brilliant, I conscionable basal backmost successful awe and convey my fortunate stars,” showrunner Russell T. Davies said astir Ncuti playing the regenerating Time Lord. “Ncuti dazzled us, seized clasp of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys successful seconds.”

Ncuti Gatwa is taking implicit the pb relation connected ‘Doctor Who.’ (Scott Garfitt/Shutterstock for BAFTA)

Find retired each astir the histrion who volition beryllium playing Doctor Who connected the quintessential British sci-fi show, below.

1. Ncuti is from Rwanda

Ncuti, which is pronounced ‘SHOO-tee,’ was calved connected October 15, 1992 successful Rwanda and raised successful Scotland. In 2013, helium graduated with a Bachelors successful Acting from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow.

2. He’s the archetypal Black pb successful the ‘Doctor Who’ franchise

Ncuti volition beryllium the archetypal Black histrion to pb the British sci-fi show, but helium is technically not the archetypal non-white idiosyncratic to play the doctor. During Jodie’s tally connected the show, Jo Martin played “Fugitive Doctor” successful respective episodes. Jodie, who became the archetypal pistillate to play the Time Lord, took implicit from Peter Capaldi. Since the programme came backmost connected the aerial successful 2005, the extraterrestrial quality has besides been played by Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith.

3. Ncuti is “a small spot scared” to instrumentality connected the iconic role

Ncuti Gatwa is the archetypal Black pb connected the British sci-fi show. (Paloni/BAFTA/S)hutterstock

In a connection posted connected the authoritative Dr. Who website, Ncuti shared a connection astir the large news. “There aren’t rather the words to picture however I’m feeling. A premix of profoundly honoured, beyond excited and of people a small spot scared. This relation and amusement means truthful overmuch to truthful galore astir the world, including myself, and each 1 of my incredibly talented predecessors has handled that unsocial work and privilege with the utmost care. I volition endeavour my upmost to bash the same.”

4. He is champion known for ‘Sex Education’

Nwuti Gatwa successful ‘Sex Education’ (Photo: Sam Taylor / Netflix / Everett Collection)

Ncuti presently stars successful Netflix’s highly rated precocious schoolhouse dramedy Sex Education. Playing the loveable Eric Effiong, who is openly cheery but from a highly spiritual family, the prima was awarded Best Actor Award astatine the Scottish BAFTA’s successful 2020 arsenic good arsenic a information for Best Male Performance successful a drama amusement astatine the 2022 BAFTA’s.

5. He’s starring successful the ‘Barbie’ movie.

Ncuti has different large task that comes retired successful 2023. He’s successful Greta Gerwig‘s live-action Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. Ncuti is playing different mentation of Ken. His Barbie co-star Simu Liu revealed that Ncuti ne'er told the formed that helium was joining Doctor Who. “[He] didn’t archer anyone a thing,” Simu said successful May 2022. “And past each of a abrupt implicit the play helium was announced. We came to enactment connected Monday we were similar ‘Dude, however agelong person you been holding this successful for?’ And he’s like, ‘Two months.’ “