Ncuti Gatwa

Mr. Gatwa, a star of the Netflix series “Sex Education,” will be the first Black man to play the title character in the enduring BBC science fiction ...

Ms. Whittaker’s final episode is yet to come, Russell T. Davies, the series showrunner, said in a statement. The BBC has aired 39 seasons of “Doctor Who” over nearly 60 years. When Ms. Whittaker’s turn as the Doctor was announced in 2017, some fans adopted the hashtag #NotMyDoctor and questioned why the character had suddenly changed genders. In July 2017, the BBC announced Ms. Whittaker’s selection in a commercial that aired after the Wimbledon men’s final. “Doctor Who” fans celebrated the news on Twitter on Sunday, with many expressing their excitement to see a doctor who resembles them. It’s something that everyone can enjoy, so I feel very grateful to have had the baton handed over and I’m going to try to do my best.”

Gatwa, best known for the role of Eric Effiong in the Netflix series Sex Education, is the first Black person to be cast full-time in the starring role in ...

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Rwandan-Scottish star of Sex Education has made astonishing journey from couch-surfing to master of the Whoniverse.

While working as a temp at Harrods and sharing a friend’s bed, he lost weight because he could not afford to eat. The idea that he might become an actor first came when he was 17 and his drama teacher complimented him on his talent. “I would get compliments for looking so presentable. The family lived in university accommodation while Gatwa’s father studied for a PhD in philosophy and theology. Auditions weren’t just acting jobs, they were lifelines.” But his father was forced leave the family and move to Cameroon because he was unable to get work as an academic in the UK, which Gatwa has described as “an amazing sacrifice”.

LONDON :Ncuti Gatwa will be the first Black actor to play the lead role in British sci-fi series "Doctor Who", taking over from Jodie Whittaker as the 14th ...

"It's an incredibly iconic role and an incredibly iconic show, and I just hope I do it justice," he said on the red carpet for the BAFTA TV awards, where he was up for the best male comedy performance for Sex Education. "It's an incredibly iconic role and an incredibly iconic show, and I just hope I do it justice," said the 29-year-old Scot. "I can see him for years exploring the part and taking it somewhere new," he told Reuters on the red carpet, where he accompanied Gatwa.

"It's an incredibly iconic role and an incredibly iconic show, and I just hope I do it justice," said the 29-year-old Scot.

"It's an incredibly iconic role and an incredibly iconic show, and I just hope I do it justice," he said on the red carpet for the BAFTA TV awards, where he was up for the best male comedy performance for Sex Education. "It's an incredibly iconic role and an incredibly iconic show, and I just hope I do it justice," said the 29-year-old Scot. "I can see him for years exploring the part and taking it somewhere new," he told Reuters on the red carpet, where he accompanied Gatwa.

Gatwa, best known for the role of Eric Effiong in the Netflix series Sex Education, is the first Black person to be cast full-time in the starring role in ...

"Ncuti dazzled us, seized hold of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys in seconds." Davies stepped away from the showrunner role in 2009. Instead, Gatwa's Eric stands out from the ensemble cast with a fully realized personality and inner life.

Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on “Doctor Who,” the BBC announced Sunday, ending speculation over the iconic Time Lord's next ...

He promises a “spectacular” 2023. “This role and show means so much to so many around the world, including myself, and each one of my incredibly talented predecessors has handled that unique responsibility and privilege with the utmost care. The original run of “Doctor Who” spanned 1963 to 1989.

Gatwa was born in Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda in the early nineties. He and his family fled Rwanda in 1994 at the beginning of the genocide.

Gatwa is now the fourteenth person to play Doctor Who and will replace the previous Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, who took over the role in 2017. In a statement, Gatwa said: “There aren’t quite the words to describe how I’m feeling. Scottish-Rwandan actor, Ncuti Gatwa, has been announced as the new Doctor Who—the leading role in a beloved UK BBC television series.

Where have you seen the new 14th Doctor before? Or: why Ncuti Gatwa's trousers in Sex Education prove that he'll make a brilliant Doctor.

Gatwa plays “Dougie”, a character that nobody who has seen the miniseries remembers. Now ideally Gatwa would have played Puck, the trickster, or maybe even the mighty King Oberon. That would be thematically handy, but instead in this stage production, Gatwa plays Demetrius, one of the many mortals in the play who gets messed about with love potions. He describes the character as very focused but as somebody who “brings the fun back”. Is that what he plans to do for the Doctor? Or are these in fact two completely unrelated performances? In Dominic Brigstocke’s family comedy, Gatwa plays “Timidus,” a Roman soldier befriended by the protagonist when he gets conscripted. The announcement of a new Doctor is like Christmas for Doctor Who fans, if Christmas came every three-to-five years and appeared without warning. The first thing, as a Doctor Who fan, that you notice while watching Sex Education, is that Ncuti Gatwa is wearing absolutely perfect Doctor trousers – grey tweed that Hartnell, Troughton, or Capaldi would not turn their noses up at.

Gatwa will be the first non-white actor to star in the role and will make his Doctor Who debut in 2023.

There's no hiding that the BBC has picked a young and talented actor who will bring a lot of energy to the role. Gatwa, who is best known for playing Eric in Netflix's "Sex Education," will be the first actor of color to play the iconic role. The future is here!

Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on “Doctor Who,” the BBC announced Sunday, ending speculation over the iconic Time Lord's next ...

The original run of “Doctor Who” spanned 1963 to 1989. “This role and show means so much to so many around the world, including myself, and each one of my incredibly talented predecessors has handled that unique responsibility and privilege with the utmost care. “Ncuti dazzled us, seized hold of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys in seconds.”

The casting is revolutionary, while also being precedented, says film and TV writer James Cooray Smith.

It was created by the Canadian Sydney Newman, and its first episode was written by an Australian, Anthony Coburn, produced by Verity Lambert, a Jewish woman, and directed by Waris Hussein, a gay Muslim born in Lucknow when India was still part of the British empire. The black British actor Jo Martin has played the part, but not as the lead. Gatwa is the first black actor to play the role as a series lead. To audition for a series lead is pretty normal for TV, but unusual for Doctor Who. Most Doctors, including Davies’ own previous two, have been people the then showrunner had already worked with. Bad Wolf, the production company responsible for the next series of Doctor Who, tweeted a picture of a post made by Gatwa to his almost 3 million Instagram followers. Doctor Who is, in cliche, a “national institution”, a term first applied to it by the Radio Times as long ago as 1972.

Of course – and with huge significance – he's the first Black Doctor in the show's 59 year history. But there may also be a Sex Education fan on hand to point ...

Before he scored a part on Sex Ed at 26, he was on the verge of jacking in acting altogether – reduced to sofa surfing in London and, for a time, left homeless by the cost of living in the city. Ncuti Gatwa’s heritage is African: he was born in Kigali, Rwanda, and left as a two-year-old when his parents moved to the UK to escape the genocide that was breaking out in the country. As Moordale High’s Eric Effiong – a gay student from a religious family who is best pals with Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield) and dishes out expert sex advice to his peers – he’s arguably become the Netflix show’s MVP over three seasons. Unlike the Doctor, I may only have one heart but I am giving it all to this show.’ But there may also be a Sex Education fan on hand to point out that he’s a perfect combination of charisma, bubbly off-beat charm and smarts to encapsulate this iconic, BBC-appointed position of cultural power. There’s a new Time Lord in the house.