Who is Ncuti Gatwa? 会合,会う the breakout Sex Education 星/主役にする 始める,決める to play the titular Time Lord in Doctor Who

Ncuti Gatwa is 始める,決める to take the 統治するs from David Tennant in the next 一連の?Doctor Who, the first 黒人/ボイコット actor to permenantly play the Time Lord in the show's history.

The Sex Education 星/主役にする?will 攻撃する,衝突する screens as the 15th Doctor for the first time on?Christmas?Day, に引き続いて a trio of 60th 周年記念日 specials later this month.

He will be starring と一緒に the youngest Doctor Who companion ever, 載冠(式)/即位(式) street 星/主役にする Millie Gibson, 18.

In the run up to his historic first 外見 as the time traveller, MailOnline take a look into the Sex Education breakout 星/主役にする's history....

The next Doctor:?Ncuti Gatwa is set to take the reigns from David Tennant in the next series of Doctor Who, the first black actor to play the Time Lord in television history

The next Doctor:?Ncuti Gatwa is 始める,決める to take the 統治するs from David Tennant in the next 一連の Doctor Who, the first 黒人/ボイコット actor to play the Time Lord in television history

New Star: His first episode as the Doctor will air on Christmas Day

New 星/主役にする: His first episode as the Doctor will 空気/公表する on Christmas Day

But who is Ncuti Gatwa??MailOnline take a look into the Sex Education breakout star's history

But who is Ncuti Gatwa??MailOnline take a look into the Sex Education breakout 星/主役にする's history?

Who is Ncuti Gatwa??

Ncuti Gatwa was born in Nyarugenge, Kigali,?Rwanda?on October 15, 1992 to a 新聞記者/雑誌記者-father Tharcisse and his mother Josephine.

The Gatwa family?f led the east African country when the actor was only two years old to escape a 残虐な civil war.?

Speaking from the family home Dunfermline, Scotland about their son's new 役割 as The Doctor, Tharcisse told Mailonline: ‘We are very proud. We have congratulated him. That’s all we can do. We are just so pleased. That is all we can say.'

Ncuti's mother Josephine, continued: ‘There is nothing else we can 追加する. We are not 許すd. He has his profession and we have ours.

'So we do not do any comments regarding this but we are, of course, very proud of him. As parents we are, of course, proud of Ncuti, of our child.'

The actor arrived in Scotland as a 難民 in 1944, and grew up in?Edinburgh?and later Fife.

He 熟考する/考慮するd at Boroughmuir High School and Dunfermline High School before going on to …に出席する the 王室の Conservatoire of Scotland.

In 2013, he 卒業生(する)d with a Bachelors in 事実上の/代理.

Fled: Ncuti Gatwa was born in Rwanda on October 15, 1992 to journalist-father Tharcisse (pictured) and mother Josephine. The family had to flee the country when the actor was twtwo years old due to a civil war

Fled: Ncuti Gatwa was born in Rwanda on October 15, 1992 to 新聞記者/雑誌記者-father Tharcisse (pictured) and mother Josephine. The family had to 逃げる the country when the actor was twtwo years old 予定 to a civil war

Proud: His parents sung his praises when interviewed by MailOnline, with his father Tharcisse stating 'We are just so pleased. That is all we can say' (Pictured Ncuti and his mother Josephine in 2020)

Proud: His parents sung his 賞賛するs when interviewed by MailOnline, with his father Tharcisse 明言する/公表するing 'We are just so pleased. That is all we can say' (Pictured Ncuti and his mother Josephine in 2020)

Where does Ncuti Gatwa work??

During his 熟考する/考慮するs, he worked as a 発射 boy and go-go ダンサー in an LGBTQ+ 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業 called the Polo Lounge, in Glasgow.

In an interview with British GQ, The Sex Education actor 株d how he had a '有毒な' time working in the Scottish gay scene.

The Rwandan-Scottish actor 追加するd how his sexuality was 形態/調整d by this experience.

He 詳細(に述べる)d how 存在 a 'queer 黒人/ボイコット kid' working in 'a white, gay 環境' made him feel '深く,強烈に sexualised'.

'It was very weird going from high school, where 存在 the queer, 黒人/ボイコット kid you were nobody's 選ぶ of the bunch, to getting thrown into the Glasgow gay scene,' he recounted.

'I will never forget my first night out. I was in a white gay 環境 [and] as a 黒人/ボイコット man, I was 深く,強烈に, 深く,強烈に sexualised.'

'I couldn't やめる understand the 有毒性 of that. I couldn't understand that I was 存在 fetishised.?

'I wasn't able to walk through this club without every bit of me 存在 grabbed. It was weird ? but fun! Very fun!'

The Sex Education 星/主役にする has now bagged the 役割 of the 15th Doctor, and will 攻撃する,衝突する 審査するs as the Time Lord for the first time in the show's 60th 周年記念日 special.

Ncuti will not be alone at the 舵輪/支配 of the TARDIS, as his trusty co-星/主役にする Millie Gisbon, will portray the Time Lord's new companion Ruby Sunday.?

Showrunner Russell T Davies 確認するd filming for the fourteenth season finished in July 2023, 株ing a snap of the 乗組員 and himself with the TARDIS in the background.

Exciting: Ncuti wrapped up filming his first season of Doctor Who in July, with showrunner Russel T Davies (pictured) taking to Instagram to confirm filming was finished

Exciting: Ncuti wrapped up filming his first season of Doctor Who in July, with showrunner Russel T Davies (pictured) taking to Instagram to 確認する filming was finished

Breaking records:?He will take the reigns of the TARDIS alongside Millie Gibson, who plays Ruby Sunday, with the actress set to be the youngest companion in the show's history

Breaking 記録,記録的な/記録するs:?He will take the 統治するs of the TARDIS と一緒に Millie Gibson, who plays Ruby Sunday, with the actress 始める,決める to be the youngest companion in the show's history

What is Ncuti Gatwa's 逮捕する 価値(がある)?

In 2022 it was 報告(する)/憶測d that the 15th Doctor was one of the best paid young actors in the country, racking in £772,131

Accounts for his 会社/堅い Gemini Moon 限られた/立憲的な show 蓄積するd almost one million 続けざまに猛撃するs in 2021.

The company 宣言するd total 資産s of £960,055 for 2022, and 借りがあるd creditors £237,924 ? leaving Ncuti with more than a three 4半期/4分の1s of a million 続けざまに猛撃するs.?

A far cry from when he was homeless 事前の to playing Eric Effiong in the 攻撃する,衝突する Netflix show Sex Education.

When he moved to London to 追求する his dream of carving out a career in 事実上の/代理 he ran out of 貯金 and 設立する himself homeless.

He ended up sofa surfing on friends couches for five months, and also 設立する himself borrowing £10 from friends so he could afford the tube fare for auditions

He said: 'I couldn't seem to 扱う it all financially. I was supposed to move into a new place and it fell through.

'So for five months before Sex Education, I was couch-surfing の中で all my friends. I didn't have a home.

'I was homeless. The only thing stopping me from 存在 on the streets was the fact I had friends.'

Raking in the dough:?In 2022 Ncuti Gatwa was one of the best paid young actors in the country, bagging a healthy £772,131

Raking in the dough:?In 2022 Ncuti Gatwa was one of the best paid young actors in the country, bagging a healthy £772,131

'No Labels'

Bagging the big bucks isn't the only 弾丸 point on Ncuti's long 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) of 業績/成就s, as he also made his Vogue debut in July.

Leaving very little to the imagination, the actor struck a 提起する/ポーズをとる 完全に nude for the 出版(物)'s Pride 問題/発行する.

The 31-year-old actor stunned, as he 均衡を保った on 最高の,を越す of of 黒人/ボイコット cushions, 似ているing a work of art.

In the interview for British Vogue's 2023 July 問題/発行する, the 星/主役にする let answered 混乱させるd fans, as he 辞退するd to define his sexuality 完全な.?

He told the 出版(物): 'I'm aware of the 混乱 it 原因(となる)d, but I 肉親,親類d of thought that my 参加 in [the Pride 問題/発行する] was a 声明.?

'Not to come for anyone, but I was like, you know, two 加える two equals four. I couldn't be louder about this. I literally got naked.'

He (a)手の込んだ/(v)詳述するd that although the LGBTQ+ community has made many strides during his lifetime, labels still put a 広大な/多数の/重要な 取引,協定 of 圧力 on people.?

'If you think it's that 平易な, I'm happy for you,' he said 'That's a very 特権d position to be in. To think that sexuality is so 平易な, and talking about sexuality is so 平易な and 存在するing with one's sexuality is so 平易な.'

'I'm so glad that you think it's that 平易な, because the world isn't like that.'

Before: Ncuti previously starred in Netflix's hit show Sex Education, as well as numerous plays such as?946,?A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet.

Before: Ncuti 以前 starred in Netflix's 攻撃する,衝突する show Sex Education, 同様に as 非常に/多数の plays such as?946,?A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet.?

What did?Ncuti Gatwa do before Doctor Who?

Ncuti Gatwa's 星/主役にする 力/強力にする rose after he appeared?as Eric Effiong on Sex Education.

He was in the show up until its fourth and final series which was 解放(する)d on September 21.?

The Rwandan-Scottish actor received a number of accolades for his 業績/成果 as Eric, 含むing a BAFTA Scotland for Best Actor, 同様に as a 指名/任命 for Best Male Comedy 業績/成果.?

以前, Gatwa landed in さまざまな 行う/開催する/段階 役割, 事実上の/代理 at HOME Manchester as Mercutio in a rendition of Romeo in Juliet, 同様に as portraying Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe.

He has also appeared in the on-行う/開催する/段階 adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's?The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips called 946.?

The Doctor Who 星/主役にする told Rolling 石/投石する UK that he 計画(する)s to make a 復帰 to theatre, but would only consider doing so after a second stint as the Time Lord.

He told the 出版(物): 'I’m planning on getting 支援する to it next year, after I finish season two of Doctor Who.'

Since 発表するing his stint on the famous time-travelling show, Gatwa has appeared on Greta Gerwig's blockbuster 攻撃する,衝突する, Barbie, and is 始める,決める to appear on an Apple + series tiled Masters of the 空気/公表する in 2024.

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