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Ncuti Gatwa’s family fled the Rwandan genocide. He became the first Black actor to lead Doctor Who Movies & TV Ncuti Gatwa’s family fled the Rwandan genocide. He became the first Black actor to lead Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa was born in Rwanda and grew up in Scotland after his family fled the 1994 genocide. He became famous as Eric in Netflix's Sex Education and was cast as the Fifteenth Doctor, the first Black actor to play the lead in Doctor Who.