Gatwa follows Jodie Whittaker, the BBC announced on Sunday. The Rwandan-born actor is the first non-white actor to star in the legendary sci-fi series, which began in 1963. He will make his debut in 2023.London. Gatwa told the British PA news agency that he was “very happy” to be able to talk about the new role he was cast for in February. Since then he has kept it secret. He hopes he lives up to the incredibly iconic role of an iconic series.
Gatwa plays Eric Effiong in the Netflix series Sex Education. He came to Scotland as a young child with his family fleeing the Rwandan genocide, according to the BBC. Jodie Whittaker became the first woman in the history of the cult series to star in 2017 as the alien Time Lord.
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