Ncuti Gatwa, Peter Capaldi and David Tennant have nominations for Best Actor at this year’s awards
Ncuti Gatwa has nominations in two different categories at next month’s BAFTA Scotland Awards for his role as the Doctor. The Rwandan-Scottish actor is nominated both as Best Actor for Doctor Who, and as Favourite Scot on Screen. The audience votes fort the latter award and the nomination is in recognition of the popularity of his Doctor with viewers.
However, Gatwa will be facing two other former TARDIS travellers for the Best Actor award. David Tennant has a nomination for his role as ruthless television executive Tony Baddingham in Rivals. Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi also receives a Best Actor nomination for Black Mirror. His starring role in the episode Plaything saw him play a former video games reviewer with a dark secret.
The three Doctors are up against James McAvoy for Speak No Evil, James McArdle for Four Mothers, and Ruaridh Mollica for Sebastian.
Meanwhile, Ncuti Gatwa is the only Time Lord up for the Favourite Scot Award. Other nominees in the public vote are Ashley Jensen (Shetland), Gary Lamont (Rivals), Kiran Sonia Sawar (Slow Horses), Richard Rankin (Rebus), and Sheli ‘Sabre’ McCoy (Gladiators).
This is Gatwa’s sixth nomination at the BAFTA Scotland Awards. These include a 2020 Best Actor win for his role as Eric Effiong in Netflix’s Sex Education. He also has three Best Actor nominations from the overall British BAFTAs, all three for Sex Education from 2020 to 2022.
Karen Gillan also has a nomination for Best Actress
Elsewhere, former companion Karen Gillan has a nomination for Best Actress. The Scottish actor features for her role in drama Douglas is Cancelled, written by her former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat.
The awards take place on the 19th of November, and you can see them on BBC One Scotland and on iPlayer. You can vote for your Favourite Scot on Screen here. The vote is open until 4pm on the 30th of October here.
