Biography
Judge Gatwa from an early age learned not to fall in spirit in the fight against life difficulties. Easy character, sincerity and charm helped the actor to conquer the hearts of the audience and become a star of teenage movies.Childhood and youth
Judge Gatwa (Nkuti Gatwa) was born on October 16, 1992 in Rwanda. When the Genocide against the people of Tutsi began in the country, the boy was only 2 years old. To protect children, the mother of the future artist decided to move to the Scottish capital - Edinburgh.
Lost in a new place, Gatva turned out to be not easy. He was the only black child in high school, because of which the peers mocked him and created a racist page in Facebook. But this experience did not break the future actor: using natural charisma and charm, he managed to make friends with local children and soon he turned into a school star from the rank.
An example of perseverance for a boy served as a mother. He watched with admiration as she moved into someone else's country without money, without knowing the language and with three children on the hands of which they managed to grow decent people. This is exactly what caused the strength not to give up in difficult periods of biography.
In an interview for The Guardian, Gatva shared that in adolescent age he led the "double life". For his parents, he was a quiet and modest boy, visited the church and diligently studied, but turning out outside the house, the boy turned into a hooligan. He often turned out to be in places where it was not necessary to be a child of this age, and worried only that her mother did not know about it.
Study at school, jealous did not even think about the acting profession. He walked the lessons that did not interest him, but always came to class classes. This was noticed by teachers who advised the young man to apply to the Royal Conservatory of Scotland. After completing study, the artist began to play in the theater, participated in the productions of William Shakespeare's plays.
Personal life
The celebrity prefers not to talk about personal life, which does not allow us to conclude about his sexual orientation and availability of relations in the past. Outside the set, he supports friendly relationships with Emma McCu and Eyu Wood actresses.Films
The young artist made his debut on the screens in the mini-series "Bob Servant, Independent Candidate", where he played the episodic role of the seller. In the center of the plot - the cheeseburo magnate of the Little Scottish Town, which decides to participate in the elections as an independent candidate. Among the stars with which the guy managed to work, Bryan Cox, Jonathan Watson and Rufus Jones.
After that, Gatva joined the acting of the television film "Stone Usti", in which he fell to play arcs. The events of the thriller unfold around Stewart Gilmor, who was forced to escape from the provincial city to escape from the wrath of the family of his bride. But years later, the hero had to return due to the tragic death of a friend, for which he should figure out.
When the shooting was completed, the jad was faced with the problem of unclaimed. After moving to London, he was on the verge of poverty: the guy was nowhere to live, nothing to pay bills and nothing to buy food. The actor could become homeless, but he was lucky to meet good people who allowed to spend the night.
During this period, the young man was seriously thinking over to interrupt the acting career and return home. His salvation was listening to the role in the new adolescent series "Poland". The plot introduces the audience with students of High School of Murdale. Young guys and girls face various sexual problems with which they are taken to help the shy "nerd" Otis, whose mother is a certified sexologist.
Despite the fact that the actor was almost 10 years older than his character, he was approved for the role of the best friend of the main character. Eric Efong performed by joke is an open gay, raising in the Gansko-Nigerian religious family, which is trying to take the sexual orientation of his son. The series shows the touching character attitude with the father, who loves and supports the young man, but worries that he will not be able to find his place in the world.
In a conversation with the representative of The Guardian, Gatva shared that, working on Eric's personality, the creators of the show were planned to go beyond the stereotypical image of a friend-gay. They wanted to tell the story of the character, make it bright and independent. The guy willingly shared his experience about his African upbringing to supplement the image of the hero.
On the day, when the series was shown on the screens, the artist had the airfare. When the guy sat down into the plane, he had only 500 subscribers in "Instagram", and when it went out - more than 100 thousand in the following days, this figure just increased. In addition to enthusiastic reviews, jealous began to receive messages from alternative orientation fans, in which they said that the example of Eric gave them the strength to accept themselves.
The character conquered the audience not only sincerity, cheerful and easy temper, but also thought out exterior. On the screens, the guy often appears in the extravagant outfits of all sorts of color, and in one of the episodes even makes professional makeup. In life, the actor does not use cosmetics, but he responsibly approached the shooting of this series and looked at the beauty lessons at Youtyuba.
In the break between the work on the series, the jokes took part in the creation of a comedy "Terrible stories: the film - perverted by the Romans", where the thimidius embodied. This picture about the adventures of the Roman adolescent atti, who, by order of Emperor Nero, was sent to Britain for his tricks.
Judge Gatw now
At the beginning of 2020, the 2nd season of "Poland" took place. The company on the shooting jersey was the French actor Sami Radbali, who played his new love interest. Also, the filmography of the celebrity was replenished with the picture "Last letter from your lover", filmed on the basis of the book of Gejo Moyes.Now Gatw continues to build a career in the cinema, pleaseing the fans of the news about the upcoming projects. He shares the success on the "Instagram" and "Twitter" pages, where she lays out personal photos and pictures with colleagues in the shooting. The guy is trying to maintain a sports form and with a height of 173 cm weighs 70 kg.
Filmography
- 2014 - "Bob Servant, Independent Candidate"
- 2015 - "Stone Usti"
- 2019 - "Horrible Stories: Film - Perverted Romans"
- 2019-2020 - "Poland"