He wowed audiences as Roscoe Babatunde in It's A Sin at the start of this year.
And now rising star Omari Douglas is reportedly the front runner to replace Jodie Whittaker in her iconic role as Doctor Who.
An insider told The Sun: 'Omari is the perfect candidate on so many levels, including the fact that the BBC said they’d prefer the Doctor to be played by a non-white actor.'
Doctor Who? It's A Sin star Omari Douglas is reportedly the front runner to replace Jodie Whittaker in her iconic role as Doctor Who
Omari got to know Doctor Who's returning showrunner Russell T Davies while they worked alongside one another on his Aids crisis drama It's A Sin last year.
The source explained: 'He has also struck up the kind of close working relationship with Russell that helped Christopher [Ecclestone] and David [Tennant] get the sought after role.
'And although he’s not quite a household name yet, he’s proved he's a great actor with a memorable performance in It’s a Sin.'
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Moving on: Jodie became the 13th Doctor back in July 2017 and announced she was leaving the show in this summer
'He’s proved he's a great actor': Omari wowed audiences as Roscoe Babatunde in Russell T Davies Aids crisis drama It's A Sin at the start of this year (pictured on the show)
It comes after the current Doctor revealed there's a part of her that 'wants to keep going' with the role last week.
Jodie admitted she questions is she 'sticking to this decision?' Saying: 'There's part of me that could absolutely say, 'No, let's keep going! Let's go back on it!'
Speaking to Radio Times she opened up about her plan to leave the show alongside the current showrunner Chris Chibnall.
Regrets? Jodie admitted she thinks: 'There's part of me that could absolutely say, 'No, let's keep going! Let's go back on it!'
She continued: 'Chris and I always said we were going to do three series together, but then when you get to it, it's a very different thing.'
Because her departure from our screen's is not until 2022, Jodie still considers herself the Doctor and said she will 'drag it out.'
'I'm still very much the Doctor. I will be until I'm no longer on screen as the Doctor.
'When it's my last day of shooting, that will certainly feel as if a huge part of my life is over. But as far as being the Doctor, I get to drag it out for as long as they put the episodes on for.
'I'm still very much the doctor': Jodie said she may want to 'drag out' leaving the show
'This job has been, and continues to be, just extraordinary. And the thing is, I know it doesn’t end at the end anyway. Because you’re always the Doctor. You’re always someone’s Doctor.'
Jodie previously revealed she broke down filming her final
