In fact, he steals the show (and he’s got more sexual credentials than Otis, having given two-and-a-half hand jobs over the summer). But Eric is way more than just the gay best friend. Played by Scottish-Rwandan actor Ncuti Gatwa, Eric is best friends with Otis (Asa Butterfield), the son of a sex therapist (played brilliantly by Gillian Anderson) who ends up running his own sex clinic for hormone-addled teenagers, despite the fact that – whisper it – he’s a virgin who’s afraid to touch his own penis.
These are just a few of the reasons we’ve all fallen in love with Eric Effiong, the standout character in Netflix’s latest hit show ‘Sex Education’. Defying the school haters and turning up at his prom in gold strappy heels and a bold, Ghanaian suit.
Showing his classmates how to give a blow job using a banana (and then vomming on everyone). Turning up at a cool party dressed head-to-toe in luminous orange.