Eddie Karanja
English actor
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Eddie Karanja is an English actor. his television roles include a young Washington Black in Washington Black (2025), and Jed Walker in The Sandman (2022).
Eddie Karanja | |
|---|---|
| Education | Ratcliffe College |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2020-present |
Early life
Born to John and Maggie, he is from Leicestershire, where he attended Ratcliffe College and became involved in drama and musical theatre.[1]
Career
He had early stage roles as Michael Darling in a De Montfort Hall production of Peter Pan and featured as Kurt Von Trapp in The Sound of Music at the Little Theatre in Leicester. He subsequently had three roles for a UK tour of Motown: The Musical, playing younger versions of American musical icons and fellow Motown greats Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and the label's founder and executive Berry Gordy.[1]
He had his first major screen role appearing alongside Sheridan Smith and David Walliams, portraying Jack in Sky One Christmas television film Jack And The Beanstalk: After Ever After in December 2020.[2][3] In 2022, he could be seen as Jed Walker in the television adaptation of The Sandman on Netflix.[4]
He portrays the younger version of the titular character Washington Black in 2025 television drama adaptation Washington Black with the older version of the character played by Ernest Kingsley Jr..[5][6][7][8]
Filmography
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Jack And The Beanstalk: After Ever After | Jack | TV film |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Jed Walker | 4 episodes |
| 2024 | Halo | Boy | 1 episode |
| 2025 | Washington Black | Young Wash | Lead role |