Eddie Karanja

Eddie Karanja is an English actor. his television roles include a young Washington Black in Washington Black, and Jed Walker in The Sandman (2022).

Early life Born to John and Maggie, he is from Leicestershire, where he attended Ratcliffe College and became involved in drama and musical theatre.

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. In 2022, he could be seen as Jed Walker in the television adaptation of The Sandman on Netflix.

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..

Filmography +Key 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