Terrell Ransom Jr.

Terrell Louis Ransom Jr. (born July 5, 2003), also known as Kid Prodigy, is an American actor. He is mostly known for his roles on The Amazing World of Gumball as Darwin Watterson and A Girl Named Jo as Dwight Hughes.

Early life Ransom was born Terrell Louis Ransom Jr. on July 5, 2003 in Royal Oak, Michigan, as the son of Terrell Louis Sr. and Katrina Ransom. Ransom showed an interest in acting and modeling very early on from watching the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana as a child. He then enrolled in acting classes where teachers were reluctant to work with him because of his young age. Katrina later relocated to California to facilitate her son's career.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2008–15 Days of Our Lives Theo Carver Soap opera, 100+ episodes 2009 Joe Buck Live Little Leaguer TV series; Episode #1.1 The Jay Leno Show Jay Leno Son TV series; Jay & Kevin Plus 11 skit The Middle Spencer Henderson Episode #1.5; The Block Party The Scarecrow & the Princess Trick or Treater Short film 2010 Funny or Die Presents Africa/Biker's kid 2 episodes; skits Playground Politics and Designated Driver Childrens Hospital Patient Episode #2.7 Detroit 1-8-7 Kevin Jackson Episode #1.4; Royal Bubbles/Needle Drop Ni Hao, Kai-Lan Xin Xin Episode: Princess Kai-Lan The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It Blaqguy (age 6) Feature film Courage Justin Porter Lead role; Short film 2011 The Middle Kid Episode #2.18; Spring Cleaning General Hospital Boy (voiceover) Soap opera, 2 episodes Girl in Tank Jimmy Short film 2011–12 Pretty the Series Nay-J Mink Web series, 4 episodes 2012 Murder on the 13th Floor Cody Braxton Lead role; Lifetime Movie The Chicago 8 Malik Seale Supporting role CSI: NY Lonnie James Episode #9.04; Unspoken CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Eli Brewster Episode #13.07; Fallen Angels 2013 12 Years a Slave Kid (voiceover) Feature film, uncredited The Best Man Holiday Kid (voiceover) Feature film 2014–17 The Amazing World of Gumball Darwin Watterson (voice) Main role; season 3–mid season 5; 91 episodes 2015 The Whispers Ethan Guest star; two episodes 2016 Finding Dory Additional voices Feature film 2017 A Chance in the World Steve Movie; based on true story 2019 A Girl Named Jo Dwight Hughes Main role (seasons 2–3) 2019 Same Time, Next Christmas Jeff TV movie 2023 Days of Our Lives Jerry Prentiss soap opera Body and Soul Jerry Prentiss as Randy Jones a soap within a soap on Days of Our Lives