Ekow is a LAMDA-trained stage and screen actor from London.

Ekow’s most recognisable roles include JJ in the lead cast of Amandaland (BBC), with season 2 set for 2026 release; Pedro in Becoming Elizabeth (Lionsgate+); and James in seasons 1 & 2 of This Way Up (Hulu/Channel 4).

Further TV credits include Trying (Apple TV+); Smothered, Breeders, The Valentine (Sky); Horrible Histories, Shakespeare & Hathaway, Call The Midwife, Enterprise (BBC); Zapped (HBO Max) and Porters (Dave). Ekow competed in Celebrity Mastermind in 2026.

On film, Ekow made his feature debut as Bem in Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban. More recent credits include Lift (Netflix), The Current War (Weinstein Company), The Arbiter and One Night in Bath (Dead Pixel Productions). Ekow also starred in Titus Andronicus, a two-hander short film with Peter Capaldi for Shakespeare’s Globe.

West End theatre credits include Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, the title roles in Henry VIII and Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard II (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Witches, Amadeus, Peter Pan, As You Like It (National Theatre); The Barber Shop Chronicles (National Theatre USA Tour), and People, Places & Things (National Theatre/Exeter Northcott).

Other theatre includes Colic (Pavilion Theatre Dublin); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre Royal Bath); The Absence of War and Spring Awakening (UK Tours); Long Story Short (Pleasance Theatre); and Eye of a Needle (Southwark Playhouse).

Ekow was nominated for the prestigious Ian Charleson Award in 2015 and 2020.