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

His series regular roles include JJ in Amandaland (BBC), Pedro in Becoming Elizabeth (Lionsgate+), and Mark in Smothered (Sky). Other recent work includes James in seasons 1 & 2 of This Way Up (Hulu/Channel 4) and James in season 3 of Trying (Apple TV).

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

Other theatre includes Colic (Pavilion Theatre Dublin), The Barber Shop Chronicles (National Theatre USA Tour), 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).

Further TV credits include Breeders, The Valentine (Sky), Shakespeare & Hathaway, Call The Midwife, and Enterprise (BBC).

Film credits include Lift (Netflix) and The Current War (Weinstein Company). Ekow also starred in Titus Andronicus, a two-hander short film with Peter Capaldi for Shakespeare’s Globe.

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