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 in Royal Oak, Michigan, as the son of Terrell and Katrina Ransom. Ransom showed an interest in acting and modeling very early on from watching the Disney series ''

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'' 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.

Career

Since moving to California in late 2007, Ransom has been working consistently. He has appeared in numerous commercials including ads for Kmart, Quilted Northern, Old Navy, Elmers Glue, McDonald's and SpongeBob SpongeSoap. For seven years he had a recurring role on ''

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'' and made guest appearances on several shows including ABC's '' The Middle'' and '' Detroit 1-8-7'', CBS's '' CSI:NY'' and NBC's '' The Jay Leno Show''. He has also appeared in a few movies including the 2011 flick ''

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'' and 2012 Lifetime movie ''Murder on the 13th Floor''. From season three to the eleventh episode of season five in

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's '' The Amazing World of Gumball'', Ransom provided the voice of

Darwin Watterson The ''Amazing World of Gumball'' characters appear in the British-American animated sitcom ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. The series revolves around the daily life of 12-year-old cat Gumball Watterson and his family—adoptive brother Darwi ...

after

Kwesi Boakye Kwesi Nii-Lante Boakye ( ; born April 6, 1999) is an American actor. He is best known for voicing Darwin, Gumball's best friend and adoptive brother and Gossamer on the Cartoon Network animated shows ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' and ''The ...

(who voiced Darwin for the first three seasons) hit puberty. He was succeeded by Donielle T. Hansley Jr. for the same reason.

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ransom, Terrell Jr. 2003 births Living people African-American male actors American male child actors American male soap opera actors American male television actors American male voice actors People from Royal Oak, Michigan