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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 10, 1979
Place of Birth:
Nairobi, Kenya
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Edi Gathegi
Biography
Edi Mūe Gathegi (born March 10, 1979) is a Kenyan-American actor. He appeared as a recurring character, Dr. Jeffrey Cole (aka "Big Love"), in the television series House, as Cheese in the 2007 film Gone Baby Gone, as Laurent in the films Twilight and its sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and as Darwin in X-Men: First Class. Gathegi also featured in the AMC series Into the Badlands as Baron Jacobee. He has also been a recurring character in the NBC television series The Blacklist as Matias Solomon, an operative for a covert organization. Gathegi reprised the role in the 2016–2017 season crime thriller, The Blacklist: Redemption. He has also played a leading role in Startup, a television drama series on Crackle. Since 2022, Gathegi has played engineer and entrepreneur Dev Ayesa in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind. He is set to play the role of Mister Terrific in James Gunn's film Superman (2025).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Superman | Michael Holt / Mr. Terrific |
| 2024 | Reunited | Matthew McConnell |
| 2023 | Aporia | Mal |
| 2021 | The Harder They Fall | Bill Pickett |
| 2021 | Caged | Harlow Reid |
| 2020 | The Last Thing He Wanted | Jones |
| 2020 | Princess of the Row | Beaumont 'Bo' Willis |
| 2018 | Pimp | Kenny Wayne |
| 2018 | Better Start Running | Fitz Paradise |
| 2016 | The Watcher | Noah |
| 2015 | Aloha | Lt. Colonel Curtis |
| 2015 | Bleeding Heart | Dex |
| 2015 | Criminal Activities | Marques |
| 2015 | This Isn't Funny | Ryan |
| 2014 | Bedbug | Frank |
| 2013 | Wild Card | Tres |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | Darwin / Armando Muñoz |
| 2011 | This Is Not a Movie | Ghost of Jimmy |
| 2011 | Atlas Shrugged: Part I | Eddie Willers |
| 2011 | Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class | |
| 2010 | Page 36 | Mr. Black |
| 2009 | My Bloody Valentine | Deputy Martin |
| 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Laurent |
| 2009 | Operating Instructions | Charlie Cole |
| 2008 | Twilight | Laurent |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone | "Cheese" Jean Baptiste |
| 2007 | The Fifth Patient | Darudi |
| 2007 | Death Sentence | Bodie |
| 2006 | Crank | Haitian Cabbie |
| Mendo's Carousel | Arthur | |
| Legacy | Remi |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Guardians of Justice | Mr. Smiles |
| 2020 | Briarpatch | A.D. Singe |
| 2019 | For All Mankind | Dev Ayesa |
| 2017 | The Blacklist: Redemption | Matias Solomon |
| 2016 | StartUp | Ronald "Ronnie" Dacey |
| 2013 | Family Tools | |
| 2013 | Red Widow | |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Matias Solomon |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers | Laurent (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Nikita | |
| 2010 | Justified | Jean Baptiste |
| 2008 | Life on Mars | Fletcher Bellow |
| 2007 | Lincoln Heights | |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb | Iggy (voice) |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Bridge Officer (voice) |
| 2004 | House | Jeffrey Cole |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars | Zeke Molinda |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami |