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Edi Gathegi

Acting

Born March 10, 1979 · Nairobi, Kenya

Also known as Edi Mue Gathegi · Edi Mūe Gathegi · اِدی گاتگی

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Edi Gathegi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography38 titles

Lincoln Heights

2006

House

2004as Jeffrey Cole

Justified

2010as Jean Baptiste

Phineas and Ferb

2007as Iggy (voice)

Veronica Mars

2004as Zeke Molinda

For All Mankind

2019as Dev Ayesa

CSI: Miami

2002as Freddie Mays

The Blacklist

2013as Matias Solomon

Superman

2025as Mr. Terrific

X-Men: First Class

2011as Darwin / Armando Muñoz

Nikita

2010

Gone Baby Gone

2007as Cheese

StartUp

2016as Ronald "Ronnie" Dacey

American Dad!

2005as Bridge Officer (voice)

Death Sentence

2007as Bodie

Briarpatch

2019as A.D. Singe

Crank

2006as Haitian Cabbie

The Harder They Fall

2021as Bill Pickett

The Blacklist: Redemption

2017as Matias Solomon

Life on Mars

2008as Fletcher Bellow

Caged

2021as Harlow Reid

Pimp

2018as Kenny Wayne

Twilight

2008as Laurent

The Fifth Patient

2007as Darudi

Aporia

2023as Mal

Red Widow

2013

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

2009as Laurent

Princess of the Row

2020as Beaumont 'Bo' Willis

Better Start Running

2018as Fitz Paradise

Criminal Activities

2015as Marques

My Bloody Valentine

2009as Deputy Martin

Aloha

2015as Lt. Colonel Curtis

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

2011as Eddie Willers

The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!)

2022as Mr. Smiles

The Watcher

2016as Noah

Bleeding Heart

2015as Dex

The Last Thing He Wanted

2020as Jones

Family Tools

as Darren Bichette