Edi Gathegi
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Edi Gathegi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
54
Gender
Male
Birthday
1979-03-10 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Nairobi, Kenya
Acting

2025

Superman as Michael Holt / Mr. Terrific

2024

Reunited as Matthew McConnell

2023

Aporia as Mal

2022

The Guardians of Justice as Mr. Smiles

2021

The Harder They Fall as Bill Pickett

2021

Caged as Harlow Reid

2020

Briarpatch as A.D. Singe

2020

Princess of the Row as Beaumont 'Bo' Willis

2019

For All Mankind as Dev Ayesa

2018

Pimp as Kenny Wayne

2018

Better Start Running as Fitz Paradise

2017

The Blacklist: Redemption as Matias Solomon

2016

StartUp as Ronald "Ronnie" Dacey

2016

The Watcher as Noah

2015

Aloha as Lt. Colonel Curtis

2015

Criminal Activities as Marques

2015

Bleeding Heart as Dex

2015

This Isn't Funny as Ryan

2014

Bedbug as Frank

2013

The Blacklist as Matias Solomon

2013

Red Widow as Not available

2013

Family Tools as Not available

2013

Wild Card as Tres

2012

Honest Trailers as Laurent (archive footage)

2011

Atlas Shrugged: Part I as Eddie Willers

2011

X-Men: First Class as Darwin / Armando Muñoz

2011

This Is Not a Movie as Ghost of Jimmy

2010

Justified as Jean Baptiste

2010

Nikita as Not available

2010

Page 36 as Mr. Black

2009

My Bloody Valentine as Deputy Martin

2009

Operating Instructions as Charlie Cole

2008

Life on Mars as Fletcher Bellow

2008

Twilight as Laurent

2007

Phineas and Ferb as Iggy (voice)

2007

Lincoln Heights as Not available

2007

Gone Baby Gone as "Cheese" Jean Baptiste

2007

Death Sentence as Bodie

2007

The Fifth Patient as Darudi

2006

Crank as Haitian Cabbie

2005

American Dad! as Bridge Officer (voice)

2004

House as Jeffrey Cole

2004

Veronica Mars as Zeke Molinda

2002

CSI: Miami as Not available

NaN

Legacy as Remi

NaN

Mendo's Carousel as Arthur
Crew

2016

The Watcher Co-Producer

NaN

Mendo's Carousel Executive Producer

2021

Caged Executive Producer

2020

Princess of the Row Producer

2016

StartUp Producer