Edi Gathegi

Edi Gathegi

Known for
Acting
Born
March 10, 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
Nairobi, Kenya

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

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Filmography

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Legacy poster

Legacy

Movie · as Remi

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Women in Film

Women in Film

Movie

2028
Miami Vice '85 poster

Miami Vice '85

Movie

2027
Man of Tomorrow poster

Man of Tomorrow

Movie · as Mr. Terrific

2025
Superman poster

Superman

Movie · as Mr. Terrific

2024
Reunited poster

Reunited

Movie · as Matthew McConnell

2024
DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast poster

DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Aporia poster

Aporia

Movie · as Mal

2023
Mendo's Carousel poster

Mendo's Carousel

Movie · as Arthur

2022
The Guardians of Justice poster

The Guardians of Justice

TV · as Mr. Smiles · 7 eps

2021
The Harder They Fall poster

The Harder They Fall

Movie · as Bill Pickett

2021
Caged poster

Caged

Movie · as Harlow Reid

2020
The Last Thing He Wanted poster

The Last Thing He Wanted

Movie · as Jones

2020
Princess of the Row poster

Princess of the Row

Movie · as Beaumont 'Bo' Willis

2020
Briarpatch poster

Briarpatch

TV · as A.D. Singe · 10 eps

2019
For All Mankind poster

For All Mankind

TV · as Dev Ayesa · 30 eps

2018
Pimp poster

Pimp

Movie · as Kenny Wayne

2018
Better Start Running poster

Better Start Running

Movie · as Fitz Paradise

2017
The Blacklist: Redemption poster

The Blacklist: Redemption

TV · as Matias Solomon · 8 eps

2016
The Watcher poster

The Watcher

Movie · as Noah

2016
StartUp poster

StartUp

TV · as Ronald "Ronnie" Dacey · 30 eps

2015
Aloha poster

Aloha

Movie · as Lt. Colonel Curtis

2015
Bleeding Heart poster

Bleeding Heart

Movie · as Dex

2015
Criminal Activities poster

Criminal Activities

Movie · as Marques

2015
This Isn't Funny poster

This Isn't Funny

Movie · as Ryan

2014
Bedbug poster

Bedbug

Movie · as Frank

2013
Wild Card poster

Wild Card

Movie · as Tres

2013
Family Tools poster

Family Tools

TV · as Darren Bichette · 10 eps

2013
Red Widow poster

Red Widow

TV · 2 eps

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Matias Solomon · 7 eps

2011
X-Men: First Class poster

X-Men: First Class

Movie · as Darwin / Armando Muñoz

2011
This Is Not a Movie poster

This Is Not a Movie

Movie · as Ghost of Jimmy

2011
Atlas Shrugged: Part I poster

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

Movie · as Eddie Willers

2011
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class poster

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

Movie · as Self

2010
Page 36 poster

Page 36

Movie · as Mr. Black

2010
Nikita poster

Nikita

TV · 1 ep

2010
Justified poster

Justified

TV · as Jean Baptiste · 4 eps

2009
My Bloody Valentine poster

My Bloody Valentine

Movie · as Deputy Martin

2009
The Twilight Saga: New Moon poster

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Movie · as Laurent

2009
Operating Instructions poster

Operating Instructions

Movie · as Charlie Cole

2008
Twilight poster

Twilight

Movie · as Laurent

2008
Life on Mars poster

Life on Mars

TV · as Fletcher Bellow · 1 ep

2007
Gone Baby Gone poster

Gone Baby Gone

Movie · as Cheese

2007
The Fifth Patient poster

The Fifth Patient

Movie · as Darudi

2007
Death Sentence poster

Death Sentence

Movie · as Bodie

2007
Lincoln Heights poster

Lincoln Heights

TV · 3 eps

2007
Phineas and Ferb poster

Phineas and Ferb

TV · as Iggy (voice) · 2 eps

2006
Crank poster

Crank

Movie · as Haitian Cabbie

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Bridge Officer (voice) · 1 ep

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Jeffrey Cole · 7 eps

2004
Veronica Mars poster

Veronica Mars

TV · as Zeke Molinda · 1 ep

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Freddie Mays · 1 ep