Edi Gathegi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1979-03-10 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Nairobi, Kenya

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 ...

Acting

2007

Gone Baby Gone

as "Cheese" Jean Baptiste

2024

Reunited

as Matthew McConnell

2008

Twilight

as Laurent

2007

2009

My Bloody Valentine

as Deputy Martin

2011

X-Men: First Class

as Darwin / Armando Muñoz

2023

Aporia

as Mal

2011

This Is Not a Movie

as Ghost of Jimmy

2011

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

as Eddie Willers

2010

Page 36

as Mr. Black

2025

Superman

as Mr. Terrific

2007

2006

Crank

as Haitian Cabbie

2013

Wild Card

as Tres

2014

Bedbug

as Frank

2015

Aloha

as Lt. Colonel Curtis

2015

2015

2015

2018

Pimp

as Kenny Wayne

2016

2018

Better Start Running

as Fitz Paradise

2020

Princess of the Row

as Beaumont 'Bo' Willis

2021

The Harder They Fall

as Bill Pickett

2009

Operating Instructions

as Charlie Cole

2021

Caged

as Harlow Reid

-

Legacy

as Remi

Production

2016

The Watcher

as Co-Producer

-

Mendo's Carousel

as Executive Producer

2021

Caged

as Executive Producer

2020

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