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Edi Gathegi

Acting Born Mar 10, 1979 Nairobi, Kenya 24 credits

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

The Blacklist

as Matias Solomon

House

as Jeffrey Cole

American Dad!

as Bridge Officer (voice)

CSI: Miami

as Freddie Mays

Phineas and Ferb

as Iggy (voice)

For All Mankind

as Dev Ayesa
Film

Superman

as Mr. Terrific

Full filmography

  • The Blacklist (2013) as Matias Solomon
  • House (2004) as Jeffrey Cole
  • American Dad! (2005) as Bridge Officer (voice)
  • CSI: Miami (2002) as Freddie Mays
  • Phineas and Ferb (2007) as Iggy (voice)
  • For All Mankind (2019) as Dev Ayesa
  • Veronica Mars (2004) as Zeke Molinda
  • Superman (2025) as Mr. Terrific
  • Justified (2010) as Jean Baptiste
  • Nikita (2010)
  • Twilight (2008) as Laurent
  • StartUp (2016) as Ronald "Ronnie" Dacey
  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) as Laurent
  • Life on Mars (2008) as Fletcher Bellow
  • Crank (2006) as Haitian Cabbie
  • The Blacklist: Redemption (2017) as Matias Solomon
  • Lincoln Heights (2007)
  • Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011) as Eddie Willers
  • Gone Baby Gone (2007) as Cheese
  • The Guardians of Justice (2022) as Mr. Smiles
  • Briarpatch (2020) as A.D. Singe
  • Death Sentence (2007) as Bodie
  • Pimp (2018) as Kenny Wayne
  • Man of Tomorrow (2027) as Mr. Terrific