
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).…
Filmography

Lincoln Heights
2007 · 8.7

House
2004 · 8.6

Justified
2010 · 8.0

Phineas and Ferb
2007 · 7.9

Veronica Mars
2004 · 7.8

For All Mankind
2019 · 7.7

CSI: Miami
2002 · 7.7

The Blacklist
2013 · 7.6

Wild Card
2013 · 7.6

Superman
2025 · 7.3

Gone Baby Gone
2007 · 7.3

X-Men: First Class
2011 · 7.3

Nikita
2010 · 7.3

StartUp
2016 · 7.1

This Isn't Funny
2015 · 7.1

American Dad!
2005 · 7.0

Death Sentence
2007 · 6.8

Briarpatch
2020 · 6.7

Crank
2006 · 6.7

The Harder They Fall
2021 · 6.6

The Blacklist: Redemption
2017 · 6.6

Life on Mars
2008 · 6.4

The Fifth Patient
2007 · 6.3

Twilight
2008 · 6.3

Pimp
2018 · 6.2

Caged
2021 · 6.2

Princess of the Row
2020 · 6.0

Red Widow
2013 · 6.0

Aporia
2023 · 6.0

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009 · 6.0

Criminal Activities
2015 · 5.9

Better Start Running
2018 · 5.9

My Bloody Valentine
2009 · 5.6

Aloha
2015 · 5.5

Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011 · 5.5

The Guardians of Justice
2022 · 5.4

The Watcher
2016 · 5.3

Bleeding Heart
2015 · 5.0

Family Tools
2013 · 4.9

The Last Thing He Wanted
2020 · 4.9

This Is Not a Movie
2011 · 4.6

Reunited
2024 · 2.0

Man of Tomorrow
2027 · 0.0

Miami Vice '85
2028 · 0.0

Operating Instructions
2009 · 0.0

Bedbug
2014 · 0.0

Mendo's Carousel
2023 · 0.0

Page 36
2010 · 0.0

Legacy
— · 0.0
Women in Film
— · 0.0