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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Gone Baby Gone
as Cheese
2007

Reunited
as Matthew McConnell
2024

Twilight
as Laurent
2008

The Fifth Patient
as Darudi
2007

My Bloody Valentine
as Deputy Martin
2009

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
as Laurent
2009

X-Men: First Class
as Darwin / Armando Muñoz
2011

Aporia
as Mal
2023

This Is Not a Movie
as Ghost of Jimmy
2011

Atlas Shrugged: Part I
as Eddie Willers
2011

Page 36
as Mr. Black
2010

Superman
as Mr. Terrific
2025

Death Sentence
as Bodie
2007

Crank
as Haitian Cabbie
2006

Wild Card
as Tres
2013

Bedbug
as Frank
2014

Mendo's Carousel
as Arthur
TBA

Aloha
as Lt. Colonel Curtis
2015

Bleeding Heart
as Dex
2015

Criminal Activities
as Marques
2015
TV Appearances

Lincoln Heights
2007

House
as Jeffrey Cole
2004

Veronica Mars
as Zeke Molinda
2004

CSI: Miami
as Freddie Mays
2002

Family Tools
as Darren Bichette
2013

Nikita
2010

StartUp
as Ronald "Ronnie" Dacey
2016

Red Widow
2013

The Blacklist
as Matias Solomon
2013

The Blacklist: Redemption
as Matias Solomon
2017

The Guardians of Justice
as Mr. Smiles
2022

For All Mankind
as Dev Ayesa
2019
