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Edi Mūe Gathegi (; born March 10, 1979) is a Kenyan actor. He had his breakthrough playing Dr. Jeffrey "Big Love" Cole on the fourth season of the television series House (2007), followed by his roles as Cheese in the 2007 film Gone Baby Gone, vampire Laurent in the films Twilight and its sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and as Darwin in X-Men: First Class. He played covert operative Matias Solomon on The Blacklist, which he reprised for the spinoff series The Blacklist: Redemption. Gathegi is also featured in the AMC series Into the Badlands as Baron Jacobee. 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, and played Mister Terrific in the DC Universe film Superman (2025).

Quick facts about Edi Gathegi

  • Full name: Edi Gathegi
  • Born: 1979-03-10
  • Nationality: United States
  • Known as: Actor
  • Wikidata ID: Q324647

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Who is Edi Gathegi?

Edi Mūe Gathegi (; born March 10, 1979) is a Kenyan actor.

What nationality is Edi Gathegi?

Edi Gathegi is United States.

When was Edi Gathegi born?

Edi Gathegi was born on 1979-03-10.

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