Actor

Edi Gathegi

March 10, 1979 · Nairobi, Kenya

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.

Notable work

6.3
Twilight (2008)
as Laurent
7.3
X-Men: First Class (2011)
as Darwin / Armando Muñoz
6
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
as Laurent
8.6
House (2004)
as Jeffrey Cole
7.3
Superman (2025)
as Mr. Terrific
6.7
Crank (2006)
as Haitian Cabbie
7.3
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
as Cheese
7.6
The Blacklist (2013)
as Matias Solomon
7
American Dad! (2005)
as Bridge Officer (voice)
5.5
Aloha (2015)
as Lt. Colonel Curtis
7.7
CSI: Miami (2002)
as Freddie Mays
5.6
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
as Deputy Martin

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