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Edi Mūe Gathegi (born March 10, 1979) is a Kenyan-American actor. He appeared as recurring character Dr. Jeffrey Cole (aka "Big Love") in the television series House, as Cheese in the 2007 film Gone Baby Gone, Laurent in the films Twilight and its sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and as Darwin in X-Men: First Class. Edi also featured in the AMC series, Into the Badlands, as Baron Jacobee. He has also been a recurring character in NBC's 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.[2] He has also played a leading role in Startup, a television drama series on Crackle. Since 2022, Edi has played engineer and entrepreneur Dev Ayesa in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind.

Edi Gathegi
Gathegi in 2009
Born
Edi Mūe Gathegi[1]

(1979-03-10) March 10, 1979 (age 43)
Nairobi, Kenya
Education
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (BA)
  • New York University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
SpouseAdriana Marinescu (m. 2018)

Early life


Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Gathegi grew up in Albany, California, U.S.[3] Gathegi attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he played basketball until a knee injury ended his career. Gathegi then began taking acting classes.[3] He then studied at New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2005.[4] Gathegi's career began in theatre,[5] and his stage credits include Two Trains Running at the Old Globe Theatre, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Cyrano de Bergerac, among others.[1]


Career


Gathegi's first professional role was the Haitian Cabbie in the 2006 film, Crank. Though he had originally auditioned for the role of Kaylo, the producers gave the role to Efren Ramirez and instead offered Gathegi an appearance as the Haitian Cabbie.[5] He was skeptical at first about performing a Haitian accent, but was coached by a Haitian friend.[5] In 2007, after guest-starring on Lincoln Heights and Veronica Mars, Gathegi went on to star as Bodie in Death Sentence, Darudi in The Fifth Patient and Cheese in Gone Baby Gone. He later had a recurring role as Mormon intern Dr. Jeffrey Cole in the television medical drama House. His character was often mocked for his religious beliefs by Dr. House, who himself is an atheist. He also guest-starred in CSI: Miami, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Life on Mars in 2008 before being cast as Laurent in Twilight. When Gathegi first auditioned for the 2008 film, adapted from the same-titled first book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, he had not heard of the series and was not aware that his character was a vampire.[6] He now has read the whole series and calls himself a hardcore fan.[6][7] He portrays Eddie Willers in Atlas Shrugged (2011), based on Ayn Rand's novel of the same name. He later portrayed another Haitian character, Jean Baptiste, in the fifth season of Justified, but was unhappy with the role and asked to be written off the show.[8][9] He has also been a recurring character in NBC's 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.[2] He also portrays the character Ronald Dacey on StartUp.


Personal life


Gathegi married Romanian Adriana Marinescu in 2018.[10]


Filmography


Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2006CrankHaitian Cabbie
2007Gone Baby GoneCheese
The Fifth PatientDarudi
Death SentenceBodie
2008TwilightLaurent
2009My Bloody Valentine 3DDeputy Martin
The Twilight Saga: New MoonLaurent
2010This Is Not a MovieGhost of Jimmy
2011X-Men: First ClassArmando Muñoz / Darwin
Atlas ShruggedEddie Willers
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part ILaurentFlashback only
2014Bleeding HeartDex
2015This Isn't FunnyRyan
AlohaLt. Col. Curtis
Criminal ActivitiesMarques
2016The WatcherNoah
2018PimpKenny Wayne
Better Start RunningFitz Paradise
2019Princess of the RowBeaumont "Bo" Willis
2020The Last Thing He WantedJones
2021CagedHarlow Reid
The Harder They FallBill Pickett
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2007HouseDr. Jeffrey ColeRecurring role; 7 episodes
Lincoln HeightsBoa3 episodes
Veronica MarsZeke MolindaEpisode: "I Know What You'll Do Next Summer"
2008CSI: MiamiFreddie MaysEpisode: "Tunnel Vision"
Life on MarsFletcher BellowEpisode: "Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead"
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSkinny DudeEpisode: "Leave Out All the Rest"
2011NikitaKalume UngaraEpisode: "Girl's Best Friend"
2012Phineas and FerbIggy/Various characters2 episodes
2013The Family ToolsDarren PoyntonMain role; 10 episodes
Beauty & the BeastKyle3 episodes
Red WidowLeon
2014JustifiedJean Baptiste4 episodes
Wild CardTresUnsold television pilot[11]
2015ProofZedMain role; 10 episodes
2015–presentThe BlacklistMatias SolomonRecurring role; 13 episodes
2015Into the BadlandsJacobee2 episodes
2016–18StartUpRonald DaceyMain role; 30 episodes
2017The Blacklist: RedemptionMatias SolomonMain role; 8 episodes[2]
2020BriarpatchA.D. SingeMain role
2022For All MankindDev AyesaMain role; season 3[12]

Awards and nominations


Drama Desk Awards

Obie Awards

Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards

Method Fest Independent Film Festival

Ovation Awards

Lucille Lortel Awards


References


  1. Shirlene Alusa-Brown (April 7, 2008). "Edi Mue Gathegi – Slated to Shine in 'Twilight'". Jamati Online. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  2. Andreeva, Nellie (March 29, 2016). "The Blacklist Spinoff Starring Famke Janssen In the Works At NBC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  3. Cassandra Handley (November 4, 2008). "Q&A: Twilights Edi Gathegi". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 2008-11-09. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  4. "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
  5. "Twilight Lexicon Q&A with Edi Gathegi" (PDF). TwilightLexicon.com. March 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  6. Denise Martin (October 28, 2008). "'Twilight' Countdown: Edi Gathegi's vampire love". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  7. Sara Castillo (August 4, 2008). "We Speak with 'Twilight's' Jacob and Laurent!". FearNet.com. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  8. Bierly, Mandi (February 5, 2014). "'Justified' postmortem: EP Graham Yost dissects 'Shot All to Hell'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  9. "Justified Creator Graham Yost Vents About Critical Backlash for Season Five". 17 April 2014.
  10. "Actorul din Twilight s-a însurat, în secret, cu o vedetă din România" (in Romanian). diva.ro. 6 June 2019.
  11. "Jennifer Finnigan to Star in USA Pilot 'Wild Card'". 29 June 2011.
  12. Ausiello, Michael (June 15, 2021). "For All Mankind Season 3: Blacklist Vet Edi Gathegi Joins Cast as Series Regular". TVLine. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  13. Andrew Gans, "Signature’s Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train Delayed Two Days Following Departure of Reg E. Cathey", Playbill, September 28th, 2017.
  14. "2018 Nominees". dramadeskawards.com.
  15. "2018 Obies Winners and Performances". 19 May 2018.
  16. "Full LA Drama Critics Circle Award Winners; A RAISIN IN THE SUN Wins 4".
  17. "'Princess of the Row' Wins Audience Award at Method Fest". April 2019.
  18. "Kiss Me Kate Tops 2011 Ovation Award Nominations". 19 September 2011.
  19. "2018 Nominations". www.lortelaward.com.



На других языках


- [en] Edi Gathegi

[es] Edi Gathegi

Edi Mue Gathegi (Nairobi, Kenia, 10 de marzo de 1979), más conocido como Edi Gathegi, es un actor kenio- estadounidense de cine, teatro y televisión. Es reconocido por su personaje de doctor Jeffrey Cole en la serie de televisión House, por su interpretación como Laurent en las películas de Crepúsculo y Luna Nueva y como Darwin en X-Men: primera generación.

[ru] Гатеги, Эди

Эди Мюэ Гатеги (англ. Edi Mue Gathegi; род. 10 марта 1979) — американский актёр театра, кино и телевидения.



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