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My Take
Edi Gathegi is one of those actors I always notice before I remember his name, and I mean that as high praise. From his wry turn on House to Laurent in Twilight and Darwin in X-Men: First Class, he makes limited screen time feel substantial through sheer stillness and precision. I suspect his stage training is the secret, because he never overplays a moment. Born in Nairobi and built in American theater, he carries a quiet authority that big franchises tend to underuse. I keep waiting for the role that lets him carry a project outright, and my bet is he is more than ready.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Edi Gathegi
- Name (Japanese)
- エディ・ガテギ
- Reading
- えでぃ・がてぎ
- Born
- March 10, 1979 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
- Origin
- Nairobi, Nairobi Province, Kenya
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / television actor / film actor / actor / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Albany High School
- University
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.