Age, Biography and Wiki
Edi Gathegi (Edi Mūe Gathegi) was born on 10 March, 1979 in Nairobi, Kenya, is a Kenyan-American actor (born 1979). Discover Edi Gathegi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 45 years old?
| Popular As |
Edi Mūe Gathegi |
| Occupation |
Actor |
| Age |
45 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces |
| Born |
10 March, 1979 |
| Birthday |
10 March |
| Birthplace |
Nairobi, Kenya |
| Nationality |
Kenya
|
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He is a member of famous Actor with the age 45 years old group.
Edi Gathegi Height, Weight & Measurements
At 45 years old, Edi Gathegi height is 185 cm .
| Physical Status |
| Height |
185 cm |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Edi Gathegi's Wife?
His wife is Adriana Marinescu (m. 2018)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Adriana Marinescu (m. 2018) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Edi Gathegi Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Edi Gathegi worth at the age of 45 years old? Edi Gathegi’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Kenya. We have estimated Edi Gathegi's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Actor |
Edi Gathegi Social Network
Timeline
Edi Mūe Gathegi (born March 10, 1979) is a Kenyan-American actor.
Born March 10, 1979, in Nairobi, Kenya, Gathegi grew up in Albany, California, U.S. 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.
He then studied at New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2005.
Gathegi's career began in theatre, 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.
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.
He was skeptical at first about performing a Haitian accent but was coached by a Haitian friend.
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, 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.
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.
He now has read the whole series and calls himself a hardcore fan.
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.
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.
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).
Gathegi reprised the role in the 2016–2017 season crime thriller, The Blacklist: Redemption.
He also portrays the character Ronald Dacey on StartUp.
In July 2023, Gathegi was cast as Mister Terrific in the DC Universe (DCU) film Superman (2025).
Gathegi married Romanian Adriana Marinescu in 2018.
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards
Method Fest Independent Film Festival
