A Group of Actors Gather to Read the Critical Reviews of the New Play
| Edi Gathegi | |
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 Gathegi in 2009 | |
| Born | Edi Mūe Gathegi[1] (1979-03-ten) March 10, 1979 Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years agile | 2006–nowadays |
Edi Mūe Gathegi (born March 10, 1979) is a Kenyan-American role player. He appeared as recurring character Dr. Jeffrey Cole (aka "Big Love") in the television series House, as Cheese in the 2007 film Gone Infant Gone, Laurent in the films Twilight and its sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and as Darwin in X-Men: Starting time Form. Edi also featured in the AMC series, Into the Badlands, every bit Baron Jacobee. He has also been a recurring character in NBC'due south television set series, The Blacklist, equally Matias Solomon, an operative for a covert organization. Gathegi reprised the office in the 2016–2017 season offense thriller, The Blacklist: Redemption.[ii] He has also played a leading role in Startup, a television drama series on Crackle.
Early on life [edit]
Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Gathegi grew up in Albany, California, U.Due south.[three] Gathegi attended the Academy of California, Santa Barbara, where he played basketball until a knee injury concluded his career. Gathegi then began taking interim classes.[iii] He and so studied at New York University's Graduate Acting Programme at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2005.[4] Gathegi's career began in theatre,[v] and his stage credits include Two Trains Running at the Old World Theatre, As You lot Like It, Twelfth Night, Othello, A Midsummer Dark's Dream, and Cyrano de Bergerac, amongst others.[1]
Career [edit]
Gathegi's starting time professional part 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.[v] He was skeptical at offset most performing a Haitian accent, but was coached by a Haitian friend.[v] In 2007, later invitee-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 receiver medical drama Business firm. His character was oftentimes mocked for his religious beliefs past Dr. House, who himself is an atheist. He also guest-starred in CSI: Miami, CSI: Offense Scene Investigation and Life on Mars in 2008 before being cast every bit Laurent in Twilight. When Gathegi first auditioned for the 2008 moving-picture show, adapted from the same-titled first book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, he had not heard of the serial and was not enlightened that his graphic symbol was a vampire.[half dozen] He now has read the whole series and calls himself a hardcore fan.[6] [seven] He portrays Eddie Willers in Atlas Shrugged (2011), based on Ayn Rand's novel of the aforementioned name. He later portrayed another Haitian grapheme, Jean Baptiste, in the fifth flavor of Justified, but was unhappy with the role and asked to be written off the bear witness.[8] [nine] He has also been a recurring grapheme in NBC'due south tv series, The Blacklist, as Matias Solomon, an operative for a covert arrangement. Gathegi reprised the role in the 2016–2017 season criminal offence thriller, The Blacklist: Redemption.[2] He also portrays the grapheme Ronald Dacey on StartUp.
Personal life [edit]
Gathegi got married to a Romanaian, Adriana Marinescu in 2018.[10]
Filmography [edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Crank | Haitian Cabbie | |
| 2007 | Gone Babe Gone | Cheese | |
| The Fifth Patient | Darudi | ||
| Death Sentence | Bodie | ||
| 2008 | Twilight | Laurent | |
| 2009 | My Bloody Valentine 3D | Deputy Martin | |
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Laurent | ||
| 2010 | This Is Not a Moving-picture show | Ghost of Jimmy | |
| 2011 | X-Men: Get-go Class | Armando Muñoz / Darwin | |
| Atlas Shrugged | Eddie Willers | ||
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part I | Laurent | Flashback simply | |
| 2014 | Bleeding Heart | Dex | |
| 2015 | This Isn't Funny | Ryan | |
| Aloha | Lt. Col. Curtis | ||
| Criminal Activities | Marques | ||
| 2016 | The Watcher | Noah | |
| 2018 | Pimp | Kenny Wayne | |
| Amend Start Running | Fitz Paradise | ||
| 2019 | Princess of the Row | Beaumont "Bo" Willis | |
| 2020 | The Final Thing He Wanted | Jones | |
| 2021 | Caged | Harlow Reid | |
| The Harder They Fall | Neb Pickett |
| Year | Title | Function | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | House | Dr. Jeffrey Cole | Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| Lincoln Heights | Boa | iii episodes | |
| Veronica Mars | Zeke Molinda | Episode: "I Know What You'll Do Adjacent Summer" | |
| 2008 | CSI: Miami | Freddie Mays | Episode: "Tunnel Vision" |
| Life on Mars | Fletcher Blare | Episode: "Things to Exercise in New York When Y'all Think Yous're Expressionless" | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Skinny Dude | Episode: "Go out Out All the Rest" | |
| 2011 | Nikita | Kalume Ungara | Episode: "Girl'southward All-time Friend" |
| 2012 | Phineas and Ferb | Iggy/Various characters | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | The Family unit Tools | Darren Poynton | Chief role; 10 episodes |
| Beauty & the Beast | Kyle | 3 episodes | |
| Red Widow | Leon | ||
| 2014 | Justified | Jean Baptiste | four episodes |
| Wild Carte | Tres | Unsold television airplane pilot[11] | |
| 2015 | Proof | Zed | Main part; 10 episodes |
| 2015–present | The Blacklist | Matias Solomon | Recurring role; thirteen episodes |
| 2015 | Into the Badlands | Jacobee | ii episodes |
| 2016–18 | StartUp | Ronald Dacey | Principal office; thirty episodes |
| 2017 | The Blacklist: Redemption | Matias Solomon | Main office; 8 episodes[two] |
| 2020 | Briarpatch | A.D. Singe | Chief role |
| 2022 | For All Mankind | Dev Ayesa | Main role; season 3[12] |
Awards and nominations [edit]
Drama Desk Awards
- 2018: Won along with Sean Carvajal for terminal-minute entrances into the Signature product of this powerful play ensured it had a happy existent-life ending" after replacing Reg E. Cathey in tardily September for a October 5 first preview[13] [14]
Obie Awards
- 2018: Won OBIE Award for his operation equally Lucius Jenkins in Signature Theater Company revival of Jesus Hopped the 'A' Railroad train [15]
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards
- 2011: Won LADCC Honour for best Pb Histrion in a Play for the function of Franco Wicks in the Geffen Playhouse product of "Superior Donuts"[16]
Method Fest Independent Picture show Festival
- 2019: Won Breakout Interim Accolade for his method performance as Boyfriend Willis in "Princess of the Row"[17]
Ovation Awards
- 2011: Nominated for Featured Actor in a Play for the office of Franco Wicks in the Geffen Playhouse product of "Superior Donuts"[18]
Lucille Lortel Awards
- 2018: Nominated for Outstanding Featured Histrion in a Play for his role in Jesus Hopped the 'A' Railroad train at Signature Theatre Visitor[xix]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Shirlene Alusa-Chocolate-brown (Apr vii, 2008). "Edi Mue Gathegi – Slated to Smoothen in 'Twilight'". Jamati Online. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-xi-06 .
- ^ a b c Andreeva, Nellie (March 29, 2016). "The Blacklist Spinoff Starring Famke Janssen In the Works At NBC". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ a b Cassandra Handley (November 4, 2008). "Q&A: Twilights Edi Gathegi". Vanity Off-white. Archived from the original on 2008-11-09. Retrieved 2008-11-06 .
- ^ "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-01 .
- ^ a b c "Twilight Dictionary Q&A with Edi Gathegi" (PDF). TwilightLexicon.com. March 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-06 .
- ^ a b Denise Martin (October 28, 2008). "'Twilight' Countdown: Edi Gathegi's vampire love". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2008-11-10 .
- ^ Sara Castillo (August four, 2008). "We Speak with 'Twilight's' Jacob and Laurent!". FearNet.com. Retrieved 2008-eleven-10 .
- ^ Bierly, Mandi (February 5, 2014). "'Justified' postmortem: EP Graham Yost dissects 'Shot All to Hell'". Amusement Weekly . Retrieved June one, 2016.
- ^ "Justified Creator Graham Yost Vents About Disquisitional Backlash for Season V". 17 Apr 2014.
- ^ "Actorul din Twilight s-a însurat, în secret, cu o vedetă din România" (in Romanian). diva.ro. 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Jennifer Finnigan to Star in USA Airplane pilot 'Wild Card'". 29 June 2011.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (June 15, 2021). "For All Mankind Flavor 3: Blacklist Vet Edi Gathegi Joins Cast as Series Regular". TVLine . Retrieved June fifteen, 2021.
- ^ Andrew Gans, "Signature's Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train Delayed 2 Days Following Departure of Reg E. Cathey", Playbill, September 28th, 2017.
- ^ "2018 Nominees". dramadeskawards.com.
- ^ "2018 Obies Winners and Performances". 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Full LA Drama Critics Circumvolve Award Winners; A RAISIN IN THE SUN Wins 4".
- ^ "'Princess of the Row' Wins Audience Award at Method Fest". Apr 2019.
- ^ "Kiss Me Kate Tops 2011 Ovation Award Nominations". 19 September 2011.
- ^ "2018 Nominations". www.lortelaward.com.
External links [edit]
- Edi Gathegi at IMDb
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edi_Gathegi
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