Almost immediately his professional career took off, Edi earned a lot of admirers for how believable the characters he portrayed were. Nonetheless, the first work that indicated he is someone to be taken seriously was playing Laurent in Twilight; this was in 2008. He reprised the role the following year in a sequel titled The Twilight Saga: New Moon and again in 2011’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I.
Edi Gathegi had built a strong profile from his earlier projects before he took up the role of Laurent. His skillful exhibition in Twilight earned him another big role in 2011 when he played the role of Darwin, one of the mutants in the sci-fi movie, X-Men: First Class.
The talented actor has since then appeared in many movies and TV shows. As he continues to showcase his unique talent, some of his popular movie works include My Bloody Valentine 3D, This Is Not a Movie, Atlas Shrugged, Shiva and May, and Aloha. You will also find him as Marques in Criminal Activities, Noah in The Watcher, Kenny Wayne in Pimp, Beaumont Willis and Jones respectively in 2019’s Princess of the Row and 2020’s The Last Thing He Wanted.
His popular television roles are in The Family Tools, Proof, The Blacklist, Startup, The Blacklist: Redemption, and Briarpatch. He has also been a part of other popular television productions like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Beauty & the Beast, Justified, Red Widow, Nikita, and much more.
It won’t be wrong to conclude that the Kenyan born actor has made quite enough for himself in the course of his acting career. Edi has a net worth estimated at $3 million. He has his craft to thank for his wealth which is expected to soar in the coming years as his profile continues to rise. Gathegi has also bagged some awards and nominations thus far. They include the Lucille Lortel Award, Ovation Awards, and the Drama Desk Award which he won in 2008 along with Sean Carvajal.
