Edi Gathegi is a Kenyan-American actor best known for his role as Laurent in the Twilight franchise. Since his cinematic debut in 2006, he has been busy in the film and television industries. So far, his name has been credited with nearly 50 works.
X-Men: First Class (2011), Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Blacklist (2015-2016), and The Last Thing He Wanted are among his most well-known works (2020).
What is the Net Worth of Edi Gathegi? Salary, Earnings
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Gathegi has a net worth of $3 million.
Edi Gathegi- Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Siblings
Gathegi was born on March 10, 1979, in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. John N Gathegi, his father, is a professor at the University of South Florida. He is the middle child, with a sister and a brother he refers to as Bety G and Nate Dawg. When he was a child, he and his family moved to Albany, California.
Edi Gathegi- Relationship, Girlfriend
Adriana Gathegi is Edi’s girlfriend. While the couple publicly discusses each other on social media, neither has divulged much about their relationship.
Adriana initially published a photo of herself with Edi on March 13, 2016. In the photo, the actor was giving his girlfriend a piggyback ride in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Edi Gathegi- Professional Career
Initially, the actor was uninterested in performing. He was, nevertheless, a huge fan of basketball. Edi was down because he blew out his knee during practice. He enrolled in an acting class because he wanted something simple, but he fell in love with it.
Edi was admitted into the famous graduate acting program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Films and television shows
Edi initially appeared in Inside Man (2006), but his role was trimmed due to union contract concerns. The same year, he made his cinematic debut in Crank.
In 2007, he appeared in TV shows such as Lincoln Heights, Veronica Mars, and House. He also appeared in Ben Affleck’s film Gone Baby Gone.
Edi received his big break when he was cast as Laurent in Twilight (2008). He played this character again in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (2009). (2012).
His first leading part was in My Bloody Valentine (2009), a remake of a 1980s horror film. StartUp (2016-2018), The Blacklist: Redemption (2017), Into The Badlands (2015), and Criminal Activities are some of his other works (2015).
Fascinating Facts
- He has a height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 meters).
- Adriana’s birthday is April 26th. Edi is of Kenyan origin.
- In X-Men: First Class, he played Darwin.
