John N’ Gathegi is the father of Edi Gathegi.

John holds a PhD and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley. He also works as a Professor at the University of South Florida.

There is no information regarding Gathegi’s mother.

Who Is Edi Gathegi?

Edi Gathegi is an actor best known for portraying the vampire Laurent in the film “Twilight” (2008).

Born on March 10, 1979, in Nairobi, Kenya, began his career in theater, performing in several stage productions like the Shakespearean “Othello” and “Romeo and Juliet.”

Gathegi grew up in Albany, California, United States, and studied acting at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts.

After gaining fame with the movie series “Twilight”, Gathegi went on to appear in various films and TV shows including “House”, “Gone Baby Gone”, “X-Men: First Class”, “Criminal Activities”, “Into the Badlands”, “StartUp”, and “My Bloody Valentine 3D”.

Other films he starred in are “The Fifth Patient”, “Atlas Shrugged: Part I”, “Justified,” “Nikita,” and the crime thriller “The Blacklist”, in which he portrayed the character of Matias Solomon, “an operative for a covert organization.”

In 2016, Gathegi reprised his role in the The Blacklist: Redemption. In 2021, he starred as Bill Pickett in the film “The Harder They Fall”, and in 2022, he played a main role in the third season of the science fiction series “For All Mankind.”