Kenyan Actor to Star in a Top American Situation Comedy

After being recognized as the best recurring character (Dr. Jeffrey Cole) in television series House, Kenyan-born actor Edi Gathegi is headed for the silver-screen to star in ABC’s newest sitcom (situation comedy), Family Tools, early next year.

Edi has had a good run in the American film industry having made an appearance in Gone Baby Gone, a 2007 film as Cheese. He has also featured in the as Laurent in the films Twilight, its sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Darwin in X-Men: First Class. Clearly this guy is as good as it gets.

Born in Nairobi, Gathegi grew up in California and his acting career started like an “accident”. He was more interested in playing basketball and was good at it, until he injured his knee; this plunged him into a depression so he took up an acting class as an “easy course”. That is where he discovered his love for acting.

Family Tools is set to premier on ABC in 2013.