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Pattinson at the Twilight premiere, November 2008

Robert Thomas Pattinson 13 May 1986 (1986-05-13) (age 23) London, England

RPattz,[1] Spunk Ransom[2] (nicknames)

Actor, model, musician

2004–present

Robert Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986)^[3] is an English actor, model and musician.^[4] He is best known for playing Edward Cullen in the film adaptation of Twilight, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer, and for the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.^[5][6][7]

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Modeling 2.2 Acting 2.3 Music 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Pattinson was born in London, England. His mother, Clare, worked for a modeling agency, and his father, Richard, imported vintage cars from the U.S.^[8] Pattinson attended Tower House School and Harrodian School.^[9] He became involved in amateur theatre through the Barnes Theatre Company. After some backstage experience there, he took on acting roles. He caught the attention of an acting agent in a production of Tess of the D'Urbervilles and began looking for professional roles. Since then he has performed in an amateur version of Macbeth at the Old Sorting Office Arts Centre, as well as trying his hand at modeling.^{[citation needed]} Pattinson has two elder sisters.^[10]

Pattinson began his modeling career when he was twelve years old, but it wound down only four years later. He has blamed his lack of work as a model on his masculine appearance. Pattinson explained in December 2008, "When I first started I was quite tall and looked like a girl, so I got lots of jobs, because it was during that period where the androgynous look was cool. Then, I guess, I became too much of a guy, so I never got any more jobs. I had the most unsuccessful modeling career."^[11]
Pattinson appeared in the advertising campaign for Hackett's Autumn 2007 collection.^[12]

Pattinson had supporting roles in the made for television film Ring of the Nibelungs in 2004 and in director Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair, although his scenes in the latter were deleted and only appear on the DVD version.^{[citation needed]} In May 2005, he was slated to appear in the UK premiere of The Woman Before at the Royal Court Theatre, but was fired shortly before the opening night and was replaced by Tom Riley.^{[citation needed]} Later that year he played Cedric Diggory in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Consequently, he was named that year's British Star of Tomorrow by The Times.^[13] He also has more than once been touted as the next Jude Law.^[9][14][15]
Pattinson played Edward Cullen in the movie Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer's bestselling novel of the same name, which was released on 21 November 2008 in North America. According to TV Guide, Pattinson was initially apprehensive about auditioning for the role of Edward Cullen, fearful that he wouldn't be able to live up to the "perfection" expected from the character.^[16] He reprised his role as Edward Cullen in the Twilight sequels New Moon and the upcoming Eclipse, which began filming in August 2009.^[17]
Pattinson also had lead roles in the feature films Little Ashes (in which he plays Salvador Dalí), How To Be (a British comedy) and the short film The Summer House. In 2010, he will appear in a theatre production for producer David Pugh.^[18]
He presented at the 81st Academy Awards on 22 February 2009.^[19]
Revolver Entertainment created a documentary entitled Robsessed, which details Pattinson's life and popularity. The documentary was released to DVD on November 10, 2009, to coincide with the release of New Moon.^[20]

Pattinson plays guitar and piano, and composes his own music.^[21] He also appears as the singer of two songs on the Twilight soundtrack: "Never Think", which he co-wrote with Sam Bradley,^[22] and "Let Me Sign", which was written by Marcus Foster and Bobby Long.^[23] The songs were included in the film after director Catherine Hardwicke added Pattinson's recordings into an early cut without his knowledge, and he agreed that "one of them specifically, it really made the scene better. It was like it was supposed to be there."^[4] The soundtrack for the film How To Be features three original songs performed by Pattinson^[24] and written by composer Joe Hastings.^[25]
Aside from recording for the soundtracks, Pattinson has said, "I've never really recorded anything - I just played in pubs and stuff", and when asked about a professional music career, he said, "Music is my back-up plan if acting fails."^[4] In 2008, he also performed with his first girlfriend's current boyfriend's band, called Bad Girls.^[26]

Pattinson has admitted to taking a quarter of a Valium to calm his nerves before auditioning for Twilight, and to smoking.^[27] He was named one of the "Sexiest Men Alive" in 2008 by People magazine^[28] and in 2009, through a poll conducted by Glamour magazine.^[29] On having a girlfriend, Pattinson states, "I don't [...] have people's phone numbers. I almost don't want to have a girlfriend in this environment."^[30] Pattinson currently resides in Los Angeles.^[10]

YearFilmRoleNotes

2004	Vanity Fair	Rawdy Crawley	Only seen on DVD release
	Ring of the Nibelungs	Giselher	Television film
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Cedric Diggory
2006	The Haunted Airman	Toby Jugg	Television film
2007	The Bad Mother's Handbook	Daniel Gale	Television film
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Cedric Diggory	Cameo
2008	How To Be	Art	Strasbourg Film Festival Award for Best Actor[31]
	Twilight	Edward Cullen	MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Performance Male MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (with Kristen Stewart) MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (with Cam Gigandet)
2009	Little Ashes	Salvador Dalí
	New Moon	Edward Cullen
2010	Remember Me	Tyler Roth	post-production
	Eclipse	Edward Cullen	post-production

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NAME	Pattinson, Robert Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pattinson, Robert
SHORT DEscriptION	Actor, model, and musician
DATE OF BIRTH	1986-05-13
PLACE OF BIRTH	London, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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