He enjoys music and is an excellent musician, playing both the guitar and piano. When Robert was 15, he started acting in amateur plays with the Barnes Theatre Company. Afterward, he took screen role like El reino del anillo (2004) (Kingdom of Twilight) as Giselher.
In 2003, Robert took on the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego (2005). He got his role a week later after meeting Mike Newell in late 2003.
He has since been cast as Edward Cullen in the highly-anticipated film, Crepúsculo (2008). His music will also be heard in the film. Additionally, Robert has completed upcoming roles as Salvador Dalí in Little Ashes (2008) and Art in How to Be (2008). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Janel
He has since been cast as Edward Cullen in the highly-anticipated film, Crepúsculo (2008). His music will also be heard in the film. Additionally, Robert has completed upcoming roles as Salvador Dalí in Little Ashes (2008) and Art in How to Be (2008). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Janel
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Messy hair
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Trivia
Is an excellent musician and plays both the guitar and piano. He
began taking piano lessons at age three, and classical guitar at five.
Attended Harrodian private school in London.
He has two older sisters, Lizzie and Victoria.
Remains close friends with Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego (2005) co-stars, Stanislav Ianevski and Katie Leung.
Was taught how to scuba dive for his role in Harry Potter y el cáliz de fuego (2005).
Acting Inspiration: Jack Nicholson.
Was ranked #23 on Moviefone's "The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25" (2008).
Chosen by the Hollywood Film Festival Award Committee as the recipient of the 2008 New Hollywood Award.
Awarded Best Actor 2008 at the Strasbourg Film festival for his performance as "Art" in the film How to Be (2008).
Most of his earnings from his first acting job - a supporting role in the television film El reino del anillo (2004) - went on paying his own fees at The Harrodian School in Barnes.
He beat 3,000 people to play Edward Cullen in the movie Crepúsculo (2008).
Named as Rolling Stone Magazine's Hottest Actor of 2008.
Named by Entertainment Tonight (1981) (ET) as their top hunk of 2008.
Named as one of the LA Times Breakout Stars of 2008.
Named as one of Forbes Breakout Stars of 2008.
His small, but would-have-been-memorable part in La feria de las vanidades (2004), was cut out in the final production.
Awarded Hello Magazine's Most Attractive Man Award of 2008.
Father is a car salesman.
Supports Arsenal Football Club.
Splits his time residing between London, UK where his family is from and Los Angeles, CA.
One of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive 2008.
Moviefone's Number 1 Hottest Young Star Under 25 2009.
Sarah Barry Williams wrote song "She wants to be Mrs Robert Pattinson".
Named GQ (UK) Best Dressed Man of 2009. "Extremely elegant and inspiring, the true essence of a contemporary man". Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, designers.
Learned to drive, in a ten-hour crash course, on the set of Crepúsculo (2008).
(May 10, 2010) Merited a place in Time magazine's - The 100 Most
Influential People in the World ("Artists" category) - with a tribute
provided by Chris Weitz.
Played Reese Witherspoon's son in a cut scene in La feria de las vanidades (2004) and played her lover in Agua para elefantes (2011).
Was named Forbes' 5th Highest Paid Celebrity Couple, in 2011, with former girlfriend, Kristen Stewart.
Good friends with Tom Sturridge. Godfather to Tom's sister, Matilda Sturridge,'s child.
A big fan of comic books, his favorites are Spider-man, Batman and X-Men.
Is a big fan of "Doctor Who".
Frequents Los Feliz bar The Drawing Room. Jon Hamm, Bo Barrett, Michael Angarano, Kristen Stewart, also regulars.
His parents are Clare Charlton and Richard Pattinson.
Los Angeles, California [July 2008]
Currently spending time in his beloved London, England. [January 2009]
Filming Bel Ami, historia de un seductor (2012) in Budapest, Hungary. [April 2010]
Los Angeles, CA, USA: Pre-Production for Agua para elefantes (2011). [May 2010]
Chattanooga, TN - shooting an upcoming film, Agua para elefantes (2011). [July 2010]
Baton Rouge, Louisiana filming The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn [October 2010]
Filming Breaking Dawn in Louisiana [October 2010]
Filming Breaking Dawn in Vancouver, Canada [March 2011]
London, England: Spending time with girlfriend Kristen Stewart, family and friends as he awaits upcoming promotion for La saga Crepúsculo: Amanecer - Parte 1 (2011). [September 2011]
22nd December 2008
Arrives from Los Angeles at London Heathrow Airport to spend Christmas with his family. [December 2008]
Filming La saga Crepúsculo: Amanecer - Parte 1 (2011) and La saga Crepúsculo: Amanecer - Parte 2 (2012) in Vancouver Canada with "Twilight" co-stars (including girlfriend, Kristen Stewart). [February 2011]
He was recently named as the lead role in Crepúsculo (2008). They are starting production. [January 2008]
London, UK [February 2009]
Vancouver - Filming La saga Crepúsculo: Eclipse (2010). [August 2009]
London, UK: Filming Bel Ami, historia de un seductor (2012). [February 2010]
Ranked the #1 Sexiest Man in 2011 by Glamour.
Personal Quotes
Up until I was 12 my sisters used to dress me up as a girl and
introduce me as 'Claudia'! Twelve was a turning point as I moved to a
mixed school and then I became cool and discovered hair gel.
It's strange, somebody asked for my autograph the other day.
Because I finished school and I'm not really doing anything at the
moment, I was just kind of aimlessly wandering around London and these
two guys who were about 30 came up and asked for my autograph.
I was
really quite proud at the time, and they wanted to take photos and
stuff. And then they were sort of wandering around and I was kind of
wandering around and I bumped into them about three times, and every
single time their respect for me kept growing and growing and growing.
They [Barnes Theatre Club] were a very good group, and for some
reason when I finished the backstage thing, I just decided to that I
should try to act.
So I auditioned for Guys and Dolls and got a little
tiny part as some Cuban dancer or something and then in the next play I
got the lead part, and then I got my agent. So I owe everything to that
little club.
I aspire to be Jack Nicholson. I love his every single mannerism. I used to try and be him in virtually everything I did, I don't know why. I watched Alguien voló sobre el nido del cuco
(1975) when I was about 13, and I dressed like him. I tried to do his
accent. I did everything like him. I think it kind of stuck with me.
I went to one of these signing conventions. [in '06] It was one of
the most interesting experiences I've had. It was so strange that
people would pay for autographs. You keep thinking you should do a
little dance for them as well or something.
I have been playing the piano for my entire life - since I was
three or four. And the guitar - I used to play classical guitar from
when I was about five to 12 years of age. Then I didn't play guitar for
like years.
About four or five years ago, I got out the guitar again and
just started playing blues and stuff. I am not very good at the guitar,
but I am all right. I am in a band in London as well.
My favorite teacher was probably my English teacher because she
got me into writing instead of just answering the question. I used to
hand in homework with 20 pages of nonsense and she'd still mark it. She
was a really amazing teacher.
I wasn't at all focused on school, and I didn't achieve much. But
I've got a sense of urgency now. I feel I can't let any more time waste
away.
Crepúsculo
(2008) is a metaphor for the virtues of chastity, but it's had the
opposite effect. I get letters that say "I'm going to kill myself if you
don't watch High School Musical 2 (2007) with me".
It's a little nuts.
Everything has become more intense for six months, since
'Twilight' was released. It's hard to handle what's happening to me. I
don't have the necessary hindsight, even if only to find a way out to
this situation. But this celebrity thing, you can't fight it, it's
useless, you can't avoid it. When it's not something you desired during
your whole life, or something you don't aspire to, you're free not to
care about it. I didn't sign for Disney. There's not a stipulation which
forces me to smile to the paparazzi.
Sometimes I think, 'to hell with acting,' and then I realize I could be working at a shoe shop. Acting is much cooler.
When I was 14, I fronted a rap trio. Pretty hard-core for three
private school kids from suburban London. And my mum's, like, cramping
our style, popping her head in to ask, 'You boys want a sandwich?'
My old agent used to promote me as the male Keira Knightley. (Laughs) I thought: 'Well, what does that say about me exactly?' Do I pout a lot or something?
None of those associations came out and gave a statement
[criticizing Kristen] without being called upon by the media first - who
were doing it specifically to get hits on their websites. That whole
system of Internet journalists, where no one is called to account, is
almost entirely about hate. All these people get away with doing it
because they have no responsibility to anyone.
All they need is to get a
salacious headline and people click on it, because it's easy. And it's
quite good being part of these Twilight films because you have to give
so many interviews all the time, you can defend yourself. That's the
only way. All of us stick together, as well. There are so many little
nerds behind their computers, on their little blogs.
Y'know, there are so few auteurs left. The one thing that pisses
me off about working in films is when you start a project and then,
suddenly, two days before you start, there's a massive rewrite to make
an R-rated movie into something that's PG-13, and it's a totally
different story. As soon as that line's been crossed, you know you're
not making a movie anymore.
You're making a...a... fridge magnet. But
with people like Cronenberg you know that, no matter what, there will be
a movie at the end, and it will be solid and self-contained, and it's
not made for any other reason than it being a movie.
I was a bit of a loner at school. My first kiss was when I was 12, but I didn't have a girlfriend until I was 18.
My dad and I were in a restaurant one day and noticed this group
of pretty girls.
The girls said they'd been to the local acting school. I
never did any acting at school - I was quite shy - but after that day
my dad nagged me about attending. He said he'd pay me, which is pretty
strange, but I went.
[on performing in 'Cosmopolis'] Before I did this movie I was
fully intending on hiding for a couple of years, but this has really
reinvigorated my ideas about acting. And I like being slightly on the
fringe as well,rather than trying to get movies that are sort of
vehicles.
The world would be a much better place, I think, if all these bankers and billionaires were followed by paparazzi.
I think as soon as you feel validated, you're a bad actor. You
need to constantly feel like there's a 99% chance of failure; total
failure; devastating failure. You should feel like every single job is a
potential which you're never going to get one again.
[on Edward Cullen from the Crepúsculo
(2008) saga] You can tell he's just gonna freak out one day and shoot
someone... He's one of those guys who would be like an ax murderer.
[on his nickname "R-Pattz"] I would like to break the hands and mouth of the person who came up with it.
Salary
| Twilight (2008) | $2.000.000 |
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) | $12.000.000 |
| Water for Elephants (2011) | $1.500.000 |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) | $12.500.000 + 7.5% of the gross |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) | $12.500.000 + 7.5% of the gross |
