Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, model, musician, and producer. Pattinson started his career by playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He later landed the leading role of Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer, and came to worldwide fame, thus establishing himself among the highest paid and most bankable actors in Hollywood. In 2010, Pattinson was named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World, and also in the same year Forbes ranked him as one of the most powerful celebrities in the world in the Forbes Celebrity 100
Early life
Early life
Pattinson was born in London, England. His mother, Clare, worked for a modelling agency, and his father, Richard, imported vintage cars from the U.S. Pattinson has two elder sisters, singer Lizzy Pattinson, and Victoria Pattinson. Growing up in the Barnes suburb of London, he attended Tower House School until he was 12, and then The Harrodian School. He became involved in amateur theatre at the Barnes Theatre Company. He auditioned and was cast in a small role in Guys and Dolls. He next auditioned for Thornton Wilder's Our Town and was cast as George Gibbs. He also played in Anything Goes and Macbeth. He caught the attention of an acting agent in a production of Tess of the d'Urbervilles and began looking for professional roles.
Career
Modelling
Pattinson began modelling when he was twelve years old, but the number of jobs began to decrease only four years later. In December 2008 he blamed the lack of work as a model on his masculine appearance: "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 modelling career." Pattinson appeared in the advertising campaign for Hackett's autumn 2007 collection.
Acting
Early career
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. 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 Later that year he played Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. For this role he was named that year's British Star of Tomorrow by The Time and had more than once been touted as the next Jude Law.
2008–present
In 2008 Pattinson landed the coveted role of Edward Cullen in the film Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling novel of the same name. According to TV Guide, Pattinson was initially apprehensive about auditioning for the role of Edward Cullen, fearful that he would not be able to live up to the "perfection" expected from the character. The film was released on November 21, 2008 and turned Pattinson into an instant overnight moviestar. Though the film received mixed reviews, critics praised his and co-star Kristen Stewart's chemistry in the film. The New York Times called Pattinson a "capable and exotically beautiful" actor and Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said he was "well-chosen" for the role.
After Twilight Pattinson
starred in the independent films Little Ashes
(in which he plays Salvador Dalí), How to Be (a British comedy), andThe
Summer House.
He reprised his role as Edward
Cullen in the Twilight sequel The
Twilight Saga: New Moon which was released on November 20, 2009.
The film earned a record-breaking $142,839,137 opening weekend and an overall
run of $709,827,462 worldwide. Though the film received negative reviews, film
critic Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune
said Pattinson was still "interesting to watch" despite the bad
makeup. Bill GoodyKoontz from the Arizona
Republic said, "Pattinson's actually not in the film that
much, but he does his best when he's around"and Michael O'Sullivan of the Washington Post noted that his acting was
"uniformly strong".
In 2009 Pattinson presented at the 81st Academy Awards. On November 10, Revolver
Entertainment released the DVD Robsessed, a documentary which details
Pattinson's life and popularity. On May 13, 2010, Pattinson appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and on May 18, The Ellen DeGeneres Show for his film, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. He attended the official worldwide red carpet premiere for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse on June 24, 2010, at the Los Angeles Nokia Theatre and the film was released on June 30, 2010, earning $698,491,347 worldwide.
In 2010, Pattinson executively produced and starred in the film Remember Me, which was released on March 12, 2010.
In 2011, he starred as Jacob Jankowski in Water for Elephants, a film adaptation of the Sara Gruen novel of the same name, with Christoph Waltz and Reese Witherspoon. The film received mixed reviews but Pattinson's performance was praised. Film critic Richard Corliss from Time praised Pattinson for being "shy and watchful" and said he "radiates a slow magnetism that locks the viewer’s eyes on him", ultimately calling him "star quality" Mick LaSalle from the San Francisco Chronicle stated that Pattinson succeeded at holding his own at the center of a major feature and was "endlessly watchable". Peter Travers of the Rolling Stone said he "smolders" in the film and Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter said, "Pattinson is entirely convincing as Jacob".
Pattinson reappeared as Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, which was released on November 18, 2011, and earned $705,058,657 at the box office.
He played Georges Duroy in a film adaptation of the 1885 novel Bel Ami, with Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci, and Kristin Scott Thomas. The film had a world premiere at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival and was released on February 12, 2012.
Pattinson starred in the film adaptation of Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis (2012), directed by David Cronenberg. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
In May 2012, Pattinson was cast alongside Guy Pearce to star in David Michod's The Rover. He was also cast to star in the psychological thriller, Mission: Blacklist (film), based on the novel of the same name by military interrogator, Eric Maddox.
Music
Pattinson plays guitar and piano, and composes his own musicHe also appears as the singer of two songs on the Twilight soundtrack: "Never Think", which he co-wrote with Sam Bradley, and "Let Me Sign", which was written by Marcus Foster and Bobby Long. 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." The soundtrack for the film How to Be features three original songs performed by Pattinson and written by composer Joe Hastings.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." In 2010, Pattinson was awarded the 'Hollywood's Most Influential Top Unexpected Musicians' award.
In the media
Pattinson was named one of the
"Sexiest Men Alive" in 2008 and 2009 by People magazine. In
2009, he was also named the "Sexiest Man Alive" by Glamour. Ask
Men named Pattinson as one of the top 49 most influential men of
2009 In 2009, Vanity Fair named
Pattinson "the most handsome man in the world" along with Angelina Jolie as the most beautiful woman in the
world.
He was named one of Vanity Fair's "Top Hollywood Earners of
2009" with estimated earnings of $18 million in 2009.
In December 2009, Pattinson
autographed a guitar to be auctioned off for charity. He also volunteered for
the Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for
Earthquake Relief in January 2010.
GQ and Glamour both named him the "Best Dressed
Man" of 2010, with GQ stating, "Extremely elegant and
inspiring, the true essence of a contemporary man." In 2010, People
also listed Pattinson in their "World's Most Beautiful" issue.
In 2010, Pattinson politely turned
down a $2 million fashion campaign with Burberry.
Britain's The Sunday Times "Rich List" put
him on its "list of young millionaires" in the UK, worth
£13 million. Time magazine named him as one of 2010's 100 Most Influential People in The World. In June
2010, Pattinson was named by Forbes
magazine the No.50 most powerful celebrity in the world with earnings
$17 million. Due to Pattinson's rising fame, a wax statue of him was added
to the Madame Tussauds collection in
London and New York City. On 14 November 2010, Pattinson received two BBC Radio
1 Teen Awards, Best Dressed and Best Actor.
In 2011, Pattinson was No. 15 on Vanity Fair's "Hollywood Top 40"
with earnings of $27.5 million in 2010. GQ once again named Pattinson the
"Best Dressed Man" of 2012.
Personal life
Since meeting on the set of Twilight, Pattinson has been romantically linked to co-star Kristen Stewart. Though they have never explicitly confirmed a relationship, paparazzi photographs and eyewitness accounts have driven intense media and fan speculation and attention making "Robsten" the subject of wide media coverage.
Filmography
Fun Facts
He is an excellent musician playing guitar and keyboards. He has a very calming and gentle singing voice.
He has two older sisters, Lizzy and Victoria. They used to dress him up as a girl.
Sports: Football(soccer), Skiing, Snowboarding, and more.
Acting Inspiration: Jack Nicholson.
Was ranked #23 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008). (No wonder he wasn't number one like Jackson Rathbone or Taylor Lautner could have been...)
His portrayal of Edward Cullen has been voted worlds sexiest vampire by AOL users. He is voted the worlds ugliest stoner by me.
He has two older sisters, Lizzy and Victoria. They used to dress him up as a girl.
Sports: Football(soccer), Skiing, Snowboarding, and more.
Acting Inspiration: Jack Nicholson.
Was ranked #23 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008). (No wonder he wasn't number one like Jackson Rathbone or Taylor Lautner could have been...)
His portrayal of Edward Cullen has been voted worlds sexiest vampire by AOL users. He is voted the worlds ugliest stoner by me.
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 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 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.
The day before [the Harry Potter London premiere] I was just sitting in Leicester Square, happily being ignored by everyone. Then suddenly strangers are screaming your name. Amazing.
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 didn't want to get stuck in pretty, public school roles, or I knew I'd end up as some sort of caricature. Playing Dali has been a complete turning point for me. It's the first part I've had that has required really serious thought. I became completely obsessed with Dali during the filming, and I read every biography I could get a hold of. He was the most bizarre, complex man, but in the end I felt I could relate to him. He was basically incredibly shy.
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.
"Twilight' 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' with me. It's a little nuts."
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 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 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.
The day before [the Harry Potter London premiere] I was just sitting in Leicester Square, happily being ignored by everyone. Then suddenly strangers are screaming your name. Amazing.
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 didn't want to get stuck in pretty, public school roles, or I knew I'd end up as some sort of caricature. Playing Dali has been a complete turning point for me. It's the first part I've had that has required really serious thought. I became completely obsessed with Dali during the filming, and I read every biography I could get a hold of. He was the most bizarre, complex man, but in the end I felt I could relate to him. He was basically incredibly shy.
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.
"Twilight' 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' with me. It's a little nuts."
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