1. Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson was born on 13 May 1986 and is an English actor.
99 Facts About Robert Pattinson
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Robert Pattinson made early screen appearances in supporting roles, including in Vanity Fair, and played Cedric Diggory in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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Robert Pattinson led the romantic dramas Remember Me and Water for Elephants.
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Robert Pattinson subsequently began working in independent films from auteur directors.
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Robert Pattinson was praised for his performances in David Cronenberg's drama Cosmopolis, James Gray's adventure drama The Lost City of Z, the Safdie brothers' crime drama Good Time, Claire Denis's science fiction drama High Life and Robert Eggers' psychological horror The Lighthouse.
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Robert Pattinson then returned to big-budget mainstream cinema, starring in Christopher Nolan's spy thriller Tenet and portraying the titular character in Matt Reeves's superhero film The Batman.
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Robert Pattinson is involved in philanthropy, supporting organisations such as the GO Campaign.
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Robert Pattinson began modelling as a child and has served as the face of Dior Homme fragrance since 2013.
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Robert Pattinson is in a relationship with singer and actress Suki Waterhouse, with whom he has a child.
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Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson was born in the Barnes district of London, England, on 13 May 1986.
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Robert Pattinson secured his first role in a play titled Spell for a Rhyme, written by one of his teachers, and later appeared in his school's adaptation of William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies.
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When Robert Pattinson was twelve, he was expelled from Tower House for shoplifting pornographic magazines.
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Robert Pattinson's parents enrolled him at the Harrodian School, on Lonsdale Road near the family home.
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Robert Pattinson excelled in English studies, which he described as his favourite subject.
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Robert Pattinson performed either solo under the stage name Bobby Dupea or as part of his band, Bad Girls.
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Robert Pattinson initially considered a career in music or studying speechwriting at university but never thought about pursuing acting.
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At the age of thirteen, Robert Pattinson joined the Barnes Theatre Company, a local amateur theatre group, after his father encouraged him to participate to help overcome his shyness.
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Robert Pattinson went on to appear in stage productions such as Macbeth, Anything Goes and Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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Robert Pattinson initially intended to go to university, but filming for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire conflicted with his schedule.
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That year, Robert Pattinson had a more prominent role in the television film Ring of the Nibelungs alongside Max Von Sydow and Julian Sands.
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Robert Pattinson portrays Giselher, the younger brother of King Gunther and Princess Kriemhild, who looks up to Siegfried as a demigod.
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In 2005, Robert Pattinson was cast as Cedric Diggory in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, directed by Mike Newell.
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Robert Pattinson learned to scuba dive in preparation for the role.
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In 2006, Robert Pattinson starred in Chris Durlacher's The Haunted Airman, a psychological thriller that aired on BBC Four on 31 October.
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Robert Pattinson played a World War II pilot who is shot, left paralysed and suffers from severe shell shock, eventually descending into madness.
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Robert Pattinson himself described the role as his "best acting experience".
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Robert Pattinson's performance received positive reviews, with The Stage saying that he portrayed "the airman of the title with a perfect combination of youthful terror and world-weary cynicism".
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Robert Pattinson appeared in a supporting role in the 2007 film The Bad Mother's Handbook, a one-off television drama adapted from a novel by Kate Long.
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In 2008, Robert Pattinson played his first leading role as Art in the film How to Be, directed by Oliver Irving.
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Robert Pattinson himself enjoyed filming the movie, stating that he "loved the script" and found it "very different from everything else [he] had read".
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That same year, Robert Pattinson portrayed Salvador Dali in Little Ashes.
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Robert Pattinson was originally considered for the role of Federico Garcia Lorca, Dali's lover, but the part ultimately went to Javier Beltran.
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In 2008, Robert Pattinson starred alongside Kristen Stewart as Edward Cullen in the romantic fantasy Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer's 2005 novel of the same name.
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Robert Pattinson adopted an American accent for the role and began wearing contact lenses.
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Robert Pattinson presented at the 81st Academy Awards in February 2009; he was initially set to appear with Stewart, who declined.
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Robert Pattinson played Richard in Daisy Gili's film The Summer House.
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Robert Pattinson reprised his role as Cullen in the Twilight sequel, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which was released in November 2009.
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In 2010, Robert Pattinson executive-produced and starred in the coming-of-age drama film Remember Me, portraying Tyler Hawkins.
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In 2011, Robert Pattinson portrayed Jacob Jankowski in Water for Elephants, a film adaptation of Sara Gruen's 2006 novel.
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Robert Pattinson starred as Georges Duroy in a film adaptation of the 1885 novel Bel Ami.
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Robert Pattinson starred in the film adaptation of the novel Cosmopolis, directed by David Cronenberg.
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The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and received generally positive reviews, with Robert Pattinson's performance earning particular acclaim.
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Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph hailed it as a "sensational performance", stating that Robert Pattinson portrays the character Eric Packer "like a human caldera; stony on the surface, with volcanic chambers of nervous energy and self-loathing churning deep below".
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In May 2014, two of Robert Pattinson's films debuted at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
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Robert Pattinson starred in David Michod's futuristic western The Rover, alongside Guy Pearce and Scoot McNairy.
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Robert Pattinson travelled to Australia to portray the role of Rey, spending seven weeks filming.
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The film is set in the Outback a decade after an economic collapse; Robert Pattinson character is a young, naive American man who is abandoned by his brother following a failed robbery.
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Varietys Scott Foundas praised Robert Pattinson's "career re-defining performance", as well as his convincing Southern accent and "understated dignity" in a role that could have been overly sentimental.
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Robert Pattinson portrayed Jerome Fontana, a struggling limousine driver and actor who aspires to be a screenwriter.
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Cronenberg thought casting Robert Pattinson was an "easy decision to make", praising him as "extremely inventive".
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In January 2015, Robert Pattinson flew to Morocco for Werner Herzog's biographical film Queen of the Desert, an adaptation of Gertrude Bell's life story, starring alongside Nicole Kidman and James Franco.
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Geoffrey Macnab of The Independent described his performance as "comic and a very long way removed from Peter O'Toole", stating that Robert Pattinson played Lawrence as "a sharp-tongued, sardonic figure who can see through the pretensions of his bosses and colleagues".
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Robert Pattinson next starred in Anton Corbijn's biographical drama Life, based on the life of actor James Dean.
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Guy Lodge of Variety called his performance a "sly turn", while David Rooney, writing for The Hollywood Reporter, thought that Robert Pattinson "[gave] arguably the most fully rounded performance".
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In late 2015, Robert Pattinson starred in The Childhood of a Leader, the directorial debut of Brady Corbet, alongside Berenice Bejo and Stacy Martin.
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Robert Pattinson took on dual roles in the film, first as Charles Marker, a reporter in Germany during World War I, and later as the adult version of the leader.
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In 2016, Robert Pattinson appeared in Plan B Entertainment's The Lost City of Z, directed by James Gray.
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Robert Pattinson had been cast as British explorer Corporal Henry Costin in November 2013.
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Robert Pattinson next starred in the Safdie brothers' neo-exploitation thriller Good Time as Connie Nikas, a bank robber navigating the criminal underworld of Queens, New York.
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The film premiered in competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival; Robert Pattinson's performance was described as a "career peak" by Varietys Guy Lodge and his "career-best" by Eric Kohn from IndieWire.
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Robert Pattinson portrayed Samuel Alabaster, an eccentric cowboy embarking on a journey west in search of his kidnapped fiancee.
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Robert Pattinson's performance received positive reviews, with Dana Schwartz from Entertainment Weekly describing it as "so delightfully unhinged that it harkens back Jake Gyllenhaal in Okja".
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Robert Pattinson played Monte, a reluctant father who raises his daughter alone as their spaceship continues its journey into deep space.
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Robert Pattinson earned his second nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.
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Robert Pattinson starred as Neil, a spy handler in Christopher Nolan's Tenet, alongside John David Washington, marking his return to big-budget films.
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Robert Pattinson based his character's mannerisms on those of author Christopher Hitchens.
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Robert Pattinson next featured as part of an ensemble cast in The Devil All the Time, a psychological thriller based on the novel by Donald Ray Pollock.
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The film is set in the 1950s, and Robert Pattinson played a lewd small town preacher named Preston Teagardin.
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In May 2021, Robert Pattinson signed a first look deal with Warner Bros and HBO for producing and developing projects.
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Robert Pattinson portrayed Batman and his secret alter ego Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves's 2022 superhero film The Batman.
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The film was a critical and commercial success, though Robert Pattinson's casting initially faced backlash from some Batman fans.
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In 2023, Robert Pattinson lent his voice to the titular grey heron in the English-language dub of Hayao Miyazaki's Japanese animated film The Boy and the Heron.
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Under his production company Icki Eneo Arlo, Robert Pattinson produced Sebastian Silva's critically successful film Rotting in the Sun.
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In 2025, Robert Pattinson starred in Bong Joon-ho's science fiction film Mickey 17, an adaptation of the novel Mickey7.
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Robert Pattinson portrayed Mickey Barnes, a disposable crew member on a space mission who is assigned perilous tasks, as he can be regenerated upon death while retaining most of his memories.
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Robert Pattinson is next set to appear alongside Zendaya in the romantic drama The Drama, and with Jennifer Lawrence in the thriller Die, My Love.
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Robert Pattinson will produce and star as a crime investigating journalist in Primetime.
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Robert Pattinson will reunite with Nolan for the epic film The Odyssey.
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Robert Pattinson began modelling at age twelve and continued for about four years.
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Robert Pattinson modelled for various British teen magazines as well as the Hackett clothing line and designer Nicole Farhi.
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In June 2013, Robert Pattinson was announced as the new face of Dior Homme fragrance.
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In February 2016, Robert Pattinson became the first ambassador for Dior Homme menswear and appeared in several of the brand's print campaigns, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld and Lindbergh.
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Robert Pattinson has been playing the guitar and piano since the age of four and often writes his own music.
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Robert Pattinson lent his vocals to two songs on the Twilight soundtrack: "Never Think", which he co-wrote with Sam Bradley, and "Let Me Sign", written by Marcus Foster and Bobby Long.
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Robert Pattinson performed three original songs, composed by Joe Hastings, for the How to Be soundtrack.
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In 2013, Robert Pattinson played guitar on "Birds", a track from Death Grips' album Government Plates.
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Drummer Zach Hill recorded Robert Pattinson's playing on his phone during a jam session and later sampled it into the final song.
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Robert Pattinson delivered the song's opening spoken-word section via a FaceTime video call, reciting the dialogue from the track's phone call intro.
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Robert Pattinson participated in the Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief charity telethon in January 2010.
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In 2015, Robert Pattinson became the first ambassador for the GO Campaign.
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In May 2019, during the Cannes Film Festival, Robert Pattinson co-hosted a charity event with Helen Mirren, organised by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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However, an in-person meeting was not feasible, so Robert Pattinson sent a package of DC Batman gifts instead.
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Also in 2010, Robert Pattinson won two BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards for Best Dressed and Best Actor.
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Robert Pattinson was recognised by the London Evening Standard as one of the city's most influential figures in both 2013 and 2014.
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Robert Pattinson is private about his personal life and has often expressed a dislike for the paparazzi industry and tabloid journalism.
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In mid-2009, Robert Pattinson was romantically linked to his Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart.
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Since 2018, Robert Pattinson has been in a relationship with English singer-songwriter and actress Suki Waterhouse.
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In January 2023, Robert Pattinson revealed his past struggles with fad dieting, sharing that he once followed a two-week detox consisting primarily of potatoes and Himalayan pink salt.
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Wax statues of Robert Pattinson were added to the Madame Tussauds museums in London and New York City in 2010.