Name: Robert Thomas-PattinsonBirth Date: 13th May, 1986
Nationality: English
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
• His middle name is Thomas.
• He started acting at age 15 in plays.
• He enjoys music and is an excellent musician, playing the guitar and keyboard.
• Keen sportsman, taking part in everything from football and athletics to skiing and snowboarding.
• Attended Harrodian private school in London with fellow actor and good friend Tom Sturridge.
• Up until he was 12, Robert Pattinson's sisters used to dress him up as a girl and introduce him as Claudia. Twelve was a turning point for Robert, as he moved to a mixed school and then he became cool and discovered hair gel.
• He aspires to be like Jack Nicholson.
• James Dean is his fashion inspiration.
• For the role of Edward Cullen, Robert flew from England to director Catherine Hardwicke's house to audition. There, he and Kristen Stewart, who was already cast as Bella Swan, rehearsed the "Love Scene"/"Meadow Scene" on Hardwicke's own bed.
• Since May 27th, he is also known as Spunk Ransom.
Pattinson was born in London and lives in Barnes where he attended the Harrodian School. When first auditioning for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, he said he did sports such as skiing, snowboarding and soccer however in reality he prefers darts, cards, and pool. He plays the guitar and keyboard, and is in a band called Bad Girls. His sister is the singer Lizzy Pattinson.
He became involved in amateur theatre through the Barnes Theatre Club. 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 (also in West London), as well as trying his hand at modelling, for which he was sometimes credited as Robert Thomas-Pattinson[1].
He had supporting roles in the made for television film Ring of the Nibelungs (2004), and in director Mira Nair’s 2004 Vanity Fair, although his scenes in the latter were deleted, and only appear on the DVD version.
He was slated to appear in a stage production of The Woman Before in May 2005, but was fired shortly before the opening night. He was replaced by Tom Riley.
In late 2005, Pattinson appeared as the character Cedric Diggory in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Consequently, he was named that year's British Star of Tomorrow by Times Online and has more than once been touted as the next Jude Law, and was considered for the 2007 membership list for The Coterie as an honorary member.[1][2]. He names Jack Nicholson as his acting inspiration. He is sometimes credited as Robert Thomas-Pattinson[3].
He has a role in the as-yet unreleased short film The Summer House, and the films How To Be, and Ashes (in which he plays Salvador Dali). He is attached to star in vampire film After Dark. He appears advertising campaign for Hackett's Autumn 2007 collection.
On December 11th, 2007, Summit Entertainment announced that Pattinson will play Edward Cullen in the upcoming movie Twilight based on Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire/human romance of the same name.
Filmography
2004 Vanity Fair Rawdy Crawley (uncredited)
Ring of the Nibelungs Giselher TV movie
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Cedric Diggory
2006 The Haunted Airman Toby Jugg TV movie
2007 The Bad Mother's Handbook Daniel Gale TV movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Cedric Diggory flashback only
2008 How To Be Art
Twilight Edward Cullen
The Summer House Richard unreleased
2009 Little Ashes Salvador Dalí unreleased
Parts Per Billion TBA pre-production
TBA New Moon Edward Cullen confirmed
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