Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English
actor. After starting to act in a London theatre club at the age of
15, he began his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in the fantasy
film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). He went on to star as
Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels,
consisting of five films between 2008 and 2012, which earned a
combined total of over $3.3 billion worldwide. It brought Pattinson
worldwide fame and established him among the world's highest-paid
actors.After starring in the romantic dramas Remember Me (2010) and
Water for Elephants (2011), Pattinson eschewed roles in big-budget
films in favour of independent productions helmed by auteurs. He
played a manipulative billionaire in David Cronenberg's thriller
Cosmopolis (2012), an aspiring actor in Cronenberg's satire Maps to
the Stars (2014), an explorer in James Gray's adventure drama The Lost
City of Z (2016), a bank robber in the Safdie Brothers' crime drama
Good Time (2017), a criminal in a spaceship in Claire Denis'
science-fiction drama High Life (2018), and a troubled lighthouse
keeper in Robert Eggers' horror film The Lighthouse (2019). He
returned to mainstream films with a leading role in Christopher
Nolan's spy film Tenet (2020).Pattinson has sung songs for the
Twilight soundtrack and the film How to Be (both 2008). He supports
several charities, including the GO Campaign. In 2010, Time magazine
named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and he
was featured in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.
actor. After starting to act in a London theatre club at the age of
15, he began his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in the fantasy
film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). He went on to star as
Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels,
consisting of five films between 2008 and 2012, which earned a
combined total of over $3.3 billion worldwide. It brought Pattinson
worldwide fame and established him among the world's highest-paid
actors.After starring in the romantic dramas Remember Me (2010) and
Water for Elephants (2011), Pattinson eschewed roles in big-budget
films in favour of independent productions helmed by auteurs. He
played a manipulative billionaire in David Cronenberg's thriller
Cosmopolis (2012), an aspiring actor in Cronenberg's satire Maps to
the Stars (2014), an explorer in James Gray's adventure drama The Lost
City of Z (2016), a bank robber in the Safdie Brothers' crime drama
Good Time (2017), a criminal in a spaceship in Claire Denis'
science-fiction drama High Life (2018), and a troubled lighthouse
keeper in Robert Eggers' horror film The Lighthouse (2019). He
returned to mainstream films with a leading role in Christopher
Nolan's spy film Tenet (2020).Pattinson has sung songs for the
Twilight soundtrack and the film How to Be (both 2008). He supports
several charities, including the GO Campaign. In 2010, Time magazine
named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and he
was featured in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.
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