Robert Pattinson

British actor Robert Pattinson is best known worldwide for his portrayal of brooding teen vampire Edward Cullen, in the phenomenally successful Twilight Saga films: Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse adapted from Stephanie Meyers novels. The final instalment, Breaking Dawn, is due for release as two films in 2011 and 2012.

Pattinson first came to mainstream attention at 19 years of age as a supporting cast member in Mike Newell’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). He played Cedric Diggory, Hogwarts’ official representative in the Triwizard Tournament, a role he reprised in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2007.

Pattinson began his professional career a year prior to Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, in Uli Edel’s fantasy film, Sword of Xanten (also known as Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King). In 2008 he starred as the lead in Oliver Irving’s award-winning independent film How to Be, playing a young man going through a quarter life crisis. That same year he was seen in Paul Morrison’s Little Ashes, playing the artist Salvador Dali.

In between filming the Twilight series, Pattinson starred in Allen Coulter’s gritty romantic drama Remember Me (2010), opposite Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Emilie De Ravin, and he will next be seen in Water for Elephants, directed by Francis Lawrence and co-starring Reese Witherspoon. The film tells the tale of a young man who joins the circus during the Great Depression era.

Pattinson’s television credits include: The Haunted Airman (2006), a psychological thriller set in 1948 for the BBC and The Bad Mother’s Handbook (2007), starring Catherine Tate and Holiday Grainger for ITV.

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