Robert Pattinson

Who is Robert Pattinson?

Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson 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 vampire 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.

In 2009, he portrayed Salvador Dalí in Little Ashes. In the same year, a documentary film entitled Robsessed about his fame and popularity was released. He appeared as a troubled young man in Remember Me and also starred in romantic drama Water for Elephants. His performance as a tough, cold hearted and calculating billionaire in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, earned him critical praise. He further gained critical appreciation for his performances in David Michod's futuristic western The Rover and in Cronenberg's satire drama Maps to the Stars.