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Robert Pattinson Biography

Actor

With his rippling brow and matinee-idol chin, Robert Pattinson became a movie heartthrob after appearing as the ill-fated Cedric in two Harry Potter movies. Pattinson was born in London and began acting in his teens, performing with the historic Barnes Theater Company in London. He won a small part in a German TV production of Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) and was darkly handsome in a brief appearance opposite Reese Witherspoon in the 2004 film Vanity Fair. That led to his biggest break: he was chosen to play the young wizard Cedric Diggory in the films Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). He was then cast as young vampire Edward Cullen--smitten with Kristen Stewart's Bella Swan--in the film Twilight (2008), based on the popular teen books by Stephenie Meyer.

Extra credit: The character Cedric Diggory is a student in the Hufflepuff house at Hogwarts and a rival of Harry Potter for the heart of Cho Chang (played in the film by Katie Leung).

Other Harry Potter celebrities: actors Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Emma Watson (Hermione), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) and Stanislav Ianevski (Viktor Krum), and author J.K. Rowling.

Robert Pattinson joins Brad Pitt and Bela Lugosi in our loop on the undead, They Played Vampires.

Blog posts mentioning Robert Pattinson:

Four Good Links

Robert Pattinson Fan

All about the photos and the fan discussion boards

Haunting the Set of Twilight

News and videos from G4TV

Twilight the Movie

Official site for his 2008 vampire movie

MuggleNet: Hogwarts Students

The giant Harry Potter fan site lines up Pattinson and his castmates

Vital Stats

Birth

13 May 1986
(age 23)

Birthplace

London, England

Death

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Best Known As

Edward the vampire in the movie Twilight