Robert Pattinson Biography

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With his rippling brow and matinee-idol chin, Robert Pattinson became a movie heartthrob after appearing as the vampire Edward Cullen in the 2008 teen romance Twilight. 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 the ageless vampire Edward -- smitten with Kristen Stewart's Bella Swan -- in the film Twilight (2008), based on the popular teen books by Stephenie Meyer. He reprised the role in the 2009 sequel New Moon.

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). Diggory (and Pattinson) appear in only two of the Harry Potter films: Goblet of Fire (2005) and Order of the Phoenix (2007).

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.

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