Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born May 13, 1986) is an English actor. Noted for his versatile roles in both big-budget and independent films, Pattinson has been ranked among the world's highest-paid actors. After starting to act in a London theatre club at age 15, Pattinson began his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga film series (2008–2012), which grossed over $3.3 billion worldwide. After starring in the romantic dramas Remember Me (2010) and Water for Elephants (2011), Pattinson received critical acclaim for his performances in independent films from auteur directors. He starred in David Cronenberg's thriller Cosmopolis (2012), David Michôd's dystopian western The Rover (2014), James Gray's adventure drama The Lost City of Z (2016), the Safdie Brothers' crime drama Good Time (2017), Claire Denis' science-fiction drama High Life (2018), and Robert Eggers' psychological horror film The Lighthouse (2019). He returned to mainstream films with a leading role in Christopher Nolan's spy film Tenet (2020), and starred as the DC Comics superhero Batman in Matt Reeves' film The Batman (2022).

Filmography

• 2028The Batman: Part II — Bruce Wayne / The Batman
• 2027Possession — Producer
• 2026Dune: Part Three — Scytale
• 2026Primetime — Chris Hansen, Producer
• 2026The Drama — Charlie
• 2026The Odyssey — Antinous
• 2025Die My Love — Jackson, Executive Producer
• 2025Marty Supreme — British Open Semifinals Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
• 2025Mickey 17 — Mickey Barnes
• 2025Vulcanizadora — Thanks
• 2022The Batman — Bruce Wayne / The Batman
• 2020Tenet — Neil
• 2020The Devil All the Time — Reverend Preston Teagardin
• 2020Waiting for the Barbarians — Officer Mandel
• 2019The King — The Dauphin
• 2019The Lighthouse — Thomas Howard
• 2018Damsel — Samuel Alabaster
• 2018High Life — Monte, Songs
• 2017Fear & Shame — Self, Producer, Writer
• 2017Good Time — Connie Nikas
• 2017The Lost City of Z — Henry Costin
• 2016The Childhood of a Leader — Charles Marker / The Leader
• 2015Life — Dennis Stock
• 2015Queen of the Desert — T.E. Lawrence
• 2014Maps to the Stars — Jerome Fontana
• 2014The Rover — Rey
• The Frame — Eric Packer
• 2012Bel Ami — Georges Duroy
• 2012Cosmopolis — Eric Packer
• 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 — Edward Cullen
• 2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 — Edward Cullen
• 2011Water for Elephants — Jacob Jankowski
• 2010Love and Distrust — Richard (segment "The Summer House")
• 2010Remember Me — Tyler Hawkins, Executive Producer
• Running Man
• 2010The Summer House — Richard
• 2010The Twilight Saga: Eclipse — Edward Cullen
• 2009The Twilight Saga: New Moon — Edward Cullen
• 2008How to Be — Art
• 2008Little Ashes — Salvador Dalí
• 2008Twilight — Edward Cullen, Songs
• 2007The Bad Mother's Handbook — Daniel Gale
• 2006The Haunted Airman — Toby Jugg
• 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Cedric Diggory
• 2004Ring of the Nibelungs — Giselher
• Ring of the Nibelungs — Giselher
• 2004Vanity Fair — Older Rawdy Crawley (uncredited)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Here Comes the Flood — Noah
• How to Save a Marriage — Producer
• I'm Chris Hansen — Chris Hansen (archive footage)
• Shot in the Dark — Producer
• The Chaperones — Producer

Appearances as themselves (26)

• 2026The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic — Self - "Antinous"
• Phoning It In — Self (voice)
• Nattering with Nah — Self
• Superpowered: The DC Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer — Self
• 2020Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’ — Self
• 2020The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale — Self
• 2017Meet the Filmmakers: Josh and Benny Safdie — Self
• Quotidien — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover' — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Forever: Filming Breaking Dawn - Part 1 — Self
• 2013Forever: The filming of Breaking Dawn - part 2 — Self
• 2012Citizens of Cosmopolis — Self
• 2010New Moon: The Journey Continues — Self
• 2010The Making of Twilight: Eclipse — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self - Presenter
• Making Of Primetime — Himself