 Full Name: Robert Thomas-Pattinson
Birth Date: May 13, 1986
Birth Place: London, England, UK
Nicknames: Rob, Rpattz, Spunk Ransom
Siblings: Lizzy
Claim to Fame: As Edward Cullen in "Twilight" (2008)
Trivia:
Is an excellent musician playing guitar and keyboards.
Attended Harrodian private school in London.
Remains close friends with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) co-stars, Stanislav Ianevski and Katie Leung.
Was taught how to scuba dive for his role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).
Robert is dubbed the next Jude Law by Teen People.
Robert became good friends with actress Katie Leung (Cho Chang) while filming Harry Potter.
Willow is one of Robert's favorite films. He was a little star-struck when he met Warwick Davis on the set of Harry Potter, since Davis starred in Willow.
Robert describes himself as "immature.
Robert enjoys rap, and likes Eminem.
Robert's friends call him "Patty," a shortened version of his last name Pattinson.
Robert first got the acting bug around 15 years old when he started doing amateur plays.
Robert is a member of the Barnes Theatre Club.
Robert is 6'1" tall (1.85 meters).
Ranked 1st on Entertainment Weekly's Breakout Stars of 2008 list.
Named one of People magazine's 2008 Sexiest Men Alive.
Gave Tyra Banks a 'vampire bite' on her neck during the taping of The Tyra Banks Show for its November 28 episode. (November 2008)
Was ranked #23 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).
He beat 3,000 people to play Edward in the movie TWILIGHT.
Says his worst habit is speaking too much.
His favorite website is YouTube.
Most of his earnings from his first acting job - a supporting role in the television
film the Ring of the Nibelungs - went on paying his own fees at The Harrodian School in Barnes.
His first kiss was at the age of 12.
Got himself a paper route when he was ten years old. He earned £10 a week for his troubles.
While he was 12, Robert was a lunch monitor at his school.
Was named British Star of Tomorrow by Times Online in 2005.
Has starred in several stage productions: Our Town (George Gibbs), Anything Goes (Lord Evelyn Pakleigh), and Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Alec).
Got expelled from school when he was twelve.
His fashion sense is inspired by James Dean.
For the role of Edward Cullen, Robert flew from England to director Catherine Hardwicke’s house to audition. There, he and Kristen Stewart, who was already cast as Bella Swan, rehearsed the “Love Scene”/”Meadow Scene” on Hardwicke’s own bed.
Since May 27th, he is also known as Spunk Ransom.
His eyes are bluish grey.
Says he is determined to take on really weird roles following his parts in Harry Potter and Twilight.
One of his first roles was a small part as a Cuban dancer.
He used to throw up on the set of Harry Potter through nerves.
He says is no good at accents
He has been described as having a rippling brow and matinee idol chin!
He has appeared in an advertising campaign for Hacketts (an up market London men’s outfitters)
His shirtless scenes in Twilight have been scrapped because he ‘looked weird’.
He got bags of angry letter saying he should not play Edward in Twilight.
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