It’s Robert Pattinson’s 40th birthday! The English actor was born on May 13, 1986, in London.
Pattinson began acting in the early 2000s. He landed his first on-screen roles in 2004. They were in the historical drama movie “Vanity Fair” (in ultimately deleted scenes) and the German television movie “Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King.”
He is now best known for playing the vampire Edward Cullen in the “Twilight” movies between 2008 and 2012, and for playing the eponymous superhero in the 2002 DC offering “The Batman.” The actor will reprise his role as the Dark Knight next year.
On the day Pattinson celebrates becoming a quadragenarian, let’s take a photographic journey through his life. We’ll start with his childhood, go through his entire career, and end up with how he looks today.
Robert Pattinson as a Child
Above is a social media post with four pictures of Robert Pattinson (R) as a young child.
Teenage Robert Pattinson
Above is a social media post with a picture of a 15-year-old Pattinson in a 2001 issue of Bliss Magazine.
Pattinson also landed his first acting roles as a teenager. In 2004, he appeared in scenes that were ultimately deleted from the historical drama movie “Vanity Fair” and appeared in the German sword and sorcery television movie “Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King.”
Early Stardom
Above is a social media post with a picture of Pattinson in 2008’s “Twilight.”
Pattinson shot to stardom in the mid-late 2000s.
He appeared in two more television films. They were the 2006 British psychological thriller “The Haunted Airman” and the 2007 British drama “The Bad Mother’s Handbook.”
Regarding theatrical movies, Pattinson’s career exploded. In 2005, he played Cedric Diggory in the fantasy movie “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” 2008 saw him appear in the independent comedy-drama movie “How to Be” and play vampire Edward Cullen for the first time in romantic fantasy movie “Twilight.”
In 2009, he played Salvador Dali in the Spanish-British drama flick “Little Ashes” and reprised his role as Cullen in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”
The Early 2010s
The early 2010s saw Pattison’s movie career explode.
In 2010, he appeared in the coming-of-age romantic tragedy “Remember Me,” reprised his role as Cullen in “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” and appeared in the direct-to-video romance movie “Love & Distrust.” 2011 saw him appear in the period romantic drama movie “Water for Elephants” and again reprise his role as Cullen in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn â Part 1.” In 2012, he appeared in the drama movies “Bel Ami” and “Cosmopolis,” and played Cullen for the last time in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn â Part 1.” His next roles came in 2014 with the Australian dystopian Western drama “The Rover” and the satirical black comedy movie “Maps to the Stars.”
The Mid-Late 2010s
Above is a social media post with a picture of Pattinson in 2019’s “The Lighthouse.”
In the mid-late 2010s, Pattinson added a bunch more movies to his filmography.
In 2015, he played T.E. Lawrence an Dennis Stock in the two biographical drama movies “Queen of the Desert” and “Life.” In 2016, he appeared in the historical coming-of-age psychological drama “The Childhood of a Leader” and the epic adventure drama movie “The Lost City of Z.” His only credit in 2017 was the crime thriller “Good Time.” 2018 saw him appear in the Western black comedy movie “Damsel” and the sci-fi offering “High Life.” In 2019, he appeared in the genre-defying psychological experiment “The Lighthouse,” the epic historical drama “The King,” and the drama movie “Waiting for the Barbarians.”
The Early 2020s
Above is a social media post with five pictures of Pattinson in 2022’s “The Batman.”
The early 2020s were a relatively quiet time for Pattinson, but he still added some significant movies to his repertoire.
His credits during this time were 2020’s sci-fi action thriller “Tenet” and the southern gothic psychological thriller “The Devil All the Time,” 2022’s DC superhero movie “The Batman,” and the Japanese animated fantasy movie “The Boy and the Heron.”
Robert Pattinson Today
Today, Robert Pattinson is thriving.
His most recent movie credits include 2025’s sci-fi black comedy “Mickey 17,” psychological drama “Die My Love,” and sports comedy-drama “Marty Supreme,” and 2026’s romantic black comedy “The Drama.”
His upcoming movies this year include the epic fantasy action flick “The Odyssey,” crime drama “Primetime,” epic space opera sequel “Dune: Part Three,” heist movie “Here Comes the Flood,” and superhero sequel “The Batman: Part II.”
Weâd like to wish the immensely talented Robert Pattinson the happiest of 40th birthdays. We hope he has the most fantastic day celebrating.
Robert Pattinson’s filmography info was per IMDb.
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