From vampires to Batman, Robert Pattinson has transformed from a teen heartthrob to a critically acclaimed actor. Join us as we explore the most memorable and diverse roles that showcase his incredible range and talent across different genres and characters.
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00:00A haircut has what? Associations, calendar on the wall, mirrors everywhere.
00:06There's no barber chair here, nothing swivels but the chair you're in, Chyna.
00:10Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for Robert Pattinson's most memorable performances.
00:16Spoilers ahead.
00:17How do I look? Silly, right?
00:20Nah, you two are made for each other.
00:30This strapping young lad must be Cedric, am I right?
00:33Sir.
00:34While he only appeared in one out of the eight Harry Potter films,
00:37Robert Pattinson made his mark in the movie business as Cedric Diggory,
00:41member of Hufflepuff and Hogwarts Champion.
00:43Though he's Harry's rival in the Triwizard Tournament, Cedric is kind and heroic to the end,
00:48and his death is one that stays with you.
00:51Who are you? What do you want?
00:52Kill the Spare!
00:54Avada Kedavra!
00:55No! Cedric!
00:58The young actor rose to the challenge of embodying a lovable character with very little screen time,
01:03and still managed to do the role complete justice.
01:06The fact that his death leaves the film audience utterly devastated is a testament to Pattinson's abilities.
01:11It's quite the role to kick off an acting career, and Pattinson knocked it out of the park.
01:16I remember holding a wand and thinking that it felt so dorky to hold it like a magic wand,
01:22so I'm holding it like a gun with two hands, thinking I'm in like a Die Hard movie.
01:27I think I even have one eye closed when I'm like looking down like it's got a viewfinder.
01:42While he may not appear until halfway through the film,
01:45this is a part that showcases Robert Pattinson's impressive scene-stealing power.
01:49Before he appears on screen, The Dauphin of France has a foreboding omnipresence,
01:54and the film itself, based on William Shakespeare's Henriad, is very bleak.
01:59So when we finally see him in all his deranged glory, it is a welcome if bizarre surprise.
02:16The Dauphin is delightfully absurd, doling out harsh burns to Timothée Chalamet's Prince Hal from the start.
02:22Pattinson probably isn't the first actor you think of when it comes to comedic relief,
02:26but the blonde tresses, the accent, and the downright strange personality
02:30all prove that he needs more opportunities to flex those comedic skills.
02:52When the trailer for the English dub of the Studio Ghibli film dropped, we all thought the same thing.
02:57That's Willem Dafoe voicing the bird, right?
03:04While Dafoe does lend his voice to the character, it's not the titular heron.
03:08It's his Lighthouse co-star, Mr. Pattinson.
03:10Just as the heron comes in more than one form, Pattinson's shape-shifts work in the same way.
03:16There are zero traces of Pattinson's natural accent.
03:19His transformation goes beyond a voice change.
03:22He completely escapes into this role, becoming one with Ghibli's stunning animation.
03:27After a while, we forget somebody was even in the recording booth.
03:31We just see the character, which is a testament to Pattinson's chameleon-like abilities.
03:36The Dauphin is a bit of a pain in the ass.
03:40After his time playing Edward Cullen in the Twilight Saga,
03:43Robert Pattinson sought out smaller parts in Darryl's voice.
03:46His voice acting was improved, but it's not the same as the Dauphin's.
03:49He's still the same old Darryl.
03:51He's a bit more of an actor, with a slightly more natural voice.
03:53If the Dauphin's didn't have a voice, the Dauphin's voice is a bit more of a comedic character.
03:57We can't forget that Darryl's character is a bit more of a man than Pattinson.
04:01When Willem Dafoe's character is cast as a man, the Dauphin's character is a bit more of a woman.
04:05Cullen in The Twilight Saga, Robert Pattinson sought out smaller parts in daring indie films.
04:10Set a decade after a worldwide economic collapse, The Rover follows two men on a revenge quest in
04:15the Australian outback. Pattinson plays Reynolds, aka Ray, a young Southern American man left for
04:21dead by his brother and fellow thieves after a robbery doesn't go as planned.
04:25I believe in God, and I know Henry believes in God. There's no harm Henry wants to see me come
04:29do. Now I believe in that. You look at the harm you've come to, and where's Henry?
04:36He joins Eric, played by Guy Pearce, after the gang steals his car. Ray has some nervous tics
04:42and a codependent nature, and Pattinson makes the character sympathetic despite his violent behavior.
04:47In one of his first roles after his blockbuster success, the actor was able to demonstrate raw
04:52talent and passion for acting, defying expectations and preconceived notions.
04:57Why are you telling me this?
05:02I just remembered it. You interested me.
05:11Not everything has to be about something.
05:14Number 8. Edward Cullen, The Twilight Saga.
05:17I feel very protective of you.
05:25So you followed me?
05:26I was trying to keep a distance unless you needed my help, and then
05:30I heard what those lowlifes were thinking.
05:34Wait, you say you heard what they were thinking?
05:38Ask almost anyone what they know Robert Pattinson from, and it's likely Twilight.
05:42It's the role that skyrocketed him to global stardom and changed his life practically overnight.
05:48He played the brooding, stalkerish Edward Cullen,
05:51a vampire who becomes enamored with one of his classmates.
05:53You really make me feel like I'm some sort of like villain trying to
05:57steal your virtue or something.
06:01It's not my virtue I'm concerned about.
06:06Are you kidding?
06:08It's just one rule I want to leave unbroken.
06:14It might be too late for my soul, but I will protect yours.
06:18In the years since the mega hit franchise came to an end, and while it was still going,
06:23Pattinson has publicly voiced his love-hate relationship with the role.
06:26However, he's come to appreciate it for its significance,
06:29because without this bonkers five-part movie saga, who knows where he'd be in his career.
06:41It may not be the most nuanced acting,
06:44but Pattinson did what he could with the YA material, and it will forever be iconic.
06:53Sorry, not my tang.
06:55No, it's not even cool to be a hater anymore.
06:57I don't hate it, I just didn't see it, I just didn't participate in it.
07:10In this haunting sci-fi horror directed by French visionary Claire Denis,
07:14Pattinson plays Monty, a convicted prisoner alone on a spaceship with his infant daughter Willow,
07:19played by his real-life goddaughter.
07:21I got my friend Sam, and I was like, what are you doing for the next two weeks?
07:24Like, can Scarlet just play my daughter in a movie?
07:28And they flew out the next morning, and I think I'd only ever met Scarlet,
07:33like once or twice when she was a young, young baby, but it worked out perfectly.
07:38He is the only remaining member of a death row space mission
07:41assembled to participate in human experiments while heading towards a black hole.
07:45Looks like a crocodile's eye.
07:48More like a mouth that wants to swallow us up.
07:57It's so big.
07:59We should try it.
08:02I can feel it.
08:03Yeah, it's quite a concept, and we may not fully understand what's going on,
08:06but neither did Pattinson, or Denis for that matter.
08:09Regardless, we were too transfixed with the actor's emotionally nuanced performance
08:13as a man in isolation struggling with fatherhood
08:16to get too caught up in the film's confounding non-linear structure.
08:19Plus, the chemistry between him and his adorable co-star was out of this world.
08:23I kind of get very fixated on people I want to work with,
08:26and there's only, you know, Claire.
08:28Claire, I would do something like in a heartbeat, whatever.
08:32Whatever it is.
08:35I'm Neil.
08:36I need an audience with Sanjay Singh.
08:40That's not possible.
08:41Ten minutes.
08:42Times.
08:43Time isn't the problems.
08:46Getting out alive is the problem.
08:48Pattinson put his indie streak on pause when Christopher Nolan came calling
08:52with a new sci-fi epic about time inversion.
08:54John David Washington plays a character literally named The Protagonist,
08:58a CIA agent on a grand quest to save the world.
09:01Pattinson portrayed his handler Neil, a dashing and mysterious Englishman,
09:06who joins him on the mind-bending mission.
09:08Don't touch them.
09:10What the hell happened here?
09:11What the hell happened here?
09:18It hasn't happened yet.
09:19Though Pattinson is known for taking on different accents, usually American,
09:23Tenet had him play into his own accent, which he poshed up a bit.
09:27It is a sophisticated, action-packed Bond-esque role for the actor,
09:31showing undeniable range.
09:33It's so complicated to make the story work.
09:35You just thought, this is, it's so insane, this is even happening.
09:39Number 5.
09:40Preston Teagarden, The Devil All The Time.
09:43He felt the stirrings of a sermon coming on.
09:46Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness.
09:53With a star-studded cast and rich source material,
09:56Antonio Campos' adaptation of Donald Ray Pollock's novel of the same name
10:00was sure to be a hit.
10:02And while some elements of the film were lacking,
10:05it was the ensemble of stellar actors that kept us watching.
10:08Pattinson is a standout as Preston Teagarden,
10:10an overzealous small-town preacher who delivers epic fire and brimstone sermons.
10:15And it's soon revealed that he's been grooming and gaslighting young girls
10:19in his congregation.
10:31The high-pitched Southern accent was a choice,
10:33but that just added to Pattinson's chilling performance.
10:36Teagarden is a despicable character who audiences collectively despise,
10:40and that is how we know Pattinson absolutely nailed it.
11:03Number 4.
11:04Mickey Barnes, Mickey 17.
11:07You're playing to be an expendable?
11:08Yeah.
11:09You read through the whole application?
11:12Pattinson doesn't just give one of his best performances in Mickey 17,
11:16he turns in two of them.
11:18Mickey is your average loser outside of the fact that he is among the few people alive
11:22who knows what it feels like to die.
11:24It's not looking very good for you.
11:27Yeah, no.
11:28I'm sure you're used to it by now, but what's it feel like to die?
11:32Unwittingly signing up as an expendable,
11:34Mickey has died so many times that death is more like a routine inconvenience than,
11:38well, death.
11:39That doesn't mean Mickey gets used to the constant cycle of self-destruction.
11:43Due to an error, multiple Mickeys wind up existing at the same time.
11:47Despite being identical,
11:49you can always tell the meek Mickey 17 apart from the hot-headed Mickey 18.
11:53Their personalities aren't the only things that clash,
11:56but both Mickeys complement each other in a battle for individuality.
12:02I wasn't scared.
12:20Robert Eggers' black-and-white psychological horror film is eerie and claustrophobic from the start.
12:25Set in the 1890s, it follows Pattinson's character, Ephraim Winslow,
12:29who takes a job as a lighthouse keeper on a small coastal island.
12:32A violent storm leaves him stranded along with his demanding supervisor, Thomas Wake,
12:37played by the incredible Willem Dafoe.
12:39The isolation sends both men in a downward spiral,
12:42drinking heavily, fighting, and suffering from hallucinations.
12:50Winslow is a role that requires strong physicality,
12:53a dark sense of humor, and the ability to be downright strange,
12:57all of which are well within Pattinson's wheelhouse.
12:59The lighthouse is an intense and beautifully filmed character study.
13:03In other words, it was made for the actor.
13:27Waiting to strike like snakes.
13:31And I'm there too.
13:33Watching.
13:342022 marked Robert Pattinson's return to blockbuster movies
13:38and his arrival into the DC Extended Universe as the caped crusader in Matt Reeves' The Batman.
13:43The actor ditched the playboy persona
13:45and instead went for a more grounded, tragic interpretation of Bruce Wayne.
13:49Know who I am?
13:52Yeah, I got an idea.
13:54I want to see the penguin.
13:57I know what you're talking about, pal.
14:00Taking on the role of Batman is a challenge to say the least,
14:03especially since the character has been previously brought to life
14:06by some major Hollywood heavyweights.
14:08He thinks that maybe the suit has a life of its own,
14:11and it's not really normal thoughts for someone to have.
14:14Like, I think my outfit is devouring me.
14:19I think my new hat is taking me over.
14:23Fans were initially skeptical about the casting,
14:25and even his agents were reportedly surprised he was interested in putting on the cape and cowl.
14:30But Pattinson's gripping performance as the iconic hero
14:33proved he was more than worthy of the part.
14:35That was no hesitation, yes.
14:37Even my agents and stuff just thought, like, oh, this is interesting.
14:41I mean, I thought you only wanted to play, like, just total freaks all the time.
14:45Like, he is a freak.
14:46This is another freak.
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15:13This widely praised indie crime thriller from the Safdie brothers
15:16owes much of its acclaim to Robert Pattinson's powerful performance
15:19as low-life criminal Connie Niekus.
15:21In New York, Connie and his developmentally disabled brother Nick
15:24get caught after fleeing a bank robbery.
15:27Nick lands in jail, but his brother manages to get away.
15:30Connie then spends the rest of the film doing everything he can to get him out,
15:34including lying, stealing, and hurting anyone who gets in his way.
15:38The film's pace is frenetic, anxiety-inducing, and relentlessly violent.
15:42The actor brought a recklessness and desperation to the character,
15:46and many agree that Good Time is Robert Pattinson's career best.
15:50Still, we know he will continue to wow us in the years to come.
16:07What do you think is Robert Pattinson's best role? Let us know in the comments.
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