Claim: The Twilight Saga are vampire films.

Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson -LRB- born 13 May 1986 -RRB- is an English actor , producer , model , and musician .   Pattinson started his film career by playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , a 2005 fantasy film . He later got the leading role of vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer , which consisted of five films between 2008 and 2012 that combined grossed over $ 3.3 billion in worldwide receipts . Twilight brought Pattinson worldwide fame , and established him among the highest paid and most bankable actors in Hollywood . In 2010 , Pattinson was named one of TIME magazine 's 100 Most Influential People in The World , and also in the same year Forbes ranked him as one of the most powerful celebrities in the world in the Forbes Celebrity 100 .   In 2009 , he portrayed Salvador Dalí in Little Ashes . That same year , a documentary film , Robsessed , about the actor 's fame and popularity , was released . He appeared as a troubled young man in Remember Me -LRB- 2010 -RRB- and also starred in a romantic drama , Water for Elephants -LRB- 2011 -RRB- . His performance as a tough , cold-hearted and calculating billionaire in David Cronenberg 's Cosmopolis -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , earned him critical praise . He gained further critical appreciation for his performances in David Michod 's futuristic western The Rover -LRB- 2014 -RRB- , in Cronenberg 's satire drama Maps to the Stars -LRB- 2014 -RRB- , in James Gray 's The Lost City of Z -LRB- 2017 -RRB- , as an aide-de-camp to an explorer who disappeared in the Amazon while looking for an ancient city , and in Safdie Brothers Good Time -LRB- 2017 -RRB- .   Pattinson started his career as a model at the age of 12 . In 2013 Dior Homme signed him as the face of their Fragrances . In 2016 , he also became the first brand ambassador of their Menswear collection .   Pattinson composes and plays his own music . He sang songs for the Twilight film series and the 2008 independent comedy-drama film How to Be . He is a supporter of End Child Prostitution , Child Pornography , and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes -LRB- ECPAT -RRB- , Parents and Abducted Children Together -LRB- PACT -RRB- , and the GO Campaign , a nonprofit organization that raises awareness and funds to help orphans and vulnerable children throughout the world . He became ambassador of the latter in 2015 to help raise international awareness of it . He is also a member of International Medical Corps and has promoted and shared details about cancer through PSAs to raise awareness about the disease .