Twilight Actors

Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson plays the role of Edward Cullen in Twilight.  He was born in London, England.  His mother's name is Clare, and she worked for a modeling agency.  His father, named Richard, imported vintage cars from the United States.  Pattinson went to Harrodian School as well as Tower House School.  He started acting in amateur theatre with the Barnes Theatre Company.  He also began modeling when he was only twelve years old, but those jobs virtually ended when he turned sixteen, and he attributes it to a more masculine appearance. 

Pattinson has had roles in the television film Ring of the Nibelungs and in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Cedric Diggory.  He played Edward Cullen in Twilight and New Moon.  He has also had lead roles in Little Ashes, How to Be, and The Summer House. 

Robert Pattinson loves music and plays the piano and guitar.  He also likes to compose his own music.  He is featured on two songs on the Twilight soundtrack.  He says that music is his back-up plan if acting does not work out. 

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart plays Bella Swan in Twilight.  She was born in Los Angeles, where she has also been raised.  Her mother is a script supervisor from Australia originally, and her father is a television producer and stage manager.  She also has one older brother named Cameron Stewart. 

Stewart first began her acting career when she was eight years old.  An agent viewed her performance in her elementary school's Christmas play.  Her first professional role was in a nonspeaking part in the movie The Thirteenth Year.  She also appeared in The Safety of Objects, Panic Room, Cold Creek Manor, Undertow, Speak, Fierce People, In the Land of Women, Into the Wild, Jumper, What Just Happened, Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse.   Her role as Bella Swan in the Twilight series has made her a household name and a huge star. Kristen Stewart lives in Los Angeles, California. 

Taylor Lautner

Taylor Lautner was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on February 11, 1992.  He is both an American actor and a martial artist.  He is the son of Daniel Lautner, a commercial airline pilot, and Deborah, an employee for a software development company.  He is primarily of Dutch, French, and German descent, but does claim some Native American ancestry by way of his mother.  He also has a younger sister named Makena.  Taylor grew up in Hudsonville, Michigan and went to Jamestown Elementary School until he was eleven years old.  From the age of six, Lautner studied karate.  He won the Junior World Championships when he was twelve years old. 

In 2001, Taylor began acting, and appeared in Shadow Fury.  He also played roles in Summerland, The Bernie Mac Show, and My Wife and Kids.  He also appeared in The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour as well as America's Most Talented Kids for his martial arts skills.  He has also been involved in many voice ower work opportunities.  His breakthrough, however, took place in the role of Shark Boy, from the film, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D.  He also had the role of Elliot, in Cheaper by the Dozen 2. 

In 2008, Lautner played the role of the son of Christian Slater in My Own Worst Enemy, a series, but it was cancelled after nine episodes.  Then Lautner was able to play the Native American character of Jacob Black in Twilight.  Because the second movie in the series required physical changes of Jacob Black to become larger and stronger, the director considered replacing him in New Moon.  However, Lautner weight trained and gained thirty pounds, allowing him to keep the role.  Lautner has recently been casted in Valentine's Day as the character Tyler Harrinton, and he is also scheduled to host the Saturday Night Live Show on December 12, 2009.

Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli was born on November 26 of 1973 in Queens, New York.  His parents were Italian immigrants.  His mother, Bruna, was a homemaker, and his father, Pierino, was a waiter.  Peter went to school at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadow New York.  He also studied acting under William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Camryn Manheim, and Giancarlo Esposito while he attended Atlantic Theater Company in New York City.

Facinelli began his acting career in Angela in 1995 and then in The Price of Love in the same year.  He also played a role in An Unfinished Affair.  He also had roles in After Jimmy, Calm at Sunset, Touch Me, Dancer, Texas Pop.  81, and Can't Hardly Wait.  Additional roles included Supernova, Riding in Cars with Boys, Scorpion King, Faslane, Six Feet Under, Damages, Hollow Man 2, Finding Amanda, and Twilight. 

Peter Facinelli is married to Jennie Garth, who he met while they were filming the tv movie together, An Unfinished Affair.  They have been married since January 20, 2001.  Together, they have three daughters:  Luca Bell, Lola Ray, and Fiona Eve.

Elizabeth Reaser

Elizabeth Reaser was born in Bloomfield, Michigan on June 15, 1975.  She is the daughter of Karen Davidson and John Reaser.  Elizabeth's stepfather was billionaire William Davidson, and her mother became the owner of the Detroit Pistons when her stepfather died.  Elizabeth graduated from the Juilliard School.  She additionally attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills.  Some of Reaser's films include Stay, The Family Stone, Saved, Grey's Anatomy, The Ex-List, and Twilight.

Ashley Greene

Ashley Greene was born on February 21, 1987.  She is an American actress, and is best known for her role as Alice Cullen in the film, Twilight.  She was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and is the daughter of Michele, who works in insurance, and Joe Green, a concrete business owner and former U.S. Marine.  She attended University Christian School before she began attending Wolfson High School in the tenth grade.  At the age of 17, she moved to Los Angeles, California, where she began pursuing a career in acting.  She has aon older brother named Joe. 

Ashley Greene first wanted to be a model, but she was informed that she was not tall enough to be a runway model, and was encouraged instead to do commercials.  She soon realized that she loved acting.  She graduated from high school early when she was seventeen in order to move to Los Angeles to pursue her career in acting.  She has been a guest on a number of tv programs, such as Crossing Jordan and Punk'd.  Her big break, however, came in 2008 when she was awarded the part of Alice Cullen in Twilight. 

Nikki Reed

Nikki Reed was born on May 17, 1988 in West Los Angeles, California.  Her mother, Cheryl Houston, was a beautician, and her father, Seth Reed, is s set designer.  She also has an older brother named Nathan.  Her father is Jewish, and her mother is Italian and Cherokee, but Reed was raised without religion, even though she was exposed to Judaism.  Her home life was somewhat complicated.  Her parents were divorced when she was two years old and she was raised by her mom.  In her teenage years, she became rebellious, and the relationship she had with her mother was strained.  When she was fourteen, she was emancipated, and then she moved out and started living on her own. 

Nikki Reed has been playing many roles that require her to be a sexy, bad girl.  She has played roles in Lords of Dogtown, The O.C., Mini's First Time, and Twilight.

Nikki Reed did return to high school in Los Angeles, but dropped out again after only one year.  She said that she dropped out due to mothers coming into the school to harass her about the role she played in the film, Thirteen.  She was then home-schooled, and she received her high school diploma.  She is good friends with both Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. 

Jackson Rathbone

Jackson Rathbone was born in Singapore on December 21, 1984.  He is an American actor and a singer.  His mother is Randee Lynn, and his father is Monroe Jackson Rathbone IV.  His grandfather was the chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey, and the company later became Exxon.  Due to his father's job with Mobil Oil, Rathbone has lived in many places around the world.  Rathbone attended a private school for the arts and planned to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, but instead went to Los Angeles to act. 

In Los Angeles, Rathbone was cast in Disney 411, and had guest roles in Close to Home and The O.C.  He also had movie roles in Pray for Morning, Travis and Henry, and Molding Clay.  He will also be playing Sokka in The Last Airbender in 2010.  He also played a serial killer in the movie, Criminal Minds.  He had the role of Jasper Hale in Twilight.  Jackson likes singing, producing, writing, and loves music.  He is in a band, "100 Monkeys."  The band has produced and released two albums.