In 2010, Pattinson was named among the 100 most influential people by Time magazine, and in the same year Forbes magazine named Pattinson as one of the most powerful celebrities in the world in the Forbes Celebrity 100.
Pattinson was born in London , UK, on 13 May 1986. His mother , Clare , worked for a modeling agency , and his father, Richard , imported vintage cars from EE . UU . He has two older sisters : Lizzy , a singer , and Victoria Pattinson. He grew up in Barnes , a district in southwest London. He attended primary school for men Tower House School , from which he was expelled at 12 for low grades and high school mixed Harrodian School. At 15, he became involved with the Barnes Theatre Company where he played for learners small roles in different works. Robert caught the attention of an agent while performing in the production of the play Tess of the D' Urbervilles and from there began to look professional roles .
In a recent investigation launched by the website Ancestry.co.uk , which is world renowned for offering genealogy services , it was discovered that Pattinson is a distant cousin of the British Crown Princes , William and Henry of Wales Wales ; besides being also a distant relative of Vlad III , Prince of Wallachia and in which the Irish writer Bram Stoker was inspired to create the character of Count Dracula .
