Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#20
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Robert Pattinson works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Robert Pattinson appears in 39 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Robert. The Odyssey is the clearest case: a film rated 8.9 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for mystery, crime, drama. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Matt Reeves, Christopher Nolan, Kristoffer Borgli and others, Robert Pattinson helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
The Odyssey (2026) as Antinous · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) as Cedric Diggory · The Odyssey (2026) as Antinous
Career snapshot
Ranked #20 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
39
2004–2028
Career length
24 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.9
The Odyssey
Average Nutevio score
6.1
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.4
The Odyssey
Most frequent director
Christopher Nolan
3 films together
Longest collaboration
3×
With Christopher Nolan
Most common genre
Drama
27 titles
Average runtime
1h 52m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.9
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.5
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2000s
6.6 average MV
The 2000s are where the work and the material meet. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Twilight, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2000s
6.6
Across 5 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
6.4
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2000s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Twilight, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Most productive era
2010s
18 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.23 films | 6.317 films | 5.07 films |
| Action | 6.31 film | — | 7.72 films |
| Thriller | — | 7.32 films | 5.64 films |
| Comedy | — | 5.31 film | 6.92 films |
| Crime | — | 6.82 films | 3.84 films |
| Romance | 6.23 films | 6.46 films | 7.01 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2004Vanity Fair
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Older Rawdy Crawley (uncredited).
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2026The Odyssey
8.9 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
The current state of the argument, as Bruce Wayne / The Batman.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
39 of 39 films
as Antinous
Directed by Christopher Nolan
as Bruce Wayne / The Batman
Directed by Matt Reeves
as Thomas Howard
Directed by Unknown
as Cedric Diggory
Directed by Mike Newell
as Antinous
Directed by Christopher Nolan
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 24 of 40 titles · 43 total credits · active 2003–2028
The Batman: Part II
2028 · Bruce Wayne / The Batman
The Drama
2026 · Charlie
Primetime
2026 · Chris Hansen · Producer
The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic
2026 · Self - "Antinous"
The Odyssey
2026 · Antinous
Dune: Part Three
2026 · Scytale
Mickey 17
2025 · Mickey Barnes
Die My Love
2025 · Jackson · Executive Producer
Superpowered: The DC Story
2023 · TV · Self (archive footage)
The Batman
2022 · Bruce Wayne / The Batman
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022 · Self
Tenet
2020 · Neil
The Devil All the Time
2020 · Reverend Preston Teagardin
The Lighthouse: A Dark & Stormy Tale
2020 · Self
Looking at the World in a New Way: The Making of ‘Tenet’
2020 · Self
Waiting for the Barbarians
2020 · Officer Mandel
The Lighthouse
2019 · Thomas Howard
The King
2019 · The Dauphin
High Life
2018 · Monte
Damsel
2018 · Samuel Alabaster
Good Time
2017 · Connie Nikas
The Lost City of Z
2017 · Henry Costin
The Childhood of a Leader
2016 · Charles Marker / The Leader
Queen of the Desert
2015 · T.E. Lawrence
The defining work
#1
Antinous
The Odyssey (2026)
Performance score8.8
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Antinous gives Robert Pattinson a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Bruce Wayne / The Batman
The Batman (2022)
Performance score8.4
The Batman asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Bruce Wayne / The Batman is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Thomas Howard
The Lighthouse (2019)
Performance score8.1
The Lighthouse asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Thomas Howard is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Cedric Diggory
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Performance score8.1
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Cedric Diggory is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Antinous
Start here. The Odyssey is the clearest statement of what Robert Pattinson does — accessible, 165 minutes, and rated 8.9 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Robert at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Keeps the fantasy register of The Odyssey but asks for a colder reading of it.
The Lighthouse (2019)
Keeps the fantasy register of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire but asks for a colder reading of it.
The Batman (2022)
Keeps the thriller register of The Lighthouse but asks for a colder reading of it.
The Odyssey (2026)
A deliberate change of key after The Batman — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Christopher Nolan
Director
3 films together
Notably The Odyssey
Bill Condon
Director
2 films together
Notably The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
David Cronenberg
Director
2 films together
Notably Maps to the Stars
David Michôd
Director
2 films together
Notably The King
Matt Reeves
Director
2 films together
Notably The Batman
Uli Edel
Director
1 film together
Notably Ring of the Nibelungs
Mira Nair
Director
1 film together
Notably Vanity Fair
Mike Newell
Director
1 film together
Notably Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Catherine Hardwicke
Director
1 film together
Notably Twilight
Chris Weitz
Director
1 film together
Notably The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Allen Coulter
Director
1 film together
Notably Remember Me
David Slade
Director
1 film together
Notably The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Francis Lawrence
Director
1 film together
Notably Water for Elephants
Werner Herzog
Director
1 film together
Notably Queen of the Desert
Brady Corbet
Director
1 film together
Notably The Childhood of a Leader
Benny Safdie
Director
1 film together
Notably Good Time
Nathan Zellner
Director
1 film together
Notably Damsel
Ciro Guerra
Director
1 film together
Notably Waiting for the Barbarians
Antonio Campos
Director
1 film together
Notably The Devil All the Time
Bong Joon Ho
Director
1 film together
Notably Mickey 17
Denis Villeneuve
Director
1 film together
Notably Dune: Part Three
Lance Oppenheim
Director
1 film together
Notably Primetime
Kristoffer Borgli
Director
1 film together
Notably The Drama
Anne Hathaway
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Matt Damon
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Elliot Page
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Jamie Harris
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Tom Holland
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Himesh Patel
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
John Leguizamo
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Charlize Theron
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Travis Scott
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Corey Hawkins
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Jarreth J. Merz
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Niko Nicotera
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Christopher Nolan
Director
3 films together · 8.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The OdysseyDavid Michôd
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The KingBill Condon
Director
2 films together · 6.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2David Cronenberg
Director
2 films together · 6.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Maps to the StarsMatt Reeves
Director
2 films together · 4.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The BatmanMike Newell
Director
1 film together · 8.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireAntonio Campos
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Devil All the TimeBenny Safdie
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Good TimeAllen Coulter
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Remember MeKristoffer Borgli
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The DramaFrancis Lawrence
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Water for ElephantsBong Joon Ho
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mickey 17Catherine Hardwicke
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
TwilightUli Edel
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Ring of the NibelungsDavid Slade
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Twilight Saga: EclipseChris Weitz
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Twilight Saga: New MoonBrady Corbet
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Childhood of a LeaderCiro Guerra
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Waiting for the BarbariansWerner Herzog
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Queen of the DesertMira Nair
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Vanity FairNathan Zellner
Director
1 film together · 5.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
DamselLance Oppenheim
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
PrimetimeDenis Villeneuve
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Dune: Part ThreeSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
The Odyssey
as Antinous
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
The Odyssey
as Antinous
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
The Odyssey
as Antinous
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Vanity Fair
as Older Rawdy Crawley (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
The Odyssey
as Antinous
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Robert Pattinson has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 8.1 | 8.9 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #375 of 681 | #2 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 4 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 2 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 6 |
| Average Nutevio score | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| Genres | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
| Directors | Christopher Nolan | Christopher Nolan |
| Performance DNA | Emotional range, Drama, Screen presence | Transformation, Screen presence, Rewatchability |
| Career timeline | 2026–2026 | 2006–2014 |
| Most iconic role | Antinous — The Odyssey | Professor Brand — Interstellar |
| Most rewatchable film | The Odyssey | The Dark Knight |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 4 catalogue films |
Films together
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared directors
Christopher Nolan
Shared collections
Adventure Movies, Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked, Drama Movies
Collaborators in common
Christopher Nolan · Anne Hathaway · Matt Damon
Michael Caine edges ahead here — a higher floor across a comparable body of work.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
24 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
27 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
The Odyssey
as Antinous
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
The Batman
as Bruce Wayne / The Batman
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
The Odyssey
as Antinous
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Batman
as Bruce Wayne / The Batman
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
The Odyssey
as Antinous
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Odyssey
as Antinous
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
The Drama
as Charlie
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
The Odyssey
as Antinous
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 4 Nutevio collections
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