Meet the Cullens
Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen
About Carlisle: Dr. Carlisle Cullen is the father of the Cullen clan, having lived over 400 years and respected in the vampire world as a peaceful man with utmost self-control around humans.
About Peter: Facinelli starred in
Fastlane,
Can't Hardly Wait as Jennifer Love Hewitt's ex-boyfriend, and has had recurring roles on
Six Feet Under and
Damages.
Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen
About Esme: Esme is the warm, caring mother figure of the Cullen clan. She enjoys restoring old houses and was rescued by Carlisle after she jumped off a cliff.
About Elizabeth: Reaser played the eldest sister in The Family Stone, played the amnesiac patient Ava in Grey's Anatomy and stars on CBS' The Ex-List.
Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen
About Alice: Alice is super-speedy and has a gift for seeing the future. She also loves fashion and throwing parties.
About Ashley: Greene has guest-starred on episodes of Shark and Crossing Jordan. Twilight was her first major motion picture.
Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen
About Emmett: Emmett's talent is his brute strength. His dominating presence makes him useful in a fight.
About Kellan: Lutz plays George Evans on the CW's 90210. His other credits include Stick It and Generation Kill.
Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale
About Rosalie: Stunningly beautiful and vain, Rosalie is normally cold to Bella. Above all else, she craves motherhood.
About Nikki: At the age of 14, Reed wrote acclaimed film Thirteen and was also cast in the film. Twilight is her third collaboration with director Catherine Hardwicke.
Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Cullen
About Jasper: Jasper, companion to Alice, was once a military leader in the Civil War before he was turned into a vampire. He has the ability to calm anyone around him.
About Jackson: Rathbone started out as an interviewer for Disney 411 and later starred in the ABC Family series Beautiful People.
About Bella: New to Forks, Washington, Isabella Swan arrives to live with her father after her mother remarries. Intelligent, caring and perpetually clumsy, Bella has a habit of finding herself in distress... all the more convenient that she has a vampire to look after her. 
About Edward: Edward Cullen was adopted by Dr. Carlisle Cullen as a 17-year-old. Super-fast, charming and a talented musician, his unique gift is hearing what people are thinking. Everyone except Bella ...
About Jacob: A Native American from the Quileute tribe, the ever-cheerful Jacob strikes up a friendship with Bella that grows more complicated as the saga continues.
About Laurent: Laurent is vampire nomad who sometimes travels with James and Victoria. He returns to Forks in New Moon with nefarious intentions towards Bella. 
About Charlie: Chief of police in Forks, Charlie enjoys fishing and watching sports on TV. He warily accepts Edward as Bella's boyfriend but is concerned about her becoming too consumed with him. 
About Victoria: A nomadic vampire with flame-red hair who travels with James and Laurent, she becomes a primary threat to Bella in New Moon and Eclipse.
