It’s taken a little over a year for Robert Pattinson to be considered a staple heartthrob worldwide. With the crazy success of the “Twilight” book series came the crazy success of the first film, catapulting its stars into instant, albeit unbidden, fame. Though he’s on the road now promoting “New Moon” (out this week!), we figured we would take some time to look at the evolution of Robert Pattinson.

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Born on May 13, 1986 in London, England, the hunk started out his career rather appropriately by following in his mother’s modeling footsteps at age 12. Ironically, he would later come out and explain that the reason this stint in the fashion world lasted only four years was because he was tall and feminine and it was at a time where “the androgynous look was cool.” Once he started looking more like masculine man we have grown to know and love, the job pool dried up.

When he was 15, he began dabbling in the theater arts, getting his start through the Barnes Theatre Company. At a production of “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” he caught the attention of an acting agent. He landed some more roles in theater before getting his start on film in 2004 at age 18.

His first roles were a minor part in the made-for-TV film “Ring of the Nibelungs” and the character of Older Rawdy Crawley which was cut from the final edition of 2004's “Vanity Fair."

It was in 2005 when Robert broke out onto the scene as the character Cedric Diggory in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” As the fourth installment of the popular novel-to-film series, Robert played the good-hearted, handsome competitor to Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter. It set the stage for when, four years later, the same filmgoing audience got to see him again as the similarly handsome Edward Cullen in 2008’s “Twilight.”

In the time between “Goblet of Fire” and “Twilight,” Robert had filmed a few more made-for-TV films and in 2008 made two feature length films that are now hitting American shores called “How to Be” and “Little Ashes.”

Robert got to show off his musical skills by recording three songs for the soundtrack of “How To Be” and two for the soundtrack of “Twilight.” Director Catherine Hardwicke had to trick Robert into letting the songs be included in the feature film by showing him a final cut of the movie and then explaining why it was important for the songs to be included. However, he said he does not record music and prefers to just perform at venues.

He has won the Best Actor award at the Strasbourg Film festival for his role in “How To Be” and was named British Star of Tomorrow in 2005 by the United Kingdom’s The Times. But most of the awards he has won in his career were in 2008 and somewhere along the lines of the “hottest” this or “sexiest” that. He also won plenty of accolades (like Best Kiss, Best Fight and Best Actor) at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards.

With “New Moon” about to be released, “Eclipse” in the editing room and about a year until “Breaking Dawn” begins shooting, Robert has the time to expand his filmography with the indie hits he has professed he prefers starring in. He has already finished the film “Remember Me,” set to his theaters in 2010, and is working on the films “Unbound Captives” and “Bel Ami.” If one thing’s for sure, the stars have aligned for Robert Pattinson to do whatever it is he wants to do.

Want to read more about the lives of your other favorite "Twilight" actors? Check out The Evolution Of Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Ashley Greene!

MTV delves deep into the "Twilight" universe with two can't-miss specials: "Love Bites" chronicles the budding rumored romance between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart TONIGHT at 10 p.m. ET/PT, while "New Moon Revealed" will feature die-hard fans as they gather to meet the saga's stars at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.