The Swedish star caught people's attention in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill, but we remember him fondly as Meekus, the hot male model from Zoolander with a love for orange mocha frappuchinos.
Skars isn't the only vamp with a Generation Kill past. Before you could find Kellan posing in his Calvin's, the actor, and even then BFF to Ashley Greene, landed a part in HBO's show before hitting it big in Twilight with only a couple of lines. See, a six-pack can make you famous!
Alice Cullen was always superhot, just not as successful. Before having Twilight or Maxim cover girl on her résumé, Greene had to fight for parts like "Kim No. 4" in Otis, as seen here. Now she's having puppy playdates with Miley Cyrus.
Even though Ian is perhaps best known for staring in The Vampire Diaries, this guy was always hot in our books. We first took notice of Somerhalder here in Rules of Attraction, and have had our eyes on him all the way from Lost to his hit show on the CW.
Having Ron Howard as your father certainly isn't a bad thing in Hollywood; however, Bryce chose not to fall back purely on nepotism. Before replacing Rachelle Lefevre in Eclipse, BDH first made a name for herself hitting on Tobey Maguire in Spiderman 3.
Holy vampire crossover! When cast as Rosalie Cullen in Twilight, Reed came in with the best résumé out of the group aside from Kristen Stewart. Nikki cowrote the biographical and controversial hit Thirteen, which starred Evan Rachel Wood. Wood can now be seen playing Queen Sophie-Anne in True Blood.
No, you're eyes aren't deceiving you, that is The Vampire Diaries beauty dressed fugly back in the days of Degrassi: The Next Generation. Nina's gorge looks have solidified her as one of TV's hottest chicks, and the fact that everyone is whispering about what's going on with some of her costars behind the scenes only adds more sexy mystery around N.B.
His character Lafayette asked to become a vampire so that's gotta count for something. Before hitting it big on True Blood, Ellis could be seen in The Soloist starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. Not too shabby babe!
Team Awful is always debating about who the hottest and best character on True Blood is. One person who makes the top of all our lists is Bauer who plays Skarsgård's hilar sidekick Pam. Check out the vampire temptress here playing a total be-yotch in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. Love it!
Anna Paquin's onscreen and offscreen fiancé certainly has the random selection of films under his belt. But we're vain, it was his shirtless scenes alongside Debra Messing in The Starter Wife that put Moyer on our radar. And the way he so lovingly says "Sookie" adds to his adorableness.
Sookie Stackhouse may not be a vampire, but the fact that she bones one on TV and is a telepath makes her an honorary one, don't you think? Anna is the only Oscar winner (so far) in our gallery. Paquin won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Piano, pictured here.
Tomboy haircut aside, Stewart's performance in Panic Room with Jodi Foster showed off her acting chops at the young age of 12. Foster had nothing but praise for her minicostar back then. And let's be real here, it's Kristen's performance that carries the Twilight franchise.
If you're going to be in True Blood, it's written in your contract you have to be sexy with at least a 100-pack. Before playing the lovable yet dumb Jason Stackhouse, Kwanten was a well-known actor back in Australia. America took notice of Ry's hotness in Summerland, pictured here.
Looks like Rutina always had her sass. Before running her mouth on True Blood, Wesley had to fight for appearances in flicks like How She Move.
Minus a quickie stint on Six Feet Under, Jennie Garth's hubby dabbled in a few movies but never hit it super big time before Twilight.
The most recent addition to True Blood may not be a vampire, but looks-wise, Joe the werewolf certainly holds his own onscreen. The actor was relatively unknown until becoming a reoccurring character on One Tree Hill. We much prefer you half naked on the HBO show hon!
Surely you Twi-hards have Rob's biography down pat by now, but it was his role as Cedric Diggory in Harry Patter and the Goblet of Fire that had us going "Hey, that guy who isn't Harry or Ron is really hot." Don't think anyone, R.Pattz especially, saw the superstardom to come.
Tom Cruise in the making got his first break playing Shark Boy in The Adventure of Sharkboy and Lavagirl. Lautner was able to show off his martial arts skills, and even at his young age, you can already see those dimples and biceps in action.