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Zac Efron

Date of Birth: 18 October 1987 , San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Birth Name: Zachary David Alexander Efron
Nicknames: Zefron
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Zachary David Alexander Efron was born on October 18, 1987, in San Luis Obispo, California. He is the son of Starla Baskett, a former secretary, and David Efron, an electrical engineer. He has a brother, Dylan. His last name, "Efron", means "lark" (a bird) in Hebrew, and comes from Zac's Ashkenazi Jewish fatherly grandfather. Zac's additional new ancestry is English, German, Scottish, and 1/16th Irish. Zac was raised in Arroyo Grande. He took his first pace toward drama at the age of eleven, after his parents noticed his singing ability. Singing and acting education soon led to an look in a production of "Gypsy" that ran 90 performances, and he was enthusiastic.

After appearing on-stage in "Peter Pan", "Auntie Mame", "Little Shop of Horrors" and "The Music Man", guest parts fast followed on television sequence, counting Firefly (2002), ER(1994), CSI: Miami (2002), NCIS (2003), and The Guardian (2001). After guest-starring in more than a few episodes of Summerland (2004), Zac joined the usual cast as girl-crazy Cameron Bale. He also starred in more than a few pilots, such as The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke (2003) and Triple Play (2004), and played an autistic child in the television movieMiracle Run (2004), alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Aidan Quinn. He graduated gulf Grande High School in June 2006.

Efron came to fame for starring in the Disney Channel unique film High School Musical(2006), for which he won the Teen Choice Award for flight Star. He returned to the role of Troy Bolton in High School Musical 2 (2007), which bankrupt cable TV records with 17.5 million spectators.

He played title roles of the dream romance Charlie St. Cloud (2010) and the humor 17 Again (2009), both from director Burr Steers, and as the endearing Link Larkin in 2007's shatter hit musical Hairspray (2007), heading for by Adam Shankman. As part of the all-star shed he shared a Critics Choice Award for most excellent Acting Ensemble, the 2007 Hollywood Film fair Award for Ensemble of the Year, and was privileged with a monitor Actors Guild Award® proposal for exceptional Motion Picture Cast. In addition, he won an MTV Movie prize for get through presentation.

Efron also starred in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles (2008), and version of the novel by Robert Kaplow, which premiered to rave reviews at the 2008 Toronto Film fiesta. That same year, he starred in Kenny Ortega's High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), which set a box office evidence for the uppermost grossing gap weekend for a melodic.

In 2012, Efron took the lead in The Lucky One (2012), a film version of the Nicholas Sparks novel, playing a maritime who returns to North Carolina after portion in Iraq in search for the unidentified woman he believes was his good fortune charm throughout the war. He also lent his say to the lively feature Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012), and co-starred in Lee Daniels' thriller The Paperboy (2012), alongside Nicole Kidman, John Cusack,Matthew McConaughey and Scott Glenn, as well as Josh Radnor's Liberal Arts (2012), which premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. Another indie film he co-starred in, At Any Price (2012), was released in 2013.

Most recently, Zac starred with Seth Rogen in the hit comedy film Neighbors (2014).

Efron's favorite sports include golf, skiing, rock climbing, and snowboarding. He added surfing after spending days on the beach for "Summerland." He played the piano at home. He has also fixed up two cars in his spare time, a Delorean and '65 Mustang convertible, both treasured hand-me-downs from his even-more-treasured grandfather.