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| Real Name: Zachary David Alexander Efron | ||||
| Birthday: October 18, 1987 | ||||
| Place of Birth: San Luis Obispo, California, USA | ||||
| Claim To Fame: As Cameron Bale on the WB's TV family drama Summerland | ||||
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Zac Efron was born on October 18, 1987. His real name is Zachary David
Alexander. Efron started acting and singing in the early 2000s,
and became well known to young teen audiences after his roles in the Disney Channel
Original Movie "High School Musical" (2006), the WB series
"Summerland", and the motion picture version of the Broadway musical
"Hairspray". In 2003, Efron acted as the lead in the Lifetime original television dramatic movie "Miracle Run". He played Steven Morgan, one of two autistic twins. For his role, Zac was selected for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a television Movie, Mini-series or Special - Supporting Young Actor. In 2005, he played the lead role in Hope Partlow's music video for her single "Sick Inside." Also in 2005, he portrayed horse lover Patrick McCardle in "The Derby Stallion". In this film, Efron's character tries to beat the town bully at the steeple chase race. In 2006, Efron played a leading role in the Disney Channel original movie "High School Musical" as Troy Bolton, next to actresses Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Monique Coleman, as well as actors Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu. The movie, which Efron made with "very few expectations", helped Zac Efron gain acknowledgment amid young teen audiences as both an actor and a singer. As a result, Efron placed fourth on the IMDBPro's STARMeter for the week of January 29, 2006. In August
2006, Efron won a Teen Choice Award in the Breakout Star and the Television Choice
Chemistry categories, together with Vanessa Anne Hudgens. The film's cast and crew toured Sydney, Australia, London, England, and other
destinations to market and promote the movie, although Zac didn't have a
role in the "High School
Musical Concert" that toured nationally and in Canada throughout the fall and
winter 2006.
Shortly after "High School Musical" was released, Efron released two consecutive chart topping songs in February 2006, Billboard's Hot 100, with "Get'cha Head in the Game" and "Breaking Free," a double act with Vanessa Anne Hudgens from "High School Musical". On the next week's Billboard chart,
Efron had five song credits, all from "High School
Musical",
including, "Get'cha Head in the Game," "Start of
Something New," "What I've Been Looking For: Reprise,"
"We're All in This Together" (credited to the entire HSM ensemble
cast) and "Breaking Free." "Breaking Free" made the
fastest climb in the history of the
Billboard charts, from #86 to #4 - the album has since
been out done by Eminem and Akon's "Smack That". Efron also had
parts appearing
in the 2006 Disney Channel Games as captain of the Red Team. During this same period, Efron starred in the music video for Vanessa Hudgens single 'Say OK', where he played the role of her romantic love interest. The video aired in March of 2007 on the Disney Channel. The same year, Efron was honored and named as one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in 2007.
A still photo and small biography of Zac was shown in the section "Coming
of Age," next to pop singer and actress Hilary
Duff, actress Hayden
Panettiere and R&B singer Chris Brown. In the photo spread, Zac told how he was
always the shortest kid in school (he is now 5'8") and was teased for
the gap between his teeth.
In addition, Efron was hired and cast in the role of Mike in the comedy horror film "Seventeen Again", About a guy whose life didn't quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and is seventeen again and gets the chance to rewrite his life. The seventeen boy Mike is played by Efron. Next up for Zac was the drama "Me And Orson Welles" (2009) starring Claire Danes, about a young teenager who is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Ceasar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937. Not one to let a good thing go quiet, Zac Efron has been cast in the sequel musical "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" (2009) reuniting most of the original cast where, as seniors in high school ,Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future. Zac is also scheduled to star in Paramount's musical interpretation of the movie "Footloose". Efron has said he would like to add a personal "bit of flair" to the role originally created by Kevin Bacon.
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