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ZAC EFRON Common misspelling: Zack Efron Given Name Date of Birth Birth Place Zachary David Alexander Efron October 18, 1987 San Luis Obispo, California Table of Contents Biography ▪ News ▪ Websites ▪ Discography ▪ Filmography ▪ Books ▪ Posters ▪ Other Items ZAC EFRON BIOGRAPHY

Zac Efron Picture Photo credit: Georges Biard Zac Efron was born on October 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California to David Efron and Starla Baskett. His family moved when he was very young to Arroyo Grande (also in California). He has a younger brother named Dylan. He had always been interested in performing and used to sing and act for his family. However, it was not until he was about eleven years old that he and his family decided to become serious about a career and he started to take singing lessons. Soon afterwards he landed his first real role in a production of the play Gypsy. This led to other parts on the stage such as in Peter Pan, Little Shop of Horrors, Mame and The Music Man. He then began to turn his attention to television and in 2002 made his TV debut in an episode of Firefly. The following year he appeared in an episode of E.R. and a part in the made for TV comedy called The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke. He took on the role of an autistic child in a TV movie drama in 2004 entitled Miracle Run, for which he was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor. 2004 kept on getting better, another big break also came that year when he appeared as Cameron Bale in the television series Summerland, which continued through 2005. In 2006, he appeared in the highly popular Disney made for TV movie High School Musical along side two other young actors, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu. The movie did very well in the ratings for its demographics, but to everyone's delight, the music from the soundtrack has made a big splash on the U.S. charts. In fact, the single "Breaking Free" - a duo he sings with Vanessa Anne Hudgens has reached #4 on Billboard and made history when it dropped 82 places from #86 one week earlier - the largest single jump ever! In 2007 he again co-starred in the HSM sequel - High School Musical 2, which was also a huge success. that year, he also co-starred in the film adaptation of the movie Hairspray. The High School Musical series premiered for the first time in 2008 on the big screen, which Efron again co-starred. Over the next few years he starred and co-starred in a few movies, including 17 Again, Me and Orsen Welles, Charlie St. Cloud, New Years Eve, Liberal Arts, and animated move, The Lorax. And appearing a few times on TV in a few episodes of Robot Chicken, and even appearing on Saturday Night Live. Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens have been dating since they first met on the set of High School Musical in 2005. They reportedly broke up in December 2010. He has a few films coming up in 2012 and thereafter, including The Lucky One and The Paperboy. He is also reportedly up for the role as Johnny Quest in a movie by the same name. Hobbies & Interests: Surfing, playing piano, working on 60s muscle cars, golf, skiing, rock climbing and snowboarding.