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| Zac Efron |
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| Birth name |
Zachary David Alexander Efron |
| Born |
October 18, 1987 (age 19)
San Luis Obispo, California |
| Height |
5' 10" |
| Official site |
http://zefron.com |
| Notable roles |
Troy Bolton in High School Musical |
Zachary David Alexander Efron (born October 18, 1987) is an American actor.
Efron is best known for his appearances in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical and Summerland. He will also be starring in the film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray.[1] Speaking to Newsweek in June 2006, director Adam Shankman described Efron as "arguably the biggest teen star in America right now."[2]
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Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
- 2 Television and film roles
- 3 Discography
- 4 Footnotes
- 5 External links
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Biography
Early life
Efron was born in San Luis Obispo, California to David Efron, an electrical engineer, and Starla Baskett, a former secretary. He is of Jewish descent,[3] although he does not practice the Jewish religion. Efron has a brother, Dylan, and owns two Australian Shepherds named Dreamer and Puppy, as well as a Siamese cat named Simon. In many magazines, Efron claims he would freak if he got a 'B' and not an 'A' in school. But, he also claims he has been a class clown.[1] His interest in singing was discovered and encouraged at the age of eleven, and he was subsequently cast in the musical Gypsy for 90 performances, and went on to have roles in stage productions of Peter Pan, Little Shop of Horrors, The Music Man and Mame.
Career
In 2002, Efron began to have guest roles on television series, including Firefly, ER, and The Guardian.
Efron is known for portraying "Cameron Bale", whose father beat him, on the now-cancelled WB series Summerland. Originally introduced as a recurring character, Efron became a regular cast member on the show in the second season in 2004 starring opposite the likes of Kay Panabaker, Lori Loughlin and Jesse McCartney. Since appearing in Summerland, he has also had guest roles on the shows CSI: Miami, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and The Replacements.
In 2003, Efron starred in the Lifetime original TV movie Miracle Run. He played Steven Morgan, one of two autistic twins. Overcoming incredible odds, with his mother's support, he achieved the unimaginable, winning a cross country competition. For his performance, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor.[4] In 2005, Efron was a main character in Hope Partlow's music video for "Sick Inside".
In 2006, Efron starred in the Disney Channel original movie High School Musical as Troy Bolton alongside actresses Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Monique Coleman who have all starred in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody like Efron, and actors Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu. This role helped Efron gain recognition among teenage audiences as both an actor and a successful singer. Combined with his simultaneous appearances on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and NCIS, Efron placed as high as #4 on the IMDBPro's STARMeter for the week of January 29, 2006.[5] Efron's singing talents were disputed when it was revealed that Andrew Seeley's voice was blended with Efron's voice on the soundtrack of High School Musical.[6] (It was later explained that Efron is a baritone singer and so Seeley's voice was used for the higher notes - the part of Troy was written for a tenor singer.)
Efron debuted with two charted songs in the same week on the February 4, 2006, Billboard Hot 100, with Get'cha Head In the Game and Breaking Free, a duet with Vanessa Hudgens from High School Musical. On the following week's chart, Efron had five simultaneous song credits, all from High School Musical, including, once more, Get'cha Head in the Game, Start of Something New, What I've Been Looking For: Reprise, We're all in this Together (which was credited to the whole High School Musical cast) and Breaking Free. Breaking Free, at the time, made the fastest climb in the history of the Billboard charts, from #86 to #4 between the two weeks; the record has since been beaten by Eminem and Akon's Smack That.[7] Efron also appeared in the 2006 Disney Channel Games as captain of the Red Team. On his team were Kay Panabaker, Anneliese van der Pol, Moises Arias, Dylan Sprouse, and Shin Koyamada.
In June of 2006, Efron was cast as Link Larkin in the upcoming film version of Hairspray, also starring Amanda Bynes, Queen Latifah and John Travolta. Efron will perform all of his own vocals in the film.[2] Filming took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from September 5 to December 2, 2006. Efron has cut and dyed his hair dark brown and gained about 15lbs for the role in Hairspray.[8]
In August 2006 Zac Efron won the Teen Choice in the Breakout Star category for High School Musical. Also he and Vanessa Anne Hudgens won the Teen Choice in the TV - Choice Chemistry category for High School Musical.
Television and film roles
| Year |
Film/Television |
Role |
| 2007 |
High School Musical 2 (Pre-Production) |
Troy Bolton |
| 2007 |
Hairspray (Post production) |
Link Larkin |
| 2006 |
The Replacements |
Davey Hunkerhoff |
| 2006 |
If You Lived Here, You'd be Home Now |
Cody |
| 2006 |
Heist |
Pizza Delivery Guy |
| 2006 |
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody |
Trevor |
| 2006 |
High School Musical |
Troy Bolton |
| 2006 |
NCIS |
Danny |
| 2006 |
The Derby Stallion |
Patrick McCardle |
| 2005 |
Summerland |
Cameron Bale |
| 2005 |
CSI: Miami |
Seth Dawson |
| 2004 |
Miracle Run |
Steven Morgan |
| 2004 |
Room Raiders |
Himself |
| 2004 |
Triple Play |
Harry Fuller |
| 2003 |
Melinda's World |
Stuart Wasser |
| 2003 |
The Guardian |
Luke Tomello |
| 2003 |
ER |
Bobby Neville |
| 2003 |
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke |
Pete Laemke |
| 2002 |
Firefly |
Young Simon Tam |
Discography
Albums
- 2006: High School Musical: The Soundtrack #1 US (3x Platinum) (US Sales: 3,719,071), #1 World (2xPlatinum)(WW sales:5,653,000)
- 2007: Hairspray Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - July 2007
- 2007: High School Musical 2: The Soundtrack — August 2007
Singles
- 2006: Breaking Free with Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Zac Efron & Andrew Seeley #4 US #9 UK
- 2006: Start of Something New with Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Zac Efron & Andrew Seeley #28 US
- 2006: We're All In This Together with High School Musical Cast & Andrew Seeley #34 US
- 2006: I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You with Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Zac Efron and Lucas Grabeel
- 2006: What I've Been Looking For (Reprise) with Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Zac Efron & Drew Seeley
- 2006: Get-cha Head in the Game with cast of High School Musical
- 2007: "TBR" From "High School Musical 2"
Footnotes
- ^ "Zac Efron Joins Cast of 'Hairspray'", CBS Studios, 2006-06-26. Retrieved on 2006-08-15. (in English)
- ^ a b MSNBC. Hollywood: Hello to Hairspray. Retrieved on June 25, 2006.
- ^ http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=123
- ^ IMDB. IMDB Awards for Zac Efron. Retrieved on March 13, 2006.
- ^ IMDB Pro. IMDB Prop StarMeter. Retrieved on March 13, 2006.
- ^ Billboard.com
- ^ Eur Web. MUSIC/WEB BITS: Akon’s record; Fat Joe’s label; Madonna denies adoption; Ice T & NYC mayor; B-Real on ‘Scarface’ LP; Doin' It Network.. Retrieved on October 6, 2006.
- ^ Canada.com. Summer of stars. Retrieved on June 25, 2006.
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