Zac Efron

Zac Efron Biography

Zachary David Alexander Efron, better known as Zac Efron, is an American film and television actor, recognized for his participation in the High School Musical films and other well-known films. He was born on October 18, 1987, in San Luis Obispo, California and is the son of David Efron and Starla Baskett.

He studied at the Institute of the Californian town of Arroyo Grande. At the age of 11, his father motivated him to try acting, so he started making theatrical presentations at school. He worked in a theater called The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville and simultaneously began to take singing lessons. The young student participated, in plays like Gypsy, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up; Little Shop of Horrors; and The Music Man. For his excellent performance, his theater teacher recommended him with an agent in Los Angeles, and later signed a contract with the Creative Artists Agency.

Zac Efron

also studied at the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts, a school located in Santa Maria, California, where he had the opportunity to act as “a young player” during the years 2000 and 2001.

In 2006, he graduated from Arroyo in San Angelo Gymnasium and was immediately accepted at the University of Southern California, where he finally decided to postpone his studies to dedicate himself to acting and to work on film projects.

EFRON IN CINE AND TELEVISION

Zac Efron began his professional career as an actor in 2002 when he had an appearance as a guest on Fox Firefly’s television series. A year later, he was part of the ER medical drama and on the CBS series The Guardian.

He made his debut in the cine in 2003, when he played the supporting role in the movie Melinda’s World. He was also the protagonist of the television movie Miracle Run, where he played Steven Morgan, one of two autistic twins. Thanks to his excellent performance, he received the Young Artist Award nomination for “Best performance in a television movie, miniseries or special”.

His career began to advance when he played Cameron Blade in the Warner Channel series “Summerland” where he gradually became a regular member of the cast, becoming permanent from his second season in 2004. His participation in the program finished since it was retired from the programming in the year 2005 due to the low audience. In 2005, he was also part of the music video for the song “Sick Inside” by Hope Partlow. Later he had special appearances in the CSI programs: Miami, The Life Suite of Zack & Cody, NCIS and The Replacements.

In 2006, Zac Efron was the protagonist of the Disney Channel movie “High School Musical” where he played Troy Bolton, a popular student, and captain of the basketball team. The film made the actor have great recognition. In the month of August of that same year, he managed to win a Teen Choice Award as “Advanced Star” and “Choice for Chemistry”.

After the premiere of High School Musical, Zac Efron was on the Billboard charts with the songs from the movie “Get’cha Head in the Game” and “Breaking Free” in which he made a pairing with Vanessa Hudgens. The song “We Are All In This Together” was credited to the entire cast of High School Musical. Efron was also part of the 2006 Disney Channel Games as captain of Red Team.

On April 7, 2007, he was part of an episode of Punk’d. He was also the lead actor in the music video for Vanessa Hudgens’ single “Say OK” which premiered on March 16 of that year on the Disney Channel. On the same year, he was named one of the 100 most beautiful people by People magazine.

By August 17, 2007, the movie High School Musical 2 was released, and Zac Efron played the same role as the previous film. His excellent performance made him appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. The article about him revealed that he hoped to one day interpret an action hero.

He repeated his role in High School Musical 3: Senior Year, which was released on October 24, 2008. Then, he would play a 17-year-old in the movie “17 again” a dramatic comedy produced by Adam Shankman.

In 2009, Zac Efron played Richard Samuels in the drama “Me and Orson Welles.” On April 8th of that year, he participated in a short video entitled “Zac Efron’s Pool Party” for the Funny or Die page. On April 11, 2009, he hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live.

Zac Efron has also starred in some ads, along with Kristen Bell and Sean Combs, promoted the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. He was also part of the film Charlie St. Cloud, which was released on July 30 of that year.