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.
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DISCOGRAPHY: ALBUMS, SINGLES, COMPILATIONS, BOXED SETS, ETC.
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Year
2006
2007
2007
Album Title
High School Musical
High School Musical 2
High School Musical: Senior Year
Tracks
1. Start Of Something New
2. Get'cha Head In The Game
3. What I've Been Looking For
4. What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)
5. Stick To The Status Quo
6. When There Was Me And You
7. Bop To The Top
8. Breaking Free
9. We're All In This Together
10. I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
11. Get'cha Head In The Game - B5
12. Start Of Something New (Karaoke Instrumental)
13. Breaking Free (Karaoke Instrumental)
1. What Time Is It Listen Listen
2. Fabulous Listen Listen
3. Work This Out Listen Listen
4. You Are the Music in Me Listen Listen
5. I Don't Dance Listen Listen
6. You Are the Music in Me (Sharpay Version) Listen Listen
7. Gotta Go My Own Way Listen Listen
8. Bet On It Listen Listen
9. Everyday Listen Listen
10. All For One Listen Listen
11. BONUS TRACK: HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUA'A
1. Now or Never 4:33
2. Right Here, Right Now 3:58
3. I Want It All 4:39
4. Can I Have This Dance 4:04
5. A Night to Remember 3:58
6. Just Wanna Be With You 2:38
7. The Boys Are Back 3:47
8. Walk Away 3:50
9. Scream 3:56
10. Senior Year Spring Musical 7:45
11. We're All in This Together (Graduation Mix) 4:17
12. High School Musical 3:53
ZAC EFRON ON
VIDEO, A FILMOGRAPHY
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Year
2002
2003
2003
2004
2004-2005
Selection N/A
Selection N/A
Title
Firefly (TV sereis)
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke (TV movie)
ER (TV series)
The Guardian (TV series)
Summerland (TV series)
Role
Young Simon (1
episode)
Pete Laemke
Bobby Neville
(1 episode)
Luke Tomello
(1 episode)
Cameron Bale
Year
2004
2005
2005
2005
2006
Title
Miracle Run (TV movie)
CSI: Miami (TV series)
The Derby Stallion (TV movie)
Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (TV
series)
