Zachary David Alexander “Zac” Efron (born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and became known with his lead roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, the WB series Summerland, and the 2007 film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray.In 2007, before the release of High School Musical 2, Rolling Stone declared him the “poster boy for tweenyboppers” and featured him in their late August 2007 issue.Efron has since starred in the films 17 Again, Me and Orson Welles, and Charlie St. Cloud, and is due to star in New Year’s Eve and The Lucky One.
Zac Efron And Vanessa Hudgens
Parents: David and Starla Siblings: Dylan Pets: Two Australian Shepherds, Dreamer and Puppy, and Siamese cat, Simon
On the Billboard Hot 100 chart of 2006-02-11, Zac had five simultaneous song credits. The songs were “Get’cha Head in the Game” (solo), 3 duets with Vanessa Hudgens (“Breaking Free,” “Start of Something New,” and “What I’ve Been Looking For“) and “We’re All in this Together” credited to the High School Musical (2006) (TV) cast. All tracks were from the soundtrack of “High School Musical”.
The Zac Efron-Vanessa Hudgens duet “Breaking Free” (from High School Musical (2006) (TV)) made the fastest climb in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, leaping from 86 to 4 in one week (2006-02-11).
With the popularity of High School Musical (2006) (TV), he had to change his phone number after getting numerous calls from fans.
Zac’s most prized possession is his autographed baseball collection.
Is a huge San Francisco Giants fan.
Met his current girlfriend, Vanessa Hudgens, during castings for High School Musical (2006) (TV). They were paired together near the end of casting to see how well they worked together.
Favorite Cartoon Show: Rocko’s Modern Life.
He donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.
Attended the World Cup in Germany with Corbin Bleu.
The first concert he ever went to was a Wallflowers concert.
Has one sibling, younger brother, Dylan.
Simon Cowell offered him a record deal but he turned it down saying, “…acting is my main priority”.
Named #93 on Empire Magazine’s 100 Sexiest Movie Stars. (2007).
Had his appendix removed and is recuperating [January 15, 2008].
His favorite movie is The Goonies (1985).
Ranked #24 on interview magazines Hollywood faces to watch “Future Stars of Tomorrow”.
Was ranked #26 on Entertainment Weekly’s ’30 Under 30′ the actors list. (2008).
Was ranked #2 on TV Guide Top 10 Teen Star Countdown (2008).
Was ranked #15 on Moviefone’s ‘The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25′(2008).
His acting idol is Johnny Depp.
Is a fan of Flight of the Conchords.
Is a fan of comic books and manga, including Death Note, Bleach, Naruto, Dragonball Z, and Shonen Jump.
Recognized by Time Magazine in the 2009 Time 100 as one of the world’s 100 most influential people.
Originally auditioned for the role of Peter Pan in the 2003 live action movie of Peter Pan, but Jeremy Sumpter got it instead.
Zac does not and will not use any social network (Twitter, Facebook, etc) saying he doesn’t have time and that he also values keeping some of his life private.
His singing voice in the first High School Musical (2006) (TV) was actually that of singer/songwriter/actor Drew Seeley.
Is good friends with his idol Leonardo DiCaprio.
Has worn a white shirt with red sleeves in all three High School Musical movies.
His favorite movie are Dumb and Dumber, Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Die Hard and Bourne series.
His favorite musicians are The Postal Service, The Shins, The Gorillaz, and John Mayer.
Briefly vacationed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with Vanessa Hudgens. [February 2009]
Coached by actor Aaron Michael Metchik and mother Robyn Metchik.
Graduated Arroyo Grande High School with actors Bryce Blue and JR Garcia.
His favorite actors are are Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Black.
Split with Vanessa Hudgens [December 13, 2010].
