Zac Efron































Zac Efron

Zac Efron in 2017.jpg
Efron in December 2017

Born
Zachary David Alexander Efron


(1987-10-18) October 18, 1987 (age 31)

San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.

Residence
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
Occupation Actor
Years active 2002–present

Zachary David Alexander Efron (/ˈɛfrɒn/; born October 18, 1987)[2] is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s, and rose to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical franchise (2006–2008). During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy film 17 Again (2009). He has since appeared in the films New Year's Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), The Paperboy (2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), Baywatch (2017) and The Greatest Showman (2017).




Contents






  • 1 Early life


  • 2 Career


    • 2.1 2002–2006: Early career


    • 2.2 2006–2009: High School Musical and breakthrough


    • 2.3 2009–2014: Other work


    • 2.4 2014–present: Major commercial success


      • 2.4.1 Upcoming projects






  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 Filmography


    • 4.1 Film


    • 4.2 Television


    • 4.3 Music videos




  • 5 Discography


    • 5.1 Singles


    • 5.2 Other charted songs




  • 6 Awards and nominations


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links




Early life


Efron was born in San Luis Obispo, California,[3] and later moved to Arroyo Grande, California. His father, David Efron, is an electrical engineer at a power station, and his mother, Starla Baskett, is a secretary who worked at the same power plant.[4][5] Efron has a brother, Dylan,[2] and had, as he has described, a "normal childhood" in a middle-class family.[6] His surname, "Efron" (אפרון), is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, taken from a Biblical place name.[7][8] Zac has described himself as Jewish;[9] though he was raised in an agnostic household and did not practice religion as a child.[10]


Efron has said that he would "flip out" if he got a "B" and not an "A" in school, as well as that he was a class clown.[11] His father encouraged him to begin acting when Zac was eleven years old.[4] Efron subsequently appeared in theater productions at his high school,[12] worked in the theater The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville,[6] and began taking singing lessons.[4] He performed in shows such as Gypsy; Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up; Little Shop of Horrors; and The Music Man. He was recommended to an agent in Los Angeles by his drama teacher, Robyn Metchik (the mother of actors Aaron Michael Metchik and Asher Metchik).[13][14] Efron was later signed to the Creative Artists Agency.[15]


Efron graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in 2006[16] and was then accepted into the University of Southern California but did not enroll. He also attended Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, a community college located in Santa Maria, California, where he performed during the years of 2000 and 2001.[17]


Career



2002–2006: Early career




Efron at the 2007 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards


Efron began acting in the early 2000s with guest roles on several television series including Firefly, ER, and The Guardian. In 2004, he began appearing as a recurring character in the first season of the WB series Summerland. For the show's second season, which aired in 2005, he was promoted to the main cast. He also appeared in some films, including the Lifetime television film Miracle Run (2004), for which he earned a Young Artist Award nomination for his performance as one of two autistic twins.



2006–2009: High School Musical and breakthrough


Efron's career reached a turning point with the teen musical television film High School Musical (2006), which premiered on the Disney Channel in January 2006. The film, which has been described as a modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, saw Efron playing the male lead Troy Bolton, a high school basketball player who feels conflicted when he finds himself interested in participating in the school musical with Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens), a girl from the scholastic decathlon team. The film, which also starred Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman in pivotal roles, became a major success and helped Efron gain recognition among teenage audiences. The film's soundtrack was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA,[18] making it one of the best-selling albums of the year in the United States. Efron's singing talents were disputed when it was revealed that his voice had been blended with Drew Seeley's on the soundtrack, but Efron clarified that the songs (written for a tenor) were written before he was cast and therefore did not suit his more baritone vocal range. In his subsequent musical films, Efron did his own singing.


Efron was next seen playing the role of Link Larkin in the musical comedy film Hairspray (2007), based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name. The film became a major commercial and critical success upon its release in July 2007. Later that year, he was seen reprising his role of Troy Bolton in High School Musical 2 (2007), which aired on the Disney Channel in August 2007.


Efron reprised his role of Troy Bolton in High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), the first film in the High School Musical franchise to receive a theatrical release. The film became a major blockbuster at the box office, and received mixed to positive reviews from critics. He followed this with the commercially successful comedy 17 Again (2009) about a 37-year-old man (Matthew Perry) who is transformed into his 17-year-old self (Efron) after a chance accident.



2009–2014: Other work




Efron in 2012


Efron's next release was Richard Linklater's period drama Me and Orson Welles, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008 and received a wide release in late 2009. The film earned mostly positive reviews from critics. He next played the title role in the supernatural romantic drama Charlie St. Cloud (2010), which became a moderate success at the box office despite receiving mostly negative reviews from critics.


Efron next appeared as a part of the large ensemble cast in Garry Marshall's New Year's Eve (2011), which depicted a series of holiday vignettes of different groups of characters. The film received almost unanimously negative reviews from critics, but became a major success at the box office. He also played a supporting role in the critically successful Liberal Arts (2012), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012 and received a limited release later that year. He also starred alongside Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, David Oyelowo, and John Cusack in The Paperboy (2012), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2012 and received a wider release later that year. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics.


After lending his voice to the commercially successful computer-animated film The Lorax (2012), he appeared as the male lead in the romantic drama The Lucky One (2012), based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The film became a major box office success despite negative reviews from critics. He also starred in the drama At Any Price, which premiered at the 2012 Venice International Film Festival, and the historical drama Parkland, which premiered at the 2013 Venice International Film Festival. Both of the films received mixed reviews from critics.


Efron's first release of 2014 was the romantic comedy That Awkward Moment, on which he was also an executive producer. The film, which starred Efron alongside Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan as three bachelors in New York City, became a moderate commercial success despite receiving mostly negative reviews from critics.



2014–present: Major commercial success




Efron at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, May 2012


Later in 2014, Efron was seen in the adult comedy Neighbors (2014), co-starring Seth Rogen. The film revolved around a young couple, played by Rogen and Rose Byrne, who struggle to raise their baby daughter while living next to the house of a wild fraternity led by its president, played by Efron. The film became a major commercial success and earned mostly positive reviews from critics, who also added that Efron had successfully shed his "Disney kid" pretty boy image.[19]


Efron's only release in 2015 was the moderately successful We Are Your Friends (2015), in which he played a struggling DJ. In January 2016, he starred alongside Robert De Niro in the adult comedy Dirty Grandpa, about a straitlaced young man who begrudgingly indulges his grandfather's unhinged personality by taking him on a vacation to Florida. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics for its crude humor, but became a commercial success upon its release. He subsequently co-starred with Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, and Chloë Grace Moretz in the comedy sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, which became a commercial and critical success upon its release in May 2016. The film followed the same couple (Rogen and Byrne) who team up with their former rival (Efron) to take down a hard-partying sorority led by a freshman (Moretz). His third 2016 comedy, released in July, was Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, in which he co-starred with Adam DeVine (playing siblings), as well as Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza.


In 2017, Efron starred in Baywatch, an action comedy film version of the television series of the same name, released in May. The film features Dwayne Johnson and Efron with an ensemble cast, including Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Jon Bass, Ilfenesh Hadera, and Priyanka Chopra. Also in 2017, Efron had a supporting role in two biographical films released in December, The Disaster Artist, a comedy-drama directed by and starring James Franco, and, as Phillip, in the musical The Greatest Showman, opposite Hugh Jackman. Both were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.[20][21]


Upcoming projects


In May 2017, it was announced that Efron will play serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, opposite Lily Collins as Bundy's girlfriend.[22] In the same year, he was cast in a co-starring role in the Harmony Korine film The Beach Bum.[23]


Personal life


Efron was on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2008 as number 92, with estimated earnings of $5.8 million from June 2007 to June 2008. In April 2009, his personal wealth equaled about $10 million.[24] In May 2015, Efron's net worth was $18 million.[25]


People magazine said in 2007 that Efron and Vanessa Hudgens began dating in 2005 during the filming of High School Musical,[26][27][28] although Us magazine said, after the two broke up in December 2010, that they "met in 2005 while making the first High School Musical flick, and became a romantic item about two years later."[29] Efron began a romantic relationship with model and entrepreneur Sami Miró in September 2014. The couple split in April 2016.[30][31]


Efron sought treatment in early 2013 after struggling with alcoholism and substance abuse. He has been sober since June 2013.[1] In November 2013, Efron had to have his jaw wired shut after breaking it in a fall at home.[32] In March 2014, Efron engaged in a fight with a homeless man in Skid Row. Law enforcement officials did not make any arrests because they viewed it as mutual combat.[33]


Filmography


Film








Key
Films that have not yet been released. Denotes films that have not yet been released.


















































































































































































































Title
Year
Role
Director(s)
Notes

Ref(s)

Melinda's World
2003
Stuart Wasser

David Baumgarten

[34]

The Derby Stallion
2005
Patrick McCardle

Craig Clyde

[35]

Hairspray
2007
Link Larkin

Adam Shankman

[36]

Me and Orson Welles

2008
Richard Samuels

Richard Linklater

[37]

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

2008

Troy Bolton

Kenny Ortega

[38]

17 Again
2009
Mike O'Donnell

Burr Steers

[39]

Charlie St. Cloud
2010
Charlie St. Cloud

Burr Steers

[40]

New Year's Eve
2011
Paul

Garry Marshall

[41]

Liberal Arts

2012
Nat

Josh Radnor

[42]

The Lorax

2012
Ted (voice)

Chris Renaud
Kyle Balda

[43]

The Lucky One

2012
Logan Thibault

Scott Hicks

[44]

The Paperboy

2012
Jack Jansen

Lee Daniels

[45]

At Any Price

2012
Dean Whipple

Ramin Bahrani

[46]

Parkland
2013
Dr. Charles James "Jim" Carrico

Peter Landesman

[47]

That Awkward Moment

2014
Jason

Tom Gormican

[48]

Neighbors

2014
Teddy Sanders

Nicholas Stoller

[49]

We Are Your Friends
2015
Cole Carter

Max Joseph

[50]

Dirty Grandpa

2016
Jason Kelly

Dan Mazer

[51]

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

2016
Teddy Sanders

Nicholas Stoller

[52]

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

2016
Dave Stangle

Jake Szymanski

[53]

The Disaster Artist

2017
Dan Janjigian/'Chris-R'

James Franco

[54]

Baywatch

2017

Matt Brody

Seth Gordon

[55]

The Greatest Showman

2017
Phillip Carlyle

Michael Gracey

[56]

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and VileFilm has yet to be released.

2019

Ted Bundy

Joe Berlinger
Post-production
[57]

The Beach BumFilm has yet to be released.

2019
Flicker

Harmony Korine
Post-production
[58]

Television


























































































































Title
Year(s)
Role(s)
Notes

Ref(s)

Firefly
2002
Young Simon Tam
Episode: "Safe"
[59]

ER

2003
Bobby Neville
Episode: "Dear Abby"
[60]

The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke

2003
Pete Laemke

Television film
[61]

Summerland

2004–2005
Cameron Bale
16 episodes
[62]

Triple Play

2004
Harry Fuller
Television film
[63]

Miracle Run

2004
Stephen Morgan
Television film
[64]

CSI: Miami
2005
Seth Dawson
Episode: "Sex & Taxes"
[65]

NCIS

2006
Daniel Austin
Episode: "Deception"
[66]

High School Musical

2006

Troy Bolton
Television film
[38]

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

2006
Trevor
Episode: "Odd Couples"
[67]

Heist

2006
Pizza Delivery Guy
Episode: "Pilot"
[68]

If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now

2006
Cody
Television film
[69]

The Replacements

2006
Davey Hunkerhoff (voice)
Episode: "Davey Hunkerhoff/Ratted Out"
[70]

High School Musical 2
2007

Troy Bolton
Television film
[38]

Robot Chicken

2009–2016
Various roles (voice)
5 episodes
[71]

Entourage

2009
Himself
Episode: "Security Briefs"
[72]

Music videos
























Title
Year
Performer(s)
Album

Ref(s)
"Sick Inside"
2005

Hope Partlow

Who We Are
[73]
"Say OK"
2007

Vanessa Hudgens

V
[74]

Discography



Singles


























































































































List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title
Year
Peak chart positions
Certifications
Album

US
[75]

AUS
[76]

CAN
[77]

IRE
[78]

FRA
[79]

NZ
[80]

SPA
[81]

SWE
[82]

UK
[83]
"Breaking Free"
(with Drew Seeley and Vanessa Hudgens)
2006
4 13 17 4 9


  • RIAA: Gold[84]

  • BPI: Silver[85]



High School Musical (soundtrack)
"Get'cha Head in the Game"
(with Drew Seeley)
23 125

  • RIAA: Gold[86]

"You Are the Music in Me"
(with Vanessa Hudgens)
2007
31 86 54 12 26


High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)
"Bet on It"
46 93 65

"Gotta Go My Own Way"
(with Vanessa Hudgens)
34 36 40

"Right Here, Right Now"
(with Vanessa Hudgens)
2008
119 137

High School Musical 3: Senior Year (soundtrack)
"Rewrite the Stars"
(with Zendaya)
2017
70 24 71 21 115 32 82 90 16


  • RIAA: Platinum[87]

  • ARIA: Platinum[88]

  • BPI: Platinum[89]

  • MC: Gold[90]



The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Other charted songs



































































































































List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title
Year
Peak chart positions
Certifications
Album

US
[75]

AUS
[76]

CAN
[77]

IRE
[78]

FRA
[79]

NZ
[80]

UK
[83]
"Start of Something New"
(with Drew Seeley and Vanessa Hudgens)
2006
28


High School Musical (soundtrack)
"Ladies' Choice"
2007
96


Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture
"Everday"
(with Vanessa Hudgens)
65


High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)
"You Are the Music in Me (Reprise)"
(with Ashley Tisdale)
89

"Can I Have This Dance"
(with Vanessa Hudgens)
2008
98 84 81


High School Musical 3: Senior Year (soundtrack)
"Just Wanna Be with You"
(with Lucas Grabeel, Olesya Rulin, and Vanessa Hudgens)
153

"The Boys Are Back"
(with Corbin Bleu)
101 72 101

"The Greatest Show"
(with Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zendaya and The Greatest Showman Ensemble)
2017
88 42 34 110 [a]
20



  • RIAA: Gold[92]


  • ARIA: Platinum[88]


  • BPI: Platinum[89]



The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"The Other Side"
(with Hugh Jackman)
54 48


  • BPI: Gold[89]

  • RIAA: Gold[93]


"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.




  1. ^ "The Greatest Show" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 3 on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[91]



Awards and nominations









































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Award
Year of ceremony
Category
Nominee/work
Result

Ref(s)

ASTRA Awards
2008
Favourite International Personality or Actor

High School Musical 2
Nominated
[94]

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

2008

Best Acting Ensemble

Hairspray
Won
[95]

Best Comedy
Nominated
[96]

Best Family Film
Nominated

Best Song
for "Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)"
Nominated

CinemaCon
2016
Comedy Star of the Year
(shared with Anna Kendrick and Adam DeVine)

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Won
[97]

Gold Derby Awards
2007
Best Ensemble Cast

Hairspray
Nominated
[98]

Golden Raspberry Awards

2012

Worst Screen Ensemble

New Year's Eve
Nominated
[99]

2018

Worst Actor

Baywatch
Nominated
[100]

Hollywood Film Awards
2007
Ensemble Acting of the Year – Musical/Comedy

Hairspray
Nominated
[101]

MTV Movie Awards

2008

Best Breakthrough Performance

Hairspray
Won
[102]

2009

Best Male Performance

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Won

Best Kiss
(shared with Vanessa Hudgens)
Nominated

2010

Best Male Performance

17 Again
Nominated

2011

Best Male Performance

Charlie St. Cloud
Nominated

2014

Best Shirtless Performance

That Awkward Moment
Won

2015

Best On-Screen Duo
(shared with Dave Franco)

Neighbors
Won

Best Shirtless Performance
Won

Best Fight
(shared with Seth Rogen)
Nominated

Best Musical Moment
(shared with Seth Rogen)
Nominated

2017

Best Kiss
(shared with Anna Kendrick)

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Nominated
[103]

Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards

2007
Fave Movie Star

Hairspray
Won
[104]

2009
Fave Movie Star

17 Again
Won
[105]

2010
Cutest Couple
(shared with Vanessa Hudgens)
N/A
Won
[106]

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

2010
Favorite Movie Actor

17 Again
Nominated
[107]

Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards

2007
Best TV Actor

High School Musical
Won
[108]
Online Film and Television Awards
2008
Best Original Song
for "Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)"

Hairspray
Nominated
[109]
Best Adapted Song
for "You Can't Stop the Beat"
Nominated

Palm Springs International Film Festival
2008
Best Ensemble Cast

Hairspray
Won
[110]

People's Choice Awards

2008
Favorite Song from a Soundtrack
for "You Can't Stop the Beat"

Hairspray
Won
[111]

2009

Favorite Star Under 35
N/A
Nominated
[112]

2011
Favorite Movie Star Under 25
N/A
Won
[113]

2013
Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor

The Lucky One
Won
[114]

2015
Favorite Comedic Movie Actor

Neighbors
Nominated
[115]

2017
Favorite Comedic Movie Actor

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Nominated
[116]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2008

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Hairspray
Nominated
[117]

ShoWest Convention
2009
Breakthrough Performer of the Year

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Won
[118]

Teen Choice Awards

2006
Choice Breakout TV Star

High School Musical
Won
[119]
Choice TV Chemistry
(shared with Vanessa Hudgens)
Won

2007
Choice Male Hottie
N/A
Won
[120]

2008
Choice Male Hottie
N/A
Nominated
[121]
Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon – Male
N/A
Nominated

2009
Choice Comedy Movie Actor

17 Again
Won
[122]
Choice Music/Dance Movie Actor

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Won
Choice Movie Rockstar Moment

17 Again
Won
Choice Movie Liplock
(shared with Vanessa Hudgens)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Nominated
Choice Male Hottie
N/A
Nominated
Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon – Male
N/A
Nominated

2010
Choice Summer Movie Actor

Charlie St. Cloud
Nominated
[123]
Choice Male Hottie
N/A
Nominated
Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon – Male
N/A
Nominated
Choice Smile
N/A
Nominated

2011
Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon – Male
N/A
Won
[124]

2012
Choice Drama Movie Actor

The Lucky One
Won
[125]
Choice Romance Movie Actor
Won
Choice Movie Voice

The Lorax
Nominated
Choice Movie Liplock
(shared with Taylor Schilling)

The Lucky One
Nominated

2014
Choice Male Hottie
N/A
Nominated
[126]

2016
Choice Comedy Movie Actor

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Won
[127]
Choice Movie Hissy Fit
Nominated

2017
Choice Comedy Movie Actor

Baywatch
Won
[128]
Choice MovieShip
(shared with Dwayne Johnson)
Nominated

2018
Choice Drama Movie Actor

The Greatest Showman
Won
[129]
Choice MovieShip
(shared with Zendaya)
Won

Choice Collaboration
(shared with Zendaya for "Rewrite the Stars")
Won
Choice Liplock
(shared with Zendaya)
Nominated
Choice Male Hottie
N/A
Nominated

Young Artist Awards

2005
Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Supporting Young Actor

Miracle Run
Nominated
[130]

2007
Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actor

High School Musical
Nominated
[131]

Young Hollywood Awards

2014
Best Cast Chemistry – Film

Neighbors
Nominated
[132]
Best Threesome
(shared with Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz-Plasse)
Nominated
Best Threesome
(shared with Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan)

That Awkward Moment
Nominated

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