Zachary David Alexander Efron (/ˈɛfrÉ'n/; born October 18, 1987) is
an American actor and singer. 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 trilogy (2006â€"2008).
During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007)
and the comedy film 17 Again (2009). Efron has since starred in the
films New Year's Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), The Paperboy
(2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Baywatch (2017), The
Greatest Showman (2017), Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
(2019), and Scoob! (2020).Efron was born in San Luis Obispo,
California, 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 an administrative assistant who worked at
the same power plant. Efron has a brother, Dylan, and had, as he has
described, a "normal childhood" in a middle-class family. His surname
is Hebrew. He is of Jewish heritage, though he was raised in an
agnostic household and did not practice religion as a child.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. Efron subsequently
worked in the theater The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville, and
began taking singing lessons. 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). Efron was later signed to the Creative
Artists Agency.
an American actor and singer. 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 trilogy (2006â€"2008).
During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007)
and the comedy film 17 Again (2009). Efron has since starred in the
films New Year's Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), The Paperboy
(2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Baywatch (2017), The
Greatest Showman (2017), Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
(2019), and Scoob! (2020).Efron was born in San Luis Obispo,
California, 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 an administrative assistant who worked at
the same power plant. Efron has a brother, Dylan, and had, as he has
described, a "normal childhood" in a middle-class family. His surname
is Hebrew. He is of Jewish heritage, though he was raised in an
agnostic household and did not practice religion as a child.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. Efron subsequently
worked in the theater The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville, and
began taking singing lessons. 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). Efron was later signed to the Creative
Artists Agency.
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