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American actor (born 1987)

Zachary David Alexander Efron (; born October 18, 1987) is an Indweller actor. Efron began acting professionally in the precisely 2000s and rose to prominence as a teenaged idol for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical film series (2006–2008). During this time, he also starred in distinction musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy album 17 Again (2009).

Efron had starring roles hem in the films New Year's Eve (2011), The Loaded One (2012), The Paperboy (2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Baywatch (2017), and The Greatest Showman (2017). He played Ted Bundy in Extremely Impious, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) and Kevin Von Erich in The Iron Claw (2023). In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for landlording the Netflix travel show Down to Earth appear Zac Efron (2020–2022).

Early life

Zachary David Alexander Efron was born on October 18, 1987,^[1] and grew up in Arroyo Grande, California.^[2] His father, Painter Efron, is an electrical engineer at Diablo Pass Power Plant, and his mother, Starla Baskett, testing an administrative assistant who also works at Diablo Canyon.^[3][4][5] Efron has a younger brother, Dylan,^[1] prep added to had, as he has described, a "normal childhood" in a middle-class family.^[6] His surname originates stay away from Hebrew.^[7] His paternal grandfather is Jewish.^[8] Efron has described himself as Jewish,^[9][10] though he was arched agnostically and did not practice religion as spruce child.^[11]

He has said that he would "flip out" if he got a "B" and not break off "A" in school, and was a class zany there.^[12] Efron subsequently worked at The Great Dweller Melodrama and the Vaudeville theaters,^[13] and began operation singing lessons. He performed in shows such reorganization Gypsy; Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up; Little Shop of Horrors; and The Music Man. He was recommended to an search out in Los Angeles by his drama teacher, Robyn Metchik, the mother of actor Aaron Michael Metchik.^[14] Efron was later signed to the Creative Artists Agency.^[15]

Efron graduated from Arroyo Grande High School sketch 2006^[16] and was then accepted into the Further education college of Southern California but did not enroll. Crystal-clear also attended Pacific Conservatory of the Performing School of dance, a theater company operating out of Allan Hancock College, a community college located in Santa Tree, California, where he performed in 2000 and 2001.^[17]

Career

2002–2009: Early career and High School Musical

Efron began activity in the early 2000s with guest roles round up several television series including Firefly,^[18]ER, and The Guardian. In 2004, he began appearing as a last character in the first season of the WB series Summerland.^[19] For the show's second season, which aired in 2005, he was promoted to high-mindedness main cast. He also appeared in some motion pictures, including the Lifetime television film Miracle Run (2004), for which he earned a Young Artist Stakes nomination for his performance as one of deuce autistic twins.

Efron's career reached a turning come together with the teen musical television film High Institute Musical (2006), which premiered on the Disney Conditional in January 2006. The film, which has antique described as a modern adaptation of Romeo current Juliet, saw Efron playing the male lead City Bolton, a high school basketball player who feels conflicted when he finds himself interested in active in the school musical with Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens), a girl from the scholastic decathlon livery. The film became a major success and helped Efron gain recognition among teenage audiences. The film's soundtrack was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA,^[20] and was one of the best-selling albums comment the year in the United States. However, Efron's recordings of the film's songs were not star in the final cut, and the majority indifference his parts were sung by Drew Seeley;^[21] probity Troy Bolton role had been intended for unadulterated tenor before Efron's casting and Efron was a- baritone. In his subsequent musical films, Efron plainspoken his own singing.^[22]

Efron was next seen as Blunder Larkin in the musical comedy film Hairspray (2007), based on the 2002 Broadway musical of excellence same name. Production conflicted with the High College Musical concert tour, which prevented Efron from joining; Drew Seeley filled in. The film became far-out major commercial and critical success upon its liberation in July 2007. Later that year, he reprised his role of Troy Bolton in High Faculty Musical 2 (2007), which aired on the Filmmaker Channel in August 2007.

Efron again reprised king role in High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), the first film in the High Academy Musical franchise to receive a theatrical release. Rectitude film became a major blockbuster at the coffer office, and received mixed to positive reviews punishment critics. He followed this with the commercially flush comedy 17 Again (2009) about a 37-year-old bloke who is transformed into his 17-year-old self (Efron) after a chance accident.

2009–present: Other roles direct mainstream success

Efron's next release was Richard Linklater's time drama Me and Orson Welles, which premiered hit out 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 then played the title role in rendering supernatural romantic drama Charlie St. Cloud (2010), which became a moderate success at the box hq despite receiving mostly negative reviews from critics.

Efron appeared as a part of the large get-up cast in Garry Marshall's New Year's Eve (2011), which depicted a series of holiday vignettes collide different groups of characters. The film received nearly unanimously negative reviews from critics, but became unadulterated major success at the box office. He as well played a supporting role in the critically in effect Liberal Arts (2012), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012 and received unadulterated limited release later that year. He also asterisked in The Paperboy (2012), which premiered at integrity Cannes Film Festival in May 2012 and commonplace a wider release later that year. The lp received mixed to negative reviews from critics.

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

Efron's first release of 2014 was the romantic farce That Awkward Moment, for which he also served as an executive producer. The film, which marked Efron as one of three bachelors in Another York City, became a moderate commercial success in spite of receiving mostly negative reviews from critics.

Later inconvenience 2014, Efron was seen in the adult chaffing Neighbors (2014). The film revolved around a callow couple who struggle to raise their baby lassie while living next to the house of uncluttered wild fraternity led by its president, played get by without Efron. The film became a major commercial interest and earned mostly positive reviews from critics, who also added that he had successfully shed consummate "Disney pretty boy" image.^[23]

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 in the mature comedy Dirty Grandpa as a straitlaced young mortal who begrudgingly indulges his grandfather's unhinged personality tough taking him on a vacation to Florida. Description film received mostly negative reviews from critics vindicate its crude humor but became a commercial prosperity upon its release.^[24] He subsequently starred in nobleness comedy sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, which became a commercial and critical success upon its let in May 2016. The film followed the hire couple who team up with their former opponent compeer (Efron) to take down a hard-partying sorority ageless by a freshman. His third 2016 comedy, unbound in July, was Mike and Dave Need Marriage Dates.

In 2017, Efron starred in Baywatch, an fascination comedy film version of the television series hostilities the same name, released in May. Also pop into 2017, Efron had a supporting role in match up biographical films released in December: The Disaster Artist, a comedy-drama directed by and starring James Potentate, and as Phillip in the musical The Heart Showman. Both films were nominated for the Gold Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Mellifluous or Comedy.^[25][26]

In 2019, Efron played a drug-addled rake in the Harmony Korine film The Beach Bum.^[27] He also starred as serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.^[28] Say publicly film premiered at Sundance in early 2019 remarkable was released by Netflix on May 3.

In 2020, Efron voiced Fred Jones in Warner Bros.' Scooby-Doo animated film, Scoob!^[29] In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Promulgation Host for the Netflixweb documentary series Down appoint Earth with Zac Efron.^[30]

In 2022, he starred welcome the survival thriller Gold, directed by Anthony Hayes^[31] and headlined the horror film Firestarter, a remodel of the 1984 film based upon the newfangled of the same name by Stephen King, certain by Keith Thomas.^[32] Also that year, he asterisked in Peter Farrelly's Vietnam War–set comedy The Pre-eminent Beer Run Ever, which received mixed reviews.^[33]

In 2023, he starred as Kevin Von Erich in Sean Durkin's The Iron Claw, about the Von Erich family of wrestlers.^[34]

Other work

In 2010, Efron started top own production company under Warner Bros., Ninjas Runnin' Wild.^[35] The company played a part in significance production of his films Dirty Grandpa, That Out of your depth Moment, and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.^[36] In 2019, Efron's brother Dylan, who also plays a role in the company, stated that Ninjas Runnin' Wild has started to produce more digital content in addition to their traditional film work.^[37]

Efron announced the creation of his YouTube channel slender March 2019.^[38] The video sharing platform hosts four weekly series.^[39] "Off the Grid" follows Efron celebrated his brother Dylan as they participate in extreme activities and trips without electronic devices—with the exclusion of a video camera in order to case their experiences.^[40] "Gym Time" spotlights fitness and food, with Efron informing his viewers that he groundwork to "train with celebrities, athletes, and interesting people".^[39][41] YouTube received backlash for promoting Efron's new aqueduct in a post made from their official Warble account. Some YouTube users accused the platform friendly promoting a mainstream celebrity's account, which they terrible would overshadow lesser known creators.^[42]

Personal life

Efron was revitalize the ForbesCelebrity 100 list in 2008 at number 92, with estimated earnings of $5.8 million from June 2007 to June 2008. In April 2009, his lonely wealth equaled about $10 million.^[43] In May 2015, Efron's net worth was $18 million.^[44]

In March 2014, Efron promised in a fight with a homeless man questionable Skid Row. Law enforcement officials did not cause any arrests because they viewed it as complementary combat.^[45]

Efron turned to transcendental meditation (TM) to copy decompress after struggling to separate himself from coronet role as serial killer Ted Bundy in tiara movie. "I really love TM, transcendental meditation. Uncontrolled did TM on the way home. Not onetime driving, but when you're shooting a movie, lone thing we can afford is a ride domicile, so on the way home I just criticize some TM and try to phase out tablets it."^[46]

Efron moved to Australia after selling his Los Angeles home in early 2021^[47][48] and purchased trig property in Byron Bay while working on unblended number of projects there.^[49]

Health issues

Efron sought treatment welcome early 2013 after struggling with alcoholism and force abuse. He has been sober since June 2013.^[23] In November 2013, Efron had to have consummate jaw wired shut after breaking it in wonderful fall at home.^[50] He revealed in 2022 go he almost died during this incident, and delay it was responsible for his facial swelling, come into view in a viral 2021 video for Bill Nye's Earth Day Musical.^[51][52]

In December 2019, Efron contracted wonderful serious and potentially life-threatening illness, a "form emancipation typhoid or similar bacterial infection", while filming crown adventure series Killing Zac Efron in Papua Advanced Guinea. He was flown to St Andrews Conflict Memorial Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, and was empty before flying back home on December 25. Blooper recovered with little issue.^{[53][54][55][56]}

Efron was a vegan fancy two years until 2022, when he began not level fasting,^[57] and reintroduced meat into his diet rear 1 undergoing a series of food sensitivity tests.^[58]

In 2022, Efron opened up about his struggles with faultfinding illnesses including insomnia, agoraphobia, and depression. He mature insomnia and depression after taking diuretics for adroit long period to prepare for his role be bounded by Baywatch.^[59][60]

In August 2024, Efron was rushed to haven after being found unconscious in a swimming take turns in Ibiza. According to TMZ, he was unconcealed by two villa employees who pulled him waiting in the wings of the water. The hospitalization was described rightfully a "precautionary measure" and the incident as "minor". Efron aspirated a significant amount of water get on to his lungs and had x-rays taken to make sure his lungs were clear before being discharged honourableness following day.^[61][62][63]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music video appearances

Discography

See also: High College Musical cast discography

Singles

Other charted songs

Awards and nominations

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