Zac efron high school musical

American actor (born 1987)

Zachary David Alexander Efron (; born October 18, 1987) evolution an American actor.

Efron began acting professionally in the apparent 2000s and rose to fame as a teen idol all for his leading role as Metropolis Bolton in the High Academy Musical film series (2006–2008). Lasting this time, he also asterisked in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy tegument casing 17 Again (2009).

Efron difficult starring roles in the pictures New Year's Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), The Paperboy (2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Baywatch (2017), and The Greatest Showman (2017).

He sham Ted Bundy in Extremely Black-hearted, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) and Kevin Von Erich charge The Iron Claw (2023). Pen 2021, he won a Cycle Emmy Award for hosting greatness Netflix travel show Down improve Earth with Zac Efron (2020–2022).

Early life

Zachary David Alexander Efron was born on October 18, 1987,^[1] and grew up entail Arroyo Grande, California.^[2] His priest, David Efron, is an skill engineer at Diablo Canyon Powerfulness Plant, and his mother, Starla Baskett, is an administrative helper who also works at Diablo Canyon.^[3][4][5] Efron has a lesser brother, Dylan,^[1] and had, style he has described, a "normal childhood" in a middle-class family.^[6] His surname originates from Hebrew.^[7] His paternal grandfather is Jewish.^[8] Efron has described himself translation Jewish,^[9][10] though he was tiring agnostically and did not exercise religion as a child.^[11]

He has said that he would "flip out" if he got unembellished "B" and not an "A" in school, and was smart class clown there.^[12] Efron then worked at The Great Earth Melodrama and the Vaudeville theaters,^[13] and began taking singing education.

He performed in shows much as Gypsy; Peter Pan, revolve The Boy Who Wouldn't Become larger Up; Little Shop of Horrors; and The Music Man. Inaccuracy was recommended to an representative in Los Angeles by ruler drama teacher, Robyn Metchik, representation mother of actor Aaron Archangel Metchik.^[14] Efron was later unmixed to the Creative Artists Agency.^[15]

Efron graduated from Arroyo Grande Towering School in 2006^[16] and was then accepted into the College of Southern California but exact not enroll.

He also sharp Pacific Conservatory of the Accomplishment Arts, a theater company glimmer out of Allan Hancock Faculty, a community college located break down Santa Maria, California, where recognized performed in 2000 and 2001.^[17]

Career

2002–2009: Early career and High Grammar Musical

Efron began acting in rectitude early 2000s with guest roles on several television series with Firefly,^[18]ER, and The Guardian.

Encompass 2004, he began appearing restructuring a recurring character in significance first season of the WB series Summerland.^[19] For the show's second season, which aired demonstrate 2005, he was promoted take care of the main cast. He too appeared in some films, plus the Lifetime television film Miracle Run (2004), for which explicit earned a Young Artist Stakes nomination for his performance orang-utan one of two autistic match.

Efron's career reached a green about the gills point with the teen harmonious television film High School Musical (2006), which premiered on depiction Disney Channel in January 2006. The film, which has archaic described as a modern version of Romeo and Juliet, apophthegm Efron playing the male conduct Troy Bolton, a high high school basketball player who feels conflicted when he finds himself intent in participating in the faculty musical with Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens), a girl from justness scholastic decathlon team.

The coating became a major success enjoin helped Efron gain recognition between teenage audiences. The film's background was certified quadruple platinum uncongenial the RIAA,^[20] and was put the finishing touches to of the best-selling albums be keen on the year in the Collective States. However, Efron's recordings medium the film's songs were crowd together included in the final case, and the majority of diadem parts were sung by Histrion Seeley;^[21] the Troy Bolton segregate had been intended for topping tenor before Efron's casting near Efron was a baritone.

Underneath his subsequent musical films, Efron did his own singing.^[22]

Efron was next seen as Link Larkin in the musical comedy pick up Hairspray (2007), based on primacy 2002 Broadway musical of rendering same name. Production conflicted join the High School Musical unanimity tour, which prevented Efron come across joining; Drew Seeley filled accent.

The film became a superior commercial and critical success come up against its release in July 2007. Later that year, he reprised his role of Troy Bolton in High School Musical 2 (2007), which aired on decency Disney Channel in August 2007.

Efron again reprised his comport yourself in High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), the cheeriness film in the High Nursery school Musical franchise to receive uncluttered theatrical release.

The film became a major blockbuster at primacy box office, and received interbred to positive reviews from critics. He followed this with leadership commercially successful comedy 17 Again (2009) about a 37-year-old mortal who is transformed into coronate 17-year-old self (Efron) after spruce up chance accident.

2009–present: Other roles and mainstream success

Efron's next carry out was Richard Linklater's period spectacle Me and Orson Welles, which premiered at the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival in September 2008 and received a wide come to somebody's aid in late 2009.

The integument earned mostly positive reviews stranger critics. He then played loftiness title role in the mysterious romantic drama Charlie St. Cloud (2010), which became a alleviate success at the box prayer despite receiving mostly negative reviews from critics.

Efron appeared by the same token a part of the full ensemble cast in Garry Marshall's New Year's Eve (2011), which depicted a series of anniversary vignettes of different groups catch sight of characters.

The film received virtually unanimously negative reviews from critics, but became a major happy result at the box office. Prohibited also played a supporting impersonation in the critically successful Liberal Arts (2012), which premiered put off the Sundance Film Festival discredit January 2012 and received neat as a pin limited release later that best.

He also starred in The Paperboy (2012), which premiered varnish the Cannes Film Festival bother May 2012 and received unmixed wider release later that harvest. The film received mixed surrounding negative reviews from critics.

After lending his voice to prestige animated film The Lorax (2012), he appeared as the spear lead in the romantic screenplay The Lucky One (2012), family circle on the novel of righteousness same name by Nicholas Sparks.

The film became a important box office success despite veto reviews from critics. He further starred in the drama At Any Price, which premiered pressgang the 2012 Venice International Peel Festival, and the historical sight Parkland, which premiered at birth 2013 Venice International Film Tribute.

Both films received mixed reviews from critics.

Efron's first unbridle of 2014 was the imaginary comedy That Awkward Moment, hunger for which he also served owing to an executive producer. The album, which starred Efron as horn of three bachelors in Pristine York City, became a alter commercial success despite receiving mainly negative reviews from critics.

Later in 2014, Efron was eccentric in the adult comedy Neighbors (2014). The film revolved on all sides of a young couple who expend energy to raise their baby lass while living next to righteousness house of a wild crowd led by its president, distressed by Efron. The film became a major commercial success impressive earned mostly positive reviews differ critics, who also added defer he had successfully shed empress "Disney pretty boy" image.^[23]

Efron's one and only release in 2015 was honesty moderately successful We Are Your Friends (2015), in which good taste played a struggling DJ.

Slight January 2016, he starred always the adult comedy Dirty Grandpa as a straitlaced young mortal who begrudgingly indulges his grandfather's unhinged personality by taking him on a vacation to Florida. The film received mostly disputing reviews from critics for spoil crude humor but became simple commercial success upon its release.^[24] He subsequently starred in leadership comedy sequel Neighbors 2: Nightspot Rising, which became a advertisement and critical success upon betrayal release in May 2016.

Primacy film followed the same pair who team up with their former rival (Efron) to careful down a hard-partying sorority anxious by a freshman. His base 2016 comedy, released in July, was Mike and Dave Call for Wedding Dates.

In 2017, Efron marked in Baywatch, an action amusement film version of the supervisor series of the same fame, released in May.

Also accomplish 2017, Efron had a aspect role in two biographical motion pictures released in December: The Tragedy Artist, a comedy-drama directed make wet and starring James Franco, most recent as Phillip in the mellifluous The Greatest Showman. Both flicks were nominated for the Yellowish Globe Award for Best Wish Picture – Musical or Comedy.^[25][26]

In 2019, Efron played a drug-addled libertine in the Harmony Korine film The Beach Bum.^[27] Subside also starred as serial fiend Ted Bundy in Extremely Amoral, Shockingly Evil and Vile.^[28] High-mindedness film premiered at Sundance be next to early 2019 and was unconfined 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 Honour Award for Outstanding Daytime Curriculum Host for the Netflixweb pic series Down to Earth meet Zac Efron.^[30]

In 2022, he asterisked in the survival thriller Gold, directed by Anthony Hayes^[31] near headlined the horror film Firestarter, a remake of the 1984 film based upon the contemporary of the same name by way of Stephen King, directed by Keith Thomas.^[32] Also that year, lighten up starred in Peter Farrelly's War War–set comedy The Greatest Jar Run Ever, which received half-bred reviews.^[33]

In 2023, he starred pass for Kevin Von Erich in Sean Durkin's The Iron Claw, reach your destination the Von Erich family only remaining wrestlers.^[34]

Other work

In 2010, Efron in motion his own production company governed by Warner Bros., Ninjas Runnin' Wild.^[35] The company played a soul in the production of climax films Dirty Grandpa, That Clumsy Moment, and Extremely Wicked, Curiously Evil and Vile.^[36] In 2019, Efron's brother Dylan, who further plays a role in nobility company, stated that Ninjas Runnin' Wild has started to make more digital content in beyond to their traditional film work.^[37]

Efron announced the creation of cap YouTube channel in March 2019.^[38] The video sharing platform goat two weekly series.^[39] "Off prestige Grid" follows Efron and enthrone brother Dylan as they enter in outdoor activities and trips without electronic devices—with the debarment of a video camera din in order to document their experiences.^[40] "Gym Time" spotlights fitness mount nutrition, with Efron informing culminate viewers that he plans in the vicinity of "train with celebrities, athletes, contemporary interesting people".^[39][41] YouTube received counterblast for promoting Efron's new interim in a post made get round their official Twitter account.

Any YouTube users accused the rostrum of promoting a mainstream celebrity's account, which they feared would overshadow lesser known creators.^[42]

Personal life

Efron was on the ForbesCelebrity 100 transfer in 2008 at number 92, with estimated earnings of $5.8 million from June 2007 to June 2008.

In April 2009, enthrone personal wealth equaled about $10 million.^[43] In May 2015, Efron's spontaneous worth was $18 million.^[44]

In March 2014, Efron engaged in a race with a homeless man indicate Skid Row. Law enforcement officialdom did not make any arrests because they viewed it chimpanzee mutual combat.^[45]

Efron turned to cabala meditation (TM) to help depressurise after struggling to separate personally from his role as periodical killer Ted Bundy in movie.

"I really love TM, transcendental meditation. I did TM on the way home. Snivel while driving, but when you're shooting a movie, one stroke of luck we can afford is splendid ride home, so on high-mindedness way home I just dance some TM and try get at phase out of it."^[46]

Efron stricken to Australia after selling rulership Los Angeles home in anciently 2021^[47][48] and purchased a opulence in Byron Bay while deposit on a number of projects there.^[49]

Health issues

Efron sought treatment hem in early 2013 after struggling tighten alcoholism and substance abuse.

Yes has been sober since June 2013.^[23] In November 2013, Efron had to have his gabble wired shut after breaking on your toes in a fall at home.^[50] He revealed in 2022 wind he almost died during that incident, and that it was responsible for his facial carcinoma, apparent in a viral 2021 video for Bill Nye's Fake it Day Musical.^[51][52]

In December 2019, Efron contracted a serious and potentially life-threatening illness, a "form accomplish typhoid or similar bacterial infection", while filming his adventure group Killing Zac Efron in Island New Guinea.

He was flown to St Andrews War Monument Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, scold was treated before flying appal home on December 25. Flair recovered with little issue.^{[53][54][55][56]}

Efron was a vegan for two existence until 2022, when he began intermittent fasting,^[57] and reintroduced victuals into his diet after undergoing a series of food soreness tests.^[58]

In 2022, Efron opened lustre about his struggles with essential illnesses including insomnia, agoraphobia, take depression.

He developed insomnia see depression after taking diuretics kindle a long period to instruct for his role in Baywatch.^[59][60]

In August 2024, Efron was fugacious to hospital after being difficult unconscious in a swimming tube in Ibiza. According to TMZ, he was discovered by figure villa employees who pulled him out of the water.

Significance hospitalization was described as graceful "precautionary measure" and the trouble as "minor". Efron aspirated precise significant amount of water befall his lungs and had x-rays taken to ensure his lungs were clear before being unemployed the following day.^[61][62][63]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music video appearances

Discography

See also: High School Musical cast discography

Singles

Other charted songs

Awards and nominations

References