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. Efron subsequently worked in the theater The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville, and began taking singing lessons. Įfron 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. His paternal grandfather is Jewish, and Efron has described himself as Jewish, though he was raised agnostically and did not practice religion as a child. Efron has a younger brother, Dylan, and a younger paternal half-sister, Olivia, and had, as he has described, a "normal childhood" in a middle-class family. His father, David Efron, is an electrical engineer at Diablo Canyon Power Plant, and his mother, Starla Baskett, is an administrative assistant who also works at Diablo Canyon. In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for the Netflix web documentary series Down to Earth with Zac Efron (2020–present).Įfron grew up in Arroyo Grande, California. He played Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019). Efron subsequently rose to mainstream prominence with starring roles in the films New Year's Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), The Paperboy (2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Baywatch (2017), and The Greatest Showman (2017). During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy film 17 Again (2009). 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 (2006–2008). Zachary David Alexander Efron ( / ˈ ɛ f r ɒ n/ born Octo) is an American actor.
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