Zac Efron

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Born

October 18, 1987 · San Luis Obispo, California, USA

Birth name

Zachary David Alexander Efron

"When you're young everything seems like the end of the world, but it's not; it's just the beginning." Zac Efron is an American actor, known for his role as Troy Bolton in the musical trilogy High School Musical (2006, 2007, and 2008), a project that brought him to fame and consolidated him as a teen idol. At the age of 11, Zac attended the Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts and began taking voice lessons. Due to his talent, he was soon performing in different plays. He was recommended by his drama teacher to an agent in Los Angeles and began his film career playing small roles in movies and television series. In 2006, he became one of the most famous teenage actors in the world. The following year he was selected to play Link Larkin in Hairspray (2007), a film based on the Broadway musical comedy, which he co-starred in with John Travolta, among others. 17 Again (2009), The Lucky One (2012), Neighbors (2014), and Ted Bundy: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), in which he plays the serial killer, are other films where he demonstrates his versatility as an actor. In 2020, he became the presenter of the documentary series Down to Earth with Zac Efron. The actor has won four Teen Choice Awards, an MTV Movie Awards, among others. All these projects have solidified his place in the entertainment world, consolidating him as a prominent figure in the industry.