Zachary David Alexander "Zac" Efron is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and became known with his lead roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, the WB series Summerland, and the 2007 film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray. Efron has since starred in the films 17 Again, Me and Orson Welles, Charlie St. Cloud, and New Year's Eve, and is due to star in The Lucky One. In 2007, Rolling Stone declared him the "poster boy for tweenyboppers" and featured him in their late August 2007 issue. 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 a former secretary who worked at the same power plant. Efron has a younger brother, Dylan, and had, as he described it, a "normal childhood" in a middle class family. He is an agnostic, having never been religious. His surname, "Efron", means "lark" in Hebrew .
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| Birthdate: | October 18, 1987 |
| Birthplace: | San Luis Obispo, California |
| Age: | 24 |
| Height: | 5' 8" |
| Education: | Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Arroyo Grande High School |
| Religion: | Agnosticism |
| Also known as: | Zachary David Alexander Efron, Efron, Zac, Zachary Efron |