Zachary David Alexander Efron is an American singer and actor. He started to act professionally in the early 2000s to be featured at the end of 2000 by the role of Troy Bolton in High School Musical.
At that time he starred in the comedy 17 Again and Hairspray. He then appeared in Shockingly Evil and Vile, Extremely Wicked, The Greatest Showman, Baywatch, Dirty Grandpa, Neighbors, The Paperboy, The Lucky One and New Year's Eve.
Zac Efron was born on October 18, 1987, in San Luis Obispo after which he moved to Arroyo Grande.
His father David worked as an electrical engineer on the power plant and mother Starla as secretary.
Zac has one brother. He described childhood as a normal growth in the middle-class family.
Although he grew up in the family of agnostics and never practiced religion as a child, Zac later pleaded as a Jew.
His father helped him most to start acting, as he began to be encouraged when he was eleven years old.
After that, he acted in theater at High School and The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville Theater.
He played in The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up and Peter Pan performances. His drama teacher recommended him to an agent in Los Angeles.
He graduated from the Arroyo Grande High School and afterward he was admitted to the University of Southern California.
It was included in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list with a $ 5.8 million gain from 2007 to 2008.
A year later his wealth was $ 10 million.
At the time of filming High School Musical, he was in a relationship with Vanessa Hudgens. They broke off in 2010, and 2014 started a relationship with Sami Miro, a businessman, and model.
At the beginning of 2013, Zac sought treatment after struggling with alcoholism. The treatment was successful since Zac was sober from that year and no longer had problems with drugs and alcohol.