Photo: Eva Rinaldi from Sydney Australia / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Zac Efron is one of my favorite case studies in outgrowing a teen-idol label without disowning it. High School Musical made him the poster on a million bedroom walls, and a lesser actor would have spent a career running from that. Instead he leaned into comedy, then into unsettling dramatic territory, treating his image as raw material rather than a cage. The 2023 star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame reads to me as the industry conceding the point: the pretty face was hiding a worker. I admire his willingness to look ridiculous or frightening on screen, and I suspect his most interesting decade as an actor is only just beginning.
Overview
Zachary David Alexander Efron (; born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. Efron began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence as a teen idol for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical film series (2006–2008). During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy film 17 Again (2009).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Zac Efron
- Name (Japanese)
- ザック・エフロン
- Reading
- ざっく・えふろん
- Born
- October 18, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rabbit
- Origin
- San Luis Obispo, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / voice actor / disc jockey / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Arroyo Grande High School
- University
- University of Southern California
Awards & achievements
- 2009 MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
- 2023 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.