Zac Efron
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Zac Efron is an American actor and singer. He was born as Zachary David Alexander Efron on October 18, 1987 to Starla (nee Baskett) and David Efron. He also has a younger brother named Dylan. He began acting in the early 2000s, and became known to young audiences after his roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical as Troy Bolton, the WB series Summerland, and the film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray.[1][2] Speaking to Newsweek in June 2006, director Adam Shankman described Efron as "arguably the biggest teen star in America right now."[3] In 2007, right before the release of High School Musical 2, Rolling Stone declared him the "poster boy for tweenyboppers" and featured him in their late August issue. Since the first High School Musical movie, he and fellow HSM star, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, who stars as Troy's girlfriend Gabriella Montez have also been dating. Note: This page stil needs lots of improving
After hearing him sing in the first movie everybody believed Efron was singing on his own. However that belief was proved to only be a rumor when it was revealed that Efron's voice was blended with the voice of Canadian actor and singer Andrew Seeley. So Efron did all of his own singing in High School Musical 2 (which premiered on Disney Channel on August 17, 2007) and the first motion picture of the entire movie series High School Musical 3: Senior Year (which was released in theatres on October 28, 2008).
