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36 years old (Born on October 18, 1987)

American actor; He is famous from High School Musicial, Summerland.

His favorite movie is Titanic (1997). Had his appendix removed and is recuperating [January 15, 2008]. Zac says that the five songs everyone should have on their iPod is You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson, Weapon of Choice by Fat Boy Slim, Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, Boston by Augustana, and Digital Love by Daft Punk (tv.com) Parents: David and Starla Siblings: Dylan Pets: Two Australian Shepherds, Dreamer and Puppy, and Siamese cat, Simon He is engagged to Vanessa Hudgens.

His favorite movie is The Goonies (1985).

Has a tattoo of two feathers on his right arm.

Among all his family members, Zac is closest to his little brother. (facebook.com)

On August 19th, 2007, Zac was number 1 on IMDb's Starmeter, that means he was the most searched celebrity. (tv.com)

Zac attended the 19th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards on January 5th, 2008 with his High School Musical co-star and girlfriend, Vanessa Hudgens (tv.com)

Simon Cowell offered him a record deal but he turned it down saying, "...acting is my main priority".

At The 9th Annual Family Television Awards, Zac won the award for the Best Actor for his performance in High School Musical 2 (tv.com)

Zac appeared in Vanessa Hudgen's music video for Say OK as her love interest. (tv.com)

Zac appeared on the third season of Dancing with the Stars alongside Ashley Tisdale. He was in the audience supporting his fellow High School Musical castmate, Monique Coleman. [ (tv.com)

Favorites:

Toys: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
City: London
Gum: Orbit
Song from HSM: Get'cha Head in the Game
Superhero: Spiderman
Quote: "I'll be back" from Terminator 2
TV Shows: American Idol and World Series Of Poker
Book: "Busting Vegas" by Ben Mezrich.
Footwear: Sandals
Subjects: English and Social Studies
Animal: Liger (the Lion and Tiger's mixed breed)
Movies: Dumb and Dumber, Knocked Up, and The 40-Year-Old v*rgin. Also, the Die Hard and Bourne series.
Candies: Pear belly bellies and Jaw breakers
Musicians: The Postal Service, The Shins, The Gorillaz, and John Mayer.
Actors: Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, and Jack Black
Food: Orange Chicken from Panda
Sportsman: Basketball player, Kobe Bryant
Cartoon: Rocco's Modern Life
Magazines: M&F, GQ, Cargo, and Popstar!
Car: Toyota Supra
TV Channel: Spike
Cereals: Kashi, Granola, Honey Nut Cheerios and Quaker Oats
Sport: Surfing, Golf, Skiing, Rock Climbing and Snowboarding (tv.com)

Zac and Vanessa Anne Hudgens won "Best TV Chemistry" at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards. (tv.com)

According to Zac, if there would be a movie version of his life, his role would be played by Pierce Brosnan. (tv.com)

Zac's dream job would be designing and testing video games or playing poker. (tv.com)

In the October 2006 issue of BOP, Zac revealed his pet peeve which is cigarettes. He hates being around other smokers and smelling smoke (tv.com)

if Zac could swap lives with someone, it would be the Queen of England. (tv.com)

Zac's fears are zombies, sharks, and the girl from The Ring (tv.com)

Zac is the first ever artist to debut with two songs on the Billboard Hot 100. They were Get'cha Head In The Game and Breaking Free. The next week he had five song credits on the chart: Get'cha Head In The Game, Breaking Free, Start Of Something New, What I've Been Looking For: Reprise, and We're All In This Together (tv.com)

Zac is ranked #11 in AIM's "100 Celebs Under 25" (tv.com)

Favorite Cartoon Show: Rocko`s Modern Life.

Was ranked #2 on TV Guide Top 10 Teen Star Countdown (2008).

Zac was his Summerland costar, Kay Panabaker's, very first kiss. She has said "Then I told him it was my first kiss ever. He said, 'Really? I hope I didn't ruin it for you.' And he didn't." (tv.com)

While filming the song "What Time is It?" for High School Musical 2 a desk fell on Zac's foot and it got really swollen (tv.com)

Zac likes confident girls. He has crushes on Nicole from the p*ssycat Dolls, Paula Abdul, and Lori Loughlin. However, his dream lady is Jessica Alba. (tv.com)

On the Billboard Hot 100 chart of 2006-02-11, Zac had five simultaneous song credits. The songs were "Get`cha Head in the Game" (solo), 3 duets with Vanessa Anne Hudgens ("Breaking Free," "Start of Something New," and "What I`ve Been Looking For") and "We`re All in this Together" credited to the High School Musical (2006) (TV) cast. All tracks were from the soundtrack of "High School Musical".

According to Vanessa Hudgens, Zac is very flirtatious guy (tv.com)

To prepare for the singing and dancing in the Disney Channel movie High School Musical Zac and his costars had intense dancing, singing, acting, and basketball rehearsals. They woke up at 6 in the morning and worked until 6 at nigh (tv.com)

in 2009, Zac admitted to being starstruck by Angelina Jolie. He says he "turns into a fifth grader" every time he talks to her.
In 2009, Zac purchased a new home in Los Angeles worth more than $2.2 million. (tv.com)

According to Monique Coleman, who played Taylor McKessie in High School Musical Zac is a big prankster. Once they were in New York and Zac told her there was someone who really wanted to talk to her so she opened the door and there were paparazzi (tv.com)

The first concert Zac ever went to was a Wallflowers concert (tv.com)

Considers Liza Minelli as one of his true inspirations and a life long idol.

One of Zac's favorite things about the sixties is the emergence of rock and roll. Zac thought that since Elvis defined sixties rock and roll he should base his character in Hairspray, Link Larkin on Elvis. Because of this, he practiced thrusting his hips at home in front of his mirror (tv.com)

Zac taught himself to play the guitar. (tv.com)

Zac's first kiss was in 5th grade during a game of Truth or Dare. [edit]
Zac's guilty pleasures are comic books, video games, watching Survivor and American Idol (tv.com)

The dogtag necklace that Zac wears a lot was a gift from his friend and crush, Paula Abdul and it is from her line of jewelry. It says "Reach for the Stars" on the front and "You might just become one!" on the back. (tv.com)

Met his current girlfriend, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, during castings for High School Musical (2006) (TV). They were paired together near the end of casting to see how well they worked together.

Ranked #24 on interview magazines Hollywood faces to watch "Future Stars of Tomorrow".

Was ranked #26 on Entertainment Weekly`s `30 Under 30` the actors list. (2008).

The Zac Efron-Vanessa Anne Hudgens duet "Breaking Free" (from High School Musical (2006) (TV)) made the fastest climb in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, leaping from 86 to 4 in one week (2006-02-11).

Zac was rushed to the hospital on January 15th, 2008 with apendicitis and had to have his appendix taken out. (tv.com)

Zac's first celebrity crush is Tyra Banks. (tv.com)

Zac was one of the many presenters at the 2008 Screen Actor's Guild Awards, or the SAG's. (tv.com)

The first concert he ever went to was a Wallflowers concert.

Zac has had supporting roles in several television pilots such as Triple Play and The Big, Wide World Of Carl Laemke. However neither show was picked up! Zac's most recent pilot was a show titled If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now. Zac played the role of Cody, a teenager who moves to LA with his mother, a stripper who doesn't want her son to know what she does. However the show was not picked up by Fox and the pilot might not even air! (tv.com)

Entered rehab for cocaine abuse. [April 2013]

Zac once got detention. His Spanish teacher gave him a week to write an essay about himself! He wrote a fictional essay about being raised by wolves and brought to earth by a spaceship. His teacher got really angry and sent him to detention. (tv.com)

Is a huge San Francisco Giants fan.

From within fastfood items, Zac claims that he cannot live without Western Bacon Cheeseburger from Carl's Jr., or In-N-Out. (tv.com)

Zac has a younger brother named Dylan who is 4 years younger then him but Zac likes to treat Dylan his age or as his dad says "stoop to his level" (tv.com)

Zac`s most prized possession is his autographed baseball collection.

Zac attended the 2007 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (tv.com)

Zac's worst habit is to scratch himself particularly when his skin gets dry. (tv.com)

Zac used to travel to San Francisco and go to the Giants' stadium with his father and little brother. He would catch fly balls and wait in the parking lot for the players to sign them. His autographed baseball collection has signitures from every player for the Giants for the past 10 years (tv.com)

One year for Halloween, Zac was a giant trash can. He would be inside the trash can and his friends would wheel him around to doorsteps. His friends would ring the doorbell and when the people inside opened it, Zac would jump out of the trash can and scare everyone. Zac thought it was pretty funny. [ (tv.com)

Attended the World Cup in Germany with Corbin Bleu.

Zac played an autistic twin named Steven Morgan in the Lifetime TV movie Miracle Run. For his performance in the movie Zac was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance In A TV Movie, Miniseries, Special By A Supporting Young Actor (tv.com)

When Zac was a kid, he stole his mother's Victoria Secret magazine and tore out a picture of supermodel, Tyra Banks and taped it to his bedroom ceiling. (tv.com)

Zac donated many items to Rocky Stone, which were to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign. (tv.com)

Zac and Queen Latifah presented the Favorite Movie award at the 20th Annual Kid's Choice Awards (tv.com)

Zac says the most famous person in his phone is Ian McKellen. Zac refers to Ian as a hero of his (tv.com)

With the popularity of High School Musical (2006) (TV), he had to change his phone number after getting numerous calls from fans.

Zac's publicist is Jeff Ballard. Jeff's past clients include Johnny Depp and Paula Abdul! When Jeff met Zac on the set of Summerland he was blown away by his acting talent and boy-next-door charm. Jeff says Zac reminds him of Johnny Depp because he likes to work and doesn't take himself too seriously. (tv.com)

Zac has been on the cover of every major American teen girl magazine. He has been on the covers of BOP, Tigerbeat, M, Popstar, AstroGirl, J-14, Quizfest, Teen Dream, Twist, TV Guide, Cosmo Girl, and many more (tv.com)

When asked about what was the weirdest dream he's ever had Zac said he could think of two. In one Zac was underwater. He could breathe and talk to fish. The fish talked back and said "Hey Zac, What's up?". In the other one, Zac was in Super Mario Brothers for Super Nintendo and won. (tv.com)

Has one sibling, younger brother, Dylan.

He donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.

Named #93 on Empire Magazine`s 100 Sexiest Movie Stars. (2007).

Zac is of Jewish decent. However, in a Rolling Stone interview Zac stated he was raised agnostic, which is the belief that it is impossible to know if God exists or not. (tv.com)

Honors: - Zac was number 1 on BOP Magazine's Annual 25 Hottest Stars in 2006.
- Zac was ranked as #10 in the Sexiest Guys in Summer Movies for the May 28, 2007 issue of In Touch Magazine. - Zac was ranked number two in the Coming of Age category in People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in 2007.
- Zac won Popstar's 5th annual Poptastic award for male hottie. (tv.com)

Zac is 5 feet 9 inches tall (tv.com)

The first thing Zac notices about a girl is her eyes (tv.com)