The film's soundtrack was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA, making it one of the best-selling albums of the year in the United States. The film, which also starred Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman in pivotal roles, became a major success and helped Efron gain recognition among teenage audiences. The film, which has been described as a modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, saw Efron playing the male lead Troy Bolton, a high school basketball player who feels conflicted when he finds himself interested in participating in the school musical with Gabriella Montez ( Vanessa Hudgens), a girl from the scholastic decathlon team. He also appeared in some films, including the Lifetime television film Miracle Run (2004), for which he earned a Young Artist Award nomination for his performance as one of two autistic twins.Įfron's career reached a turning point with the teen musical television film High School Musical (2006), which premiered on the Disney Channel in January 2006. For the show's second season, which aired in 2005, he was promoted to the main cast.
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In 2004, he began appearing as a recurring character in the first season of the WB series Summerland. Career 2002–2009: Early career and High School MusicalĮfron at the 2007 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice AwardsĮfron began acting in the early 2000s with guest roles on several television series including Firefly, ER, and The Guardian. He also attended Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, a theatre company operating out of Allan Hancock College, a community college located in Santa Maria, California, where he performed in 20. Įfron graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in 2006 and was then accepted into the University of Southern California but did not enroll. Efron was later signed to the Creative Artists Agency. He was recommended to an agent in Los Angeles by his drama teacher, Robyn Metchik (the mother of actors Aaron Michael Metchik and Asher Metchik). He performed in shows such as Gypsy Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up Little Shop of Horrors and The Music Man. Efron subsequently worked in the theater The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville, and began taking singing lessons.
Įfron has said that he would "flip out" if he got a "B" and not an "A" in school, as well as that he was a class clown. His paternal grandfather is Jewish, and Efron has described himself as Jewish, though he was raised agnostically and did not practice religion as a child. Efron has a younger brother, Dylan, and a younger paternal half-sister, Olivia, and had, as he has described, a "normal childhood" in a middle-class family. His father, David Efron, is an electrical engineer at Diablo Canyon Power Plant, and his mother, Starla Baskett, is an administrative assistant who also works at Diablo Canyon. 2.2 2009–present: Other work and mainstream successĮfron was born in San Luis Obispo, California, and later moved to Arroyo Grande, California.2.1 2002–2009: Early career and High School Musical.
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