Line #10 Creator/ZacEfron


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ze.jpg]]
2	->''"From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter."''
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4	Zachary David Alexander Efron (or [[FanNickname Zefron]], born October 18, 1987) is an American actor and singer whose first (and most famous) major role was as Troy in ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''. Since then, some think that [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct he has branched into a more "serious" actor with better performances.]] He often plays the BigManOnCampus.
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6	He dated [[RomanceOnTheSet HSM co-star]] Music/VanessaHudgens for four years. They split in late 2010; both attribute the breakup to simply growing up.
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8	He may [[MemeticMutation also be]] [[Manga/DeathNote Kira]], and is [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical quite the charismatic humanitarian]].
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12	!! Selected filmography:
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14	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' (2002) as young Simon Tam
15	* ''Film/MiracleRun'' (2004) as Steven Morgan
16	* ''Series/Summerland2004'' as Cameron Bale
17	* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' (2006) as Troy Bolton
18	** ''High School Musical 2'' (2007)
19	** ''High School Musical 3: Senior Year'' (2008)
20	* ''Film/{{Hairspray\|2007}}'' (2007) as Link Larkin
21	* ''Film/SeventeenAgain2009'' (2009) as Teenage Mike O'Donnell
22	* ''Film/MeAndOrsonWelles'' (2009) as Richard Samuels
23	* ''Film/CharlieStCloud'' (2010) as Charlie St. Cloud
24	* ''Film/NewYearsEve'' (2012) as Paul
25	* ''Film/LiberalArts'' (2012) as Nat
26	* ''Film/TheLuckyOne'' (2012) as Logan Thibault
27	* ''Dr. Seuss' WesternAnimation/{{The Lorax\|2012}}'' (2012) as Ted Wiggins (voice)
28	* ''Film/{{Parkland}}'' (2013) as Dr. Charles James 'Jim' Carrico
29	* ''Film/ThatAwkwardMoment'' (2014) as Jason Flynn
30	* ''Film/{{Neighbors\|2014}}'' (2014) as Teddy Sanders
31	** ''Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising'' (2016)
32	* ''Film/DirtyGrandpa'' (2016) as Jason Kelly
33	* ''Film/MikeAndDaveNeedWeddingDates'' (2016) as Dave Stangle
34	* ''Film/{{Baywatch\|2017}}'' (2017) as Matt Brody
35	* ''Film/TheDisasterArtist'' (2017) as Dan Janjigian
36	* ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'' (2017) as Phillip
37	* ''Film/ExtremelyWickedShockinglyEvilAndVile'' (2019) as UsefulNotes/TedBundy
38	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' (2020) as Fred Jones (voice)
39	* ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}'' (2022) as Andy
40	* ''Film/TheGreatestBeerRunEver'' (2022) as John 'Chickie' Donohue
41	* ''Film/TheIronClaw'' (2023) as [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Kevin Von Erich]]
42	* ''Film/RickyStanicky'' (2024) as Dean
43	* ''Film/ThreeMenAndABaby'' (TBD) as TBA
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47	!!Tropes applying to Efron:
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49	* AdamWesting: He appeared in a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch as Troy Bolton returning to East High to tell the seniors that in the real world [[SpontaneousChoreography people don't begin singing and dancing]] [[LampshadeHanging out of nowhere]].
50	* CastingGag: Efron's big break was as Troy Bolton, captain of the basketball team of high school. His next movie, ''Film/SeventeenAgain2009'', is about a former basketball's captain in high school.
51	* DyeingForYourArt: Got ''ridiculously'' jacked for ''Baywatch''. If you had to spend an entire movie in nothing but swim trunks while standing next to The Rock, you probably would too. Same goes for playing Kevin Von Erich in ''Film/TheIronClaw'', where he built up the requisite HeroicBuild for convincingly playing a pro wrestler.
52	* IAmNotSpock: With the exceptions of ''17 Again'' and ''The Lucky One'', all of his post-HSM films kept flopping at the box office until 2014, with smash box office success of ''Neighbors'' and the modest success of ''That Awkward Moment''. And ''then'' came ''Film/TheGreatestShowman.''
53	* ScullyBox: At 5'8, he's shorter than the typical MrFanservice, and various tricks have been used to make him appear taller in films.
54	* MrFanservice
55	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a long-standing rumor that he would've played Light Yagami in the American '' Death Note '' adaptation years back. It came to the point that "Is he [Zac Efron] Kira?" became a {{meme\|ticMutation}} over night, lasting long after the project was scrapped. (Zac actually looking like Light Yagami in the late 2000s definitely helped the meme). Zac also being a fan of the Death Note manga also won him some points, sadly it wasn’t meant to be.
56	** Rumor has it he turned down the part citing the need to cast Asian actors as Asian characters, avoiding a RaceLift... Sadly when the movie was made in 2017, they casted Nat Wolff as Light.

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