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Zac Efron

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Zac Efron is an American actor born on October 18, 1987, who grew up in Arroyo Grande, California. After guest roles on television series such as Firefly and ER in the early 2000s, he became a teen idol as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical films between 2006 and 2008. He then built a film career that includes the musical Hairspray, the comedy 17 Again, The Lucky One, Neighbors, Baywatch and The Greatest Showman. He played Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile and the wrestler Kevin Von Erich in The Iron Claw. In 2021 he won a Daytime Emmy Award for hosting the Netflix travel series Down to Earth with Zac Efron, and in 2023 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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1987 1
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Performer 1
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Daytime Emmy Award 1
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is an American actor
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1. Zac Efron (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth date
    born October 18, 1987
  • Lead, acting career
    Efron began acting professionally in the early 2000s
  • Career, award daytime-emmy-award
    he won a Daytime Emmy Award for hosting the Netflix travel show Down to Earth with Zac Efron
  • Lead, nationality
    is an American actor
  • Associated With: Film, Career, film work
    he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007)
  • Associated With: Television, Career, television work
    guest roles on several television series including Firefly, ER, and The Guardian
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