from his ordinary beginnings to an extreme injury here are the things you
didn't know about Zac Efron number 12 starting out the stars full name is
Zachary David Alexander Efron he came into the world on October 18 1987 in San
Luis Obispo California later on his family moved to Arroyo Grande California
his mom Starla Baskett worked as a secretary at the power plant station
that his father David Ephron was also employed at Zak has a brother named
Dylan during an interview with the star after becoming widely recognized Efron
noted that his upbringing was pretty average stating I lived a normal
childhood in a middle-class family when I was younger I didn't even know this
business existed according to an article in Bhatt magazine
he also said he freaked out if he ever got something lower than an eighth grade
and added that he was the funny man in school Efron stated I have to admit I
was kind of a class clown if I got along with the teacher there was no end to my
telling jokes or making people laugh in class in the same interview with the
star he recalled I was 18 before it became a business with me I wasn't a hot
commodity I was a regular dude I had to chase chicks they didn't chase me Efron
added hey if it can happen to me then man it can happen to anybody
number 11 childhood plays despite his mostly typical childhood Efron began his
career in entertainment at a fairly young age his father was the one who
encouraged him to participate in school plays which led to his current fame Zac
was just 11 years old when his dad steered him toward acting and he often
appeared in theater performances during his high school career Efron also worked
at the great American melodrama theater he took singing lessons as well some of
the plays I acted in where Peter Pan Little Shop of Horrors
The Music Man and gypsy during an interview with MTV later on he
recognized gipsy as his first audition stating my mom asked me if I wanted to
audition for musical theater because I was always singing and dancing around
the house they were pretty annoyed by it at this
time so she asked if I wanted to go to Toys R Us or somewhere one day little
did I know it was actually a trick she dropped me off at this audition I ran
around in a news cap and sold newspapers I got the part I didn't even get to go
to Toys R Us after number 10 American Idol fan something you might not have to
guess about the star is a he was a big fan of
American Idol back in the 2000s he told MTV that he likes the show because it
deals with regular people who really have a dream and like to perform Efron
added that he admires a contestants because they literally go from zero to
60 in a matter of days and they handle it like champs he also noted that he
couldn't have dealt with the pressure stating I couldn't have done that go to
the peak of your fame within a month of starting and to be able to handle that
kind of pressure I don't envy them Zack said that he used to attend the American
Idol shows fairly often and went almost every week when Taylor Hicks was
competing he also stated that the shows are very different live and you really
get to see who is a good singer and who can really captivate a crowd
Zack also told MTV I tend to agree with Simon most of the time but my favorite
judge just because I know her is Paula she's a real sweetheart
number nine appendicitis although Zac Efron is a successful actor and
heartthrob things are always rainbows and butterflies this was the case for
Zack in 2008 when he was taken to the hospital for an operation right after
Disney announced that he and his co-stars will be making High School
Musical 3 for the big screen he was hospitalized in LA for an
emergency surgery to have his appendix removed number 8 street brawl another
surprising fact about Zac Efron is that he once got into a fight with a homeless
man in Los Angeles he told The Hollywood Reporter in April 2014 I had a friend
come pick me up late at night we were looking for a place downtown to get a
bite and catch up we were having trouble finding somewhere a lot of places were
closed and the car ran out of gas it was ridiculous we had to pull over and I
called an uber he continued telling the story stating a homeless guy or a
vagrant tapped on the driver's side window before I knew it my friend was
out of the car and they were fighting everyone proceeded to get out of the car
to try and disarm the assailant after seeing that he was in possession of a
knife reportedly Zack got punched in the face trying to defend his friend and
recalled the incident being the most terrifying moment in his life
number 7 breakthrough as we previously discussed Zac Efron started acting when
he was in school then his drama professor Robin metric recommended him
to a talent agent he then signed with a Creative Artists Agency in the early
2000s he began his professional career playing guest roles in various
television shows such as The Guardian ER and Firefly Efron also got a reoccur
part in Summerland for its first season and his character was made a main cast
member during the second season around the same time Efron also acted in some
movies like lifetime's miracle run however it wasn't until 2006 that he
made his breakthrough in Hollywood I forgot the leading role of Troy Bolton
and Disney Channel's High School Musical film if you haven't seen the movie his
characters a high school basketball player who was at odds after uncovering
his interest in performing in East High's musical the movie was very
successful gaining Zach a lot of recognition from teenagers everywhere
even the soundtrack became a best-seller in the United States Efron didn't do the
vocals for the first movie but ended up singing in the sequels
he then played Link Larkin in hairspray in 2007 which was also quite popular the
same year he took the lead in High School Musical 2 a year later High
School Musical 3 senior year came out in theaters and it was a hit as well
after that Zach started 17 again a comedy that gained him even more
recognition number 6 Punk'd you probably all remember growing up watching Ashton
Kutcher celebrity prank show Punk'd but did you know that as a calf rom was on
it twice that's right the stars friend decided to play a couple of jokes on him
in 2008 and 2012 the first time around Ashley Tisdale his co-star from High
School Musical was the prankster during the episode Tisdale takes Zack shopping
for some clothes and he is tricked into thinking two guys walked in and stole
the stores cash box however they turned it around on him for
letting the men into the store to begin with the segment ends after the person
playing the manager presents Zach with a shirt bejeweled with the show's title
the second time he made it on the show hayden Panettiere was the trickster she
set him up so that he'd be blamed for a hit and run the situation was high
intensity and there were several police officers on the scene
however Hayden ran out in the nick of time to let Zach know that he'd just
been Punk'd number five number change after the first high school musical came
out teenage girls everywhere were swooning over Zac Efron he went from
being virtually unnoticed to being photographed by paparazzi at every
opportunity within a short period of time unfortunately he didn't think ahead
about changing his phone number so that it was no longer in the phone book after
his popularity increased his family's number was leaked Efron stated to the
Tribune in 2006 somehow our phone number got out online and it got really bad we
were get calls in wee hours of the morning he
ended up having to change phone numbers completely number four jaw injury we
already talked about Zacks appendix removal but he's had more medical
problems than that throughout his life he also broke his jaw in late 2013 he
told Us Weekly in January 2014 about the incident stating I was running through
my house and I slipped and fell on my face
he added I have a fountain in my house that's kind of dope right so I was
running through and slipped on the water and hit my chin on the fountain in the
house it's not a big fountain but it's a fountain in my house he continued the
story noting that his little brother was present at the time so he got to the
hospital right away Efron needed his jaw wired shut and said
it was pretty gnarly he had to live off a liquid diet at this time and lost
about 12 pounds after six weeks number three Tom Cruise another
surprising fact about Zac Efron that you might not know is it who taught him how
to ride a motorcycle he might not have guessed that it was Tom Cruise in late
2011 Zac Efron was a guest on The Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show and let the
world in on how the Mission Impossible Star guided him in the ways of the
chopper Zack stated we were at a party and he says hey Mandy ride motorcycles
after his a conformed cruise that he wasn't a motorcyclist he invited the
young actor over to his house to learn he added I hung out with Tom the next
day and he literally sat there for two hours and showed me how to ride a
motorcycle it's just a testament of the kind of guy he is
number two rehab as we said before life for this actor hasn't always been
rainbows and butterflies which was certainly the case when he checked
himself into rehab in 2013 he was struggling with alcohol and substance
abuse and opened up about everything during his episode of running wild with
Bear Grylls he explained that the closed media
attention regarding his personal life had a serious effect on him stating the
challenging part was never the work it was sort of the in-between work the
social aspects outside of it I mean everywhere you go to a certain extent
there is press in some form he added whether you're going to an event if
you're leaving your house to go to the grocery store there will be press there
it can be everywhere and it can be confusing you spend a lot of time in
your house going crazy in you need a social lubricant and once I needed that
it became to go anywhere he further noted after his rehabilitation I'm in
the best place I've ever been I've never been this happy before things
are good zach has been sober since June of that year and now for our number one
don't forget to subscribe number one girlfriends although Zac
Efron is nearly always in the limelight there's a chance you haven't heard much
about this stars love life so let's go through the timeline of SAC Efron's past
and possibly current relationships once upon a time he was head over heels for
his high school musical co-star Vanessa Hudgens they began dating around the
time the film was released and stayed together for about four years the duo
announced their breakup in December 2010 and let fans know they were still
friends Efron dated Lily Collins as well an actress known for her roles in
abduction love rosy and The Mortal Instruments City of Bones they only
dated on and off for a year in the early 2010's Zak's third now ex
is Houston sage his co-star from neighbors they never confirmed the
relationship but they were seen several times together outside of the film
Sammy Mero a model dated the actor in 2014 but they split up in April 2016
currently there are speculations over amounts between Zac Efron and Alexandra
Daddario his Baywatch co-star people said the two have been on again off
again since 2017 but haven't made things official daddario said to e we work
together closely he's my love interest in the film I understand why people will
go crazy over something like that but Zack and I are very good friends but
they were seen together in March 2018 walking their dogs and looking cozy and
TMZ said they certainly look like a couple
Zack even posted a heartfelt birthday message on his Instagram account under a
picture of Alexandra sitting on his lap that read happy birthday to one of the
most real stunning intelligent creative loving and most rare Pokemon ever
created I'm sure we'll find out soon enough if these two are together or not
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