– 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.
– Zac is ranked #11 in AIM’s “100 Celebs Under 25″.
– Zac’s worst habit is to scratch himself particularly when his skin gets dry.
– From within fastfood items, Zac claims that he cannot live without Western Bacon Cheeseburger from Carl’s Jr., or In-N-Out.
– Among all his family members, Zac is closest to his little brother.
– If Zac could swap lives with someone, it would be the Queen of England.
– Zac’s dream job would be designing and testing video games or playing poker.
– According to Zac, if there would be a movie version of his life, his role would be played by Pierce Brosnan.
– Zac’s first celebrity crush is Tyra Banks.
– 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.
– Zac was one of the many presenters at the 2008 Screen Actor’s Guild Awards, or the SAG’s.
– Zac was rushed to the hospital on January 15th, 2008 with apendicitis and had to have his appendix taken out.
– 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 Virgin. 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
– 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.
– Zac donated many items to Rocky Stone, which were to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.
– At The 9th Annual Family Television Awards, Zac won the award for the Best Actor for his performance in High School Musical 2.
– On August 19th, 2007, Zac was number 1 on IMDb’s Starmeter, that means he was the most searched celebrity.
– 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.
– The first concert Zac ever went to was a Wallflowers concert.
– Zac says the most famous person in his phone is Ian McKellen. Zac refers to Ian as a hero of his.
– 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.
– 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.
– 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.
– Zac attended the 2007 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
– Zac and Queen Latifah presented the Favorite Movie award at the 20th Annual Kid’s Choice Awards.
– 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.
– Zac appeared in Vanessa Hudgen’s music video for Say OK as her love interest.
– According to Vanessa Hudgens, Zac is very flirtatious guy.
– 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.
– 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.
– Zac attended the World Cup in Germany with Corbin Bleu.
– Zac attended the 31st Annual Toronto International Film Festival with a co-star of Hairspray, Brittany Snow.
– In Teen Vogue, Zac called High School Musical “the coolest experience of my entire life.”
– 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.
– 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.
– Zac would like to go to McDonalds with Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
– Zac says in school he was a bookworm and a nerd. However, some of his teachers say he was also a joker and Zac agrees.
– Out of movies, television, or theater Zac likes doing theater the best.
– To warm up before singing Zac drinks lemon water and sings the word bumblebee in different notes.
– Zac has 7 best friends! Their names are Taylor, Shane, Conner, Chris, Bubba, Bryce, and Jorn. Zac says “I’ve hung out with them all the way from diapers to this day”.
– 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.
– 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.
– The first thing Zac notices about a girl is her eyes.
– In the October 2006 issue of BOP, Zac revealed his pet peeve which is cigarettes. He hates being around other smokers and smelling smoke.
– 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.
– Zac’s fears are zombies, sharks, and the girl from The Ring.
– Zac’s most prized possession is his Gibson Guitar and his autographed baseball collection.
– Zac likes confident girls. He has crushes on Nicole from the Pussycat Dolls, Paula Abdul, and Lori Loughlin. However, his dream lady is Jessica Alba.
– After the Emmys, Zac and the High School Musical cast attended the California Governor’s Ball.
– Zac attended the 58th Annual Emmy Awards.
– 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.
– Zac had to cut and dye his hair jet black for his role of Link Larkin in Hairspray. He also had to gain 15 pounds of muscle.
– Zac’s first kiss was in 5th grade during a game of Truth or Dare.
– Zac’s guilty pleasures are comic books, video games, watching Survivor and American Idol.
– Zac likes traveling. He mostly likes to vacation on the beach but he would really love to visit Tokyo, Japan.
– 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.
– When Zac was in high school he did his best to attend class while having an acting career. When he was on set he did his work over the phone and online.
– Zac enjoys reading.
– Zac says he can’t start the day right without a morning jog (which he does shirtless most of the time).
– Zac can juggle very well.
– In May 2006, Zac was the number 1 search on Yahoo.
– In the future, Zac would like to get into directing or producing.
– Zac shortly wore removable braces to reduce the gap between his teeth.
– Zac’s dream job would be to work with Christian Bale in Batman 2.
– Zac would like to perform onstage with Tenacious D.
– Zac has said if he could work with any actress he wanted to it would be either Reese Witherspoon or Catherine Zeta-Jones.
– Zac mostly based the character of Steven Morgan in the movie Miracle Run on an autistic person he knows. He also read a book on the learning disability.
– Zac has said his first priority is to establish himself as an actor. He is not looking for a record label and has said he may do an album in the future however he would write the songs himself.
– Zac’s friends nicknamed him “Hollywood”.
– 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.
– Zac and Vanessa Anne Hudgens won “Best TV Chemistry” at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards.
– Zac won the award for “Choice TV Breakout Star” at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards.
– Zac was featured in the music video for the song Sick Inside by Hope Partlow.
– Zac attended the Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest premiere in Walt Disney World.
– When filming the scene where Troy and Gabriella were supposed to kiss in High School Musical, Corbin didn’t step in and Zac and Vanessa kissed.
– Once when Zac was surfing he got hammered by a wave and was held underwater for ten seconds!
– Zac has a loft bed so he has a couch and recliner chair underneath it. It’s a little chill area under his bed where he can watch TV.
– Zac had his first crush in first grade and he says that today, they are still friends. They constantly text message and call each other.
– Zac’s grandfather gave him three cars: a ’90s Oldsmobile Alero, an orange red ’65 Mustang and this silver DeLorean that he’s restoring. He currently drives an Audi.
– Zac plays the piano. The first song that he learned how to play was Heart And Soul.
– Zac once accidentally cut off one of his eyebrows in fifth grade while working with scissors. He then cut the other one to make them match. He got teased a lot by his classmates about it.
– Zac was offered a record deal by Simon Cowell but he declined saying “acting is my main priority”.
– Zac is addicted to wheat thins.
– As a child, Zac was outgoing, gregarious, fun, and very comfortable around adults.
– 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!
– Zac and the rest of the High School Musical cast attended the opening of the Expedition Everest Ride in Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida on April 7th, 2006.
– Zac attended the 2006 Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards.
– Zac natural hair color is brown.
– Send Zac’s fanmail to this address:

Zac Efron
P.O. Box 960
Avila Beach, CA 93424
– 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 night.
– Zac is right handed.
– Zac likes to karaoke to Man I Feel Like A Woman by Shania Twain.
– The first thing Zac does in the morning is sing in the shower.
– When Zac was a kid he played in both basketball and baseball leagues. However, he was bad at both.
– Zac had never ridden a horse before he did The Derby Stallion.
– After Zac landed the role of Cameron on Summerland he got a wetsuit and a surfboard for Christmas.
– Zac’s mom and dad are both electrical engineers. They met while working at the same powerplant.
– 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.”
– Zac says that his first financial splurge was when he was in the sixth grade. He bought an electric scooter. It bankrupted him.
– Zac says his coolest article of clothing is his Gucci Aviators.
– Zac listens to all music except for country.
– Zac is friends with Jesse McCartney. However, since they both have to travel for work they don’t see each other often.
– One time when Zac went golfing with his brother he was reaching into a hole to get his ball when his brother yelled “snake!” and he almost passed out in fear.
– He auditioned for High School Musical with the song Let Me Love You by Mario.
– Zac is very health conscious. He works out often, has never smoked, and never done drugs.
– Zac has two Australian Shepards named Dreamer and Puppy and a Siamese cat named Simon. Dreamer died in the summmer of 2008.
– 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”.
– Zac taught himself to play the guitar.
– 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.
– Zac is 5 feet 9 inches tall.