Early life and background
Efron was born in San Luis Obispo, California, and later moved to Arroyo Grande, California. His father, David Efron, is an engineer at a power plant, and his mother, Starla Baskett, is a former secretary who worked at the same power plant.[4][5] He has a younger brother, Dylan, and had a self-described "normal childhood" in a middle class family.[1] Efron is of Jewish ancestry and is an agnostic, having never been religious.[3][5][6][7] He has đã đưa ý kiến that he would "flip out" if he got a B and not an A in school but endorsed being a class clown.[8] Although self-described as not academically gifted, he remained focused enough to achieve an tổng thể GPA of 4.3.[9] Efron's father encouraged him to begin diễn xuất when Efron was 11-years-old.[4] He subsequently appeared in theater productions at his high school,[10] worked in a theater called The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville,[1] and began taking hát lessons.[4] Efron performed in plays such as Gypsy; Peter Pan, hoặc The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up; Little cửa hàng of Horrors; and The âm nhạc Man. Efron was recommended to an agent in Los Angeles bởi his drama teacher, Robyn Metchik (the mother of actors Aaron Michael Metchik and Asher Metchik).[11][12] He was later signed to the Creative Artists Agency.[13]
Education
Efron graduated from Arroyo Grande High School, in 2006,[14] and was then accepted into the trường đại học of Southern California, but he deferred his enrollment while he worked on film projects. Efron also attended Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, a community college located in Santa Maria, California, which provided him with the opportunity to perform as a "young player" during the years of 2000 and 2001.[15]
Career
Efron was born in San Luis Obispo, California, and later moved to Arroyo Grande, California. His father, David Efron, is an engineer at a power plant, and his mother, Starla Baskett, is a former secretary who worked at the same power plant.[4][5] He has a younger brother, Dylan, and had a self-described "normal childhood" in a middle class family.[1] Efron is of Jewish ancestry and is an agnostic, having never been religious.[3][5][6][7] He has đã đưa ý kiến that he would "flip out" if he got a B and not an A in school but endorsed being a class clown.[8] Although self-described as not academically gifted, he remained focused enough to achieve an tổng thể GPA of 4.3.[9] Efron's father encouraged him to begin diễn xuất when Efron was 11-years-old.[4] He subsequently appeared in theater productions at his high school,[10] worked in a theater called The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville,[1] and began taking hát lessons.[4] Efron performed in plays such as Gypsy; Peter Pan, hoặc The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up; Little cửa hàng of Horrors; and The âm nhạc Man. Efron was recommended to an agent in Los Angeles bởi his drama teacher, Robyn Metchik (the mother of actors Aaron Michael Metchik and Asher Metchik).[11][12] He was later signed to the Creative Artists Agency.[13]
Education
Efron graduated from Arroyo Grande High School, in 2006,[14] and was then accepted into the trường đại học of Southern California, but he deferred his enrollment while he worked on film projects. Efron also attended Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, a community college located in Santa Maria, California, which provided him with the opportunity to perform as a "young player" during the years of 2000 and 2001.[15]
Career
