Zachary David Alexander "Zac" Efron (born October
18, 1987) is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He began
acting professionally in the early 2000s, and became known
to young audiences after his roles in the Disney Channel
Original Movie High School Musical, the WB series
Summerland, and the 2007 film version of the Broadway
musical Hairspray. In 2007, before the release of High
School Musical 2, Rolling Stone declared him the
"poster boy for tweenyboppers" and featured him in
their late August 2007 issue. Efron has since starred in the
films 17 Again, Me and Orson Welles, and Charlie St. Cloud.