That same year, he led Kenny Ortega's High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), which set a box office record for the highest grossing opening weekend for a musical. Efron then starred in Richard Linklater's Я та Орсон Веллс (2008), an adaptation of the novel by Robert Kaplow, which premiered to rave reviews at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival. In addition, he won an MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Performance. As part of the all-star cast, he shared a Critics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble and the 2007 Hollywood Film Festival Award for Ensemble of the Year, and was honored with a Screen Actors Guild Award® nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture Cast. He had the lead roles in the fantasy romance Подвійне життя Чарлі Сент Клауда (2010) and the comedy 17 знову (2009), both from director Burr Steers, and as the lovable Link Larkin in 2007's smash hit musical Лак для волосся (2007), directed by Adam Shankman. He returned to the role of Troy Bolton in High School Musical 2 (2007), which broke cable TV records with 17.5 million viewers. Efron came to fame for starring in the Disney Channel original film High School Musical (2006), for which he won the Teen Choice Award for Breakout Star. He graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in June 2006. He also starred in several pilots, such as The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke (2003) and Triple Play (2004), and played an autistic child in the television film Miracle Run (2004), alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Aidan Quinn. After guest-starring in several episodes of Summerland (2004), Zac joined the regular cast as girl-crazy Cameron Bale. Singing and acting lessons soon led to an appearance in a production of "Gypsy" that ran 90 performances, and he was hooked. He took his first step toward acting at the age of eleven, after his parents noticed his singing ability. The surname "Efron", which is Hebrew and a Biblical place name, comes from Zac's Polish Jewish paternal grandfather. Zachary David Alexander Efron was born Octoin San Luis Obispo, California, to Starla Baskett, a secretary, and David Efron, an electrical engineer.
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