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Celebrity birthdays: Zac Efron turns 27


October 18, 2014
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Happy birthday, Zac Efron! As the American actor celebrates turning 27, HELLO! Online takes a look at what the stars have in store for Zac, and for you... Should you feel entitled to celebrate? What a question! You are here on this planet experiencing the precious gift of life. What other reason do you need? To suggest that, somehow, this on its own is not enough is effectively to insult creation. We are all of us placed here for no reason other than to enjoy every moment - not to suffer or feel bad. It's just that, sometimes, we forget this. Once we do, we see no reason to celebrate anything ever. This week's events, triggered by a helpful link from Mars to Venus, should help inspire you!

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Zac kick-started his acting career guest-starring in hit American TV shows such as E.R, CSI: Miami and Disney channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. He then went on to continue his Disney career as teenage sweetheart Troy Bolton in the High School Musical franchise, with the first in the trilogy becoming the most watched Disney programme in history.

The Rolling Stone cover star continued showing-off his singing talents in a film adaption of the Broadway musical Hairspray in 2007. Playing golden boy Link Larken, Zac joined a star-studded cast including John Travolta, Christopher Walken and Queen Latifah and went on to win an MTV Award for Best Male Breakthrough Performance in the role.

In order to avoid type-casting, in 2009 Zac began branching out from musicals. He starred alongside Matthew Perry in coming-of-age film 17 again and in 2012 he played the role of an ex- marine in The Lucky One, a film based on Nicholas Spark's best-selling novel.

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Zac turns 27 today

The year 2014 saw the star taking the lead in comedy films That Awkward Moment and Bad Neighbours.

Hailed as 'The American Heart-Throb', Zac dated HSM co-star Vanessa Hudgens for five years until the relationship broke down in 2010. Following from his amicable split with the Beastly actress, Zac briefly dated Australian beauty Teresa Palmer in 2011 and Avatar star Michelle Rodriguez in 2014.

The 27-year-old is reportedly now dating model Sami Miró.

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