High School Musical Cast
About the Actors in the HSM Cast
Hi, this page is all about the cast of High School Musical 1 & 2..
You will find information about Zac Efron, Venessa Ann Hugens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Moleman, Corbin Bleu and the rest of the HSM cast...
Zac Efron / Troy Bolton
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 as Efron's father. Although of Jewish ancestry, Efron was raised agnostic and has never been religious. Efron had a self-described "normal childhood" in a middle class family, and has a younger brother, Dylan. He has said that he would "flip out" if he got a 'B' and not an 'A' in school, and that he was a "class clown." Efron's father encouraged him to begin acting when Efron was eleven.
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Venessa Ann Hugens - Gabriela Montez
Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born on December 14, 1988, Oregon to to Greg (fire fighter) and Gina Hudgens. [Fast fact: she is half Caucasian (father) and half Filipino (mother)]. She has a younger sister named Stella. When she was still young, her family moved to San Diego, California.
Venessa Ann Hugens began her love of music and theater as a young child, in fact both sets of grandparents were musicians during the Big Band Era of the early part of the last century.
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Ashley Tisdale - Sharpey Evans
Ashley Tisdale is the younger sister of actress Jennifer Tisdale, Sang at The White House at age 12. Has a dog named "Blondie", which is her nickname on "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" (2005). Parents are Lisa and Mike Tisdale
On the Billboard Hot 100 chart of 2006-02-11, Ashley Tisdale became the first female ever to debut with 2 songs simultaneously. The songs, "Bop to the Top" and "What I've Been Looking For" were both duets with Lucas Grabeel from High School Musical (2006) (TV).
Cousin of inventor and infomercial maven Ron Popeil. Her favorite cloths are Diesel, Bebe, Urban Outfitters and Forever 21. High School Musical (2006) (TV) DVD sold 400,000 on first day. Her most prized possession is her new Louis Vuitton bag.
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Lucas Grabeel - Ryan Evans
Lucas Grabeel attended Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri.
Came in 5th at the 52nd MSHSAA Speech & Debate Championships in 2003.
At one point in early 2006, Lucas had three songs on the top ten iTunes downloads. At that time, six of the top ten were from the soundtrack to High School Musical.
Lucas landed his first commercial 2 months after moving to LA, and his first movie, Halloweentown High, came just a few months after that.
Attended Kickapoo High School, the same high school Brad Pitt attended.
Prior to attending Kickapoo High School, Lucas attended Logan-Rogersville High School. At Logan-Rogersville, he performed in many school productions, as well as the varsity choir.
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Corbin Bleu / Chad Danforth
Corbin Bleu Born: February 21, 1989 in Brooklyn, New York, Corbin Bleu followed in his father's footsteps and began appearing in television commercials at the age two, for products such as Life cereal, Bounty, Hasbro, and Nabisco. It was at that time he also discovered his love for dance when he began taking jazz and ballet classes, usually the only boy in the class.
By the age of four Corbin Bleu was a model with the Ford Modeling Agency in New York. He appeared in print ads for stores such as Macy's, Gap, Target, and Toys R Us, and fashion spreads in Child, Parent, and American Baby magazines, as well as having his image on toys and game packaging. At age six Corbin appeared in his first professional theater production off Broadway playing an abandon homeless mute in the play "Tiny Tim is Dead".
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