Close connection. Zac Efron has been open about his bond with his family over the years.
The California native, who rose to fame after playing Troy Bolton in Disney Channel’s High School Musical franchise, is the eldest of three. Even at the height of his career, Zac opted to live with his brother, Dylan Efron.
“Yes, I mean most of the time [he is a good roommate]. He’s my little brother. He looks after the house while I’m gone,” the actor said during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in May 2017. “We’re cool like that. I trust him, he’s a good dude. I trust him with the house. I came home [recently] and it was very clear that the cleaning lady had been there just minutes before I arrived.”
Fans got to see the dynamic between the duo when they teamed up on screen for season 2 of Zac’s Down to Earth series. Dylan, for his part, served as a producer on the Netflix series.
According to Dylan, getting to travel the world with his older brother helped them build their relationship. “[Nepal] was gorgeous. It was definitely a very spiritual trip. It brought Zac and me really close together. It was what we needed at that time, it was a beautiful trip,” he told The Village Voice in May 2022.
At the time, the YouTuber noted that their adventures have had their ups and downs.
“The most difficult trip, I think ever, was when I went to Nepal with Zac and we did three weeks of backpacking in Nepal. Just the endless days of trekking and all that stuff, it was really challenging,” Dylan recalled. “I had finished the Boston Marathon, hopped onto a flight and did like 24 hours of travel then I started trekking.”
Later that year, Dylan took to social media to praise Zac for being a role model for him. “More than ever I’ve realized how much you’ve always been there for me,” he wrote via Instagram in October 2022. “Thanks for growin’ up with me and being my role model. Happy Bday brother.”
Two months later, Zac and Dylan reunited to celebrate their youngest sibling’s birthday. Their father, David Efron, expanded his family with daughter Olivia in 2019.
“My sister turns 3 on xmas day— any gift ideas would be greatly appreciated! Just tryin to stay her favorite brother over here 😁,” Dylan wrote via Instagram in November 2022, alongside photos of him and his baby sister.
Zac, for his part, surprised his fans when he shared several sweet snaps with the toddler as well. “Happy bday lil sis 👸,” the Firestarter star captioned the Instagram post one month later.
Scroll down for a guide to Zac’s family:
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Zac Efron’s Family Guide: His Parents, Brother Dylan and Sister Olivia
Close connection. Zac Efron has been open about his bond with his family over the years.
The California native, who rose to fame after playing Troy Bolton in Disney Channel’s High School Musical franchise, is the eldest of three. Even at the height of his career, Zac opted to live with his brother, Dylan Efron.
“Yes, I mean most of the time [he is a good roommate]. He’s my little brother. He looks after the house while I’m gone,” the actor said during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in May 2017. “We’re cool like that. I trust him, he’s a good dude. I trust him with the house. I came home [recently] and it was very clear that the cleaning lady had been there just minutes before I arrived.”
Fans got to see the dynamic between the duo when they teamed up on screen for season 2 of Zac’s Down to Earth series. Dylan, for his part, served as a producer on the Netflix series.
According to Dylan, getting to travel the world with his older brother helped them build their relationship. “[Nepal] was gorgeous. It was definitely a very spiritual trip. It brought Zac and me really close together. It was what we needed at that time, it was a beautiful trip,” he told The Village Voice in May 2022.
At the time, the YouTuber noted that their adventures have had their ups and downs.
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“The most difficult trip, I think ever, was when I went to Nepal with Zac and we did three weeks of backpacking in Nepal. Just the endless days of trekking and all that stuff, it was really challenging,” Dylan recalled. “I had finished the Boston Marathon, hopped onto a flight and did like 24 hours of travel then I started trekking.”
Later that year, Dylan took to social media to praise Zac for being a role model for him. “More than ever I’ve realized how much you’ve always been there for me,” he wrote via Instagram in October 2022. “Thanks for growin’ up with me and being my role model. Happy Bday brother.”
Two months later, Zac and Dylan reunited to celebrate their youngest sibling’s birthday. Their father, David Efron, expanded his family with daughter Olivia in 2019.
“My sister turns 3 on xmas day— any gift ideas would be greatly appreciated! Just tryin to stay her favorite brother over here 😁,” Dylan wrote via Instagram in November 2022, alongside photos of him and his baby sister.
Zac, for his part, surprised his fans when he shared several sweet snaps with the toddler as well. “Happy bday lil sis 👸,” the Firestarter star captioned the Instagram post one month later.
Scroll down for a guide to Zac’s family:
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David Efron
Zac revealed that his father encouraged him to do musicals in high school. “I lived a normal childhood in a middle-class family,” the Baywatch actor told The Star in 2007. “When I was younger, I didn’t even know this business existed.”
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Starla Baskett
Zac’s parents met at a power plant in the ’80s where his father was an engineer and his mother was a secretary. They called it quits in 2016 after welcoming two kids together.
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Dylan Efron
“It was interesting because I was always really big for my age, and Zac was pretty small for his age. We were always fighting with each other,” Dylan told BroBible in January 2021 about his dynamic with his older brother. “But I would say that we grew up super combative, just because we’re so different and he was so much older. We were just into different things.”
Dylan added: “And then once I graduated college, Zac really took me under his wing and let me live with him when I got my first job in Los Angeles. He really became that older brother, and that’s when I would say we grew closer than ever. Our relationship was something that developed more as we both became adults and stopped fighting so much.”
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Olivia Efron
Zac became a big brother again in 2019 after his father welcomed daughter Olivia with his second wife, Jenny.