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The post-obit commodity is a list of characters actualization in the High School Musical film serial. Currently, the characters who appear in High Schoolhouse Musical, High School Musical 2, and Loftier School Musical 3: Senior Twelvemonth are listed.

The first three films focus on the vi chief characters. The start movie chronicles events occurring over several weeks in their inferior year of loftier school, with the second film taking place the following summer. The 3rd pic is set in the final semester of senior year. Classmates and parents of these characters, likewise as various other characters, are also featured.

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Troy Bolton

Troy Bolton
Zac Efron in 2007
High School Musical movie serial character
Portrayed by	Zac Efron
Starting time appearance	High School Musical (2006)
Last appearance	High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Created by	Peter Barsocchini
Profile
Occupation	Student Caddy/Waiter Assistant Golf Instructor
Family Parents Jack Bolton (begetter) Lucille Bolton (mother)

Troy Bolton is the protagonist of the first iii films. Depicted as one of East High'south most popular students, Troy is also the captain of the school'due south varsity basketball team, a position he earned in his junior twelvemonth after joining the team as a sophomore.^[1] The majority of the pupil torso, especially Troy's best friend, Chad Danforth, expects Troy to lead East High to victory. Troy is the only child of Jack and Lucille Bolton; Jack is also the coach of the East Loftier basketball team and puts boosted pressure level on Troy to excel. Troy is likewise involved with the school's golf squad.

In the first pic, Troy meets Gabriella Montez at a ski lodge karaoke party on New year's day'southward Eve. When the school year resumes, Troy finds that Gabriella is a new pupil at Due east Loftier. For fright of what his father, friends, and classmates would think, Troy asks Gabriella not to mention his singing performance to anybody else. However, the undercover eventually gets out when Troy and Gabriella unintentionally audition for the winter musical after singing in the auditorium. The news throws Due east High's social order out of balance. Troy finds himself having to choose betwixt Gabriella and the musical callbacks or his team and the championship game. Although his friends initially endeavour to thwart Troy's chances of being bandage equally the musical's lead, they help him make both the game and the callbacks, which had been scheduled on the same afternoon. Troy and Gabriella earn the atomic number 82 roles, somewhat angering the drama department's president, Sharpay Evans.

In Loftier School Musical 2, Sharpay has her listen attack capturing Troy's affections and coming between him and Gabriella. Troy, Gabriella, and their friends are hired at a local state lodge, Lava Springs, merely are weary of their new-found employment when they learn the club is owned by Sharpay's parents. Sharpay uses her wealth, power, and influence over Troy, tempting him with higher opportunities in exchange for him singing with her at the gild'due south Midsummer Night Talent Show. Troy gives into Sharpay's plot, causing Gabriella, Chad, and their friends to see Troy as a whole new person. Although Troy is being offered a college scholarship, he soon realizes he must not compromise his character while on the quest for his hereafter, and returns to his old self.

In the franchise's third pic, Troy once once more feels uncertain about his future as high school graduation draws well-nigh. While Troy is prepare to attend the University of Albuquerque, he begins to have 2nd thoughts about other schools he and his father talked about. Coach Bolton and Chad are both insistent on Troy attending the university, but he decides to attend University of California, Berkeley in order to pursue both basketball game and theater and to be closer to Gabriella, who enrolls at Stanford University.

In the starting time three films, Troy is portrayed by Zac Efron, with Drew Seeley providing his singing phonation in the showtime film. The reason for this dubbing is withal somewhat unclear, although Efron has told Rolling Rock that the songs the offset motion picture were written prior to casting and since the role of Troy was a tenor, they were out of his song range as Efron was a baritone.^[two] Seeley, who auditioned for the part earlier Efron was cast, played Troy in the High School Musical concert as the latter had a scheduling conflict with the filming of Hairspray, and was thus, unable to join the tour. Efron, however, did all of his own singing in the next two films.

Casting for the role was a multi-audition process, and candidates for the function included Hunter Parrish^[three] and Sterling Knight.^[4] Efron had previously audition for a Disney Channel airplane pilot that was non picked upwards by the network a few years prior to casting for Loftier School Musical.^[five] Although the franchise did go on with a quaternary picture, Efron and his grapheme did not return.^[6]

In other media

Efron reprised the role in the sketch "High School Musical iv" on Sabbatum Night Live.^[7]

In Life with Archie: Archie Love Veronica: Lodge—A Complaint!, when Betty Cooper is talking about how all the men she has dated accept all been nothing simply "clone[s] of Archie", she lists Troy Bolton as 1 of those she has dated.

Gabriella Montez

Gabriella Montez
Vanessa Hudgens in 2010
High School Musical film series character
Portrayed by	Vanessa Hudgens
Showtime appearance	High School Musical (2006)
Concluding appearance	High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Created past	Peter Barsocchini
Profile
Other names	Gabby
Occupation	Pupil Lifeguard
Family Parents Lisa Montez (female parent)

When the two settle in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Gabriella'due south female parent promises they will not relocate until she graduates high schoolhouse. Gabriella begins attending E High mid-yr in the start film. Hoping to escape the "freaky genius girl" reputation she had earned at her previous schools,^[8] she does non bring together any extracurricular activities. Her first friend at Eastward High is Troy Bolton, whom she had met at a ski lodge karaoke party on New year's day's Eve, nevertheless she quickly makes friends with Taylor McKessie, who finds out about Gabriella's various academic accomplishments and urges her to join the school's nation decathlon squad. Gabriella is hesitant, simply eventually agrees. Having unearthed a passion for performing at the karaoke party, Gabriella decides to audience for the schoolhouse musical, simply is besides belatedly. Information technology is simply when the musical'southward managing director, Ms. Darbus, overhears Gabriella singing with Troy that she gives them both a callback. Gabriella is uncertain well-nigh pursuing the lead role, peculiarly when Taylor and the other members of the decathlon team tell her that the musical will take her focus off the upcoming decathlon event. Taylor and her friends stage an intervention, which portrays Troy as non caring about Gabriella or the musical. Heartbroken, Gabriella drops out of the running for the lead role. All the same, Taylor eventually confesses what she did and helps Gabriella brand the decathlon and the musical auditions. Gabriella and Troy earn the lead roles, chirapsia out Sharpay Evans, who had previously tried to thwart her chances of making the callbacks. In the second film, Gabriella has maintained her romance with Troy, and the couple, along with their friends, get jobs at the Lava Springs country club. Seeking revenge, Sharpay lures Troy away from Gabriella and his friends, showering him with various luxuries, including promising college opportunities. After Troy repeatedly breaks his promises and backs out of his commitments, Gabriella breaks up with him, but for the couple to reunite. In High School Musical three: Senior Yr, a Stanford-bound Gabriella is uneasy nearly the fast step her life has taken. Before graduation, Gabriella briefly considers taking classes at the local university for a yr and going to Stanford when she is set up, much to the dismay of Taylor and Ms. Montez. Troy urges Gabriella to accept an early orientation. Gabriella goes to Stanford but must driblet out of the school musical (allowing Sharpay to fill the pb function) and miss prom. Wanting his last dance at East Loftier to be with Gabriella, Troy drives to Stanford and the two share an intimate prom of their own. He convinces Gabriella to return to East High for opening nighttime of the musical and for graduation. Gabriella will nourish Stanford and written report police force. She was referenced by Sharpay in Sharpay'south Fabulous Adventure.

Gabriella, who was named for the daughter of Loftier School Musical writer Peter Barsocchini but modeled later a girl Barsocchini met before his teenage years,^[nine] is portrayed past Vanessa Hudgens in the outset iii films of the franchise. Hudgens had previously auditioned for other Disney Channel projects.^[five] During auditions, Hudgens was paired with Zac Efron, who landed the role of Troy, at each callback,^[x] with manager Kenny Ortega saying "Nosotros tried to separate them and try them with other partners but it didn't work. The magic was already at that place between them."^[11] Following Hudgens' 2007 nude photo scandal, reports claimed that Adrienne Bailon and other actresses would replace Hudgens in the 3rd flick of the franchise.^[12] Notwithstanding, Disney had denied the reports^[13] and Hudgens returned for High School Musical iii. Hudgens did non reprise her role for the fourth film.^[14]

Sharpay Evans

Sharpay Evans
Ashley Tisdale in 2012
High School Musical film series, Sharpay's Fabulous Run a risk (spinoff) character
Portrayed past	Ashley Tisdale
First appearance	Loftier School Musical (2006)
Final appearance	Sharpay'south Fabled Adventure (2011)
Created by	Peter Barsocchini
Profile
Occupation	Student Star on Broadway
Family Parents Vance Evans (father) Darby Evans (female parent) Siblings Ryan Evans (twin brother)

Sharpay Evans is the main antagonist of the films and the co-president of the East High drama department aslope her twin brother, Ryan, with whom she has starred in 17 school productions.^{[fifteen] [16]} Sharpay appears to accept the almost power in the drama department, leaving Ryan as her correct-hand man. However, the sibling loyalty is not always common. Classmate Taylor McKessie suspects that if Sharpay "could effigy out how to play both Romeo and Juliet, her ain blood brother would be aced out of a job."^[17] Sharpay'due south family unit is very affluent; their wealth stems from the country gild, Lava Springs, her parents own. In High Schoolhouse Musical, Sharpay is shown as existence somewhat popular. Students on campus seem to fear her, as they scour to make room for her in the hallways or cafeteria. Fear also appears to be the reason why other students, such equally Kelsi Nielsen, remain a part of Sharpay's posse. Sharpay is sometimes the victim of playful jokes and calorie-free teasing from the East High basketball team, despite the fact that one of their star players, Zeke Baylor, has a crush on Sharpay. Sharpay'southward talents are challenged for the get-go time when Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton are called back for the pb roles in the musical. To ensure that she and Ryan remain in the spotlight, Sharpay convinces Ms. Darbus, the musical'due south manager, to switch the appointment of the callbacks to the same day as Troy'due south commune championship basketball game and Gabriella's national decathlon. Still, Troy and Gabriella still manage to brand the callbacks and are cast in the pb roles of Arnold and Minnie. In the 2nd film, Sharpay seems to accept gained more popularity, with doting fans wanting her signature in their yearbooks at the end of the schoolhouse year. Sharpay plans to steal Troy away from Gabriella during summer holiday. She has the manager of Lava Springs, Mr. Fulton, hire Troy to piece of work at the country guild, ordering him to do and so, whatsoever it takes. The cost of Troy'due south employment is the employment of Gabriella and their friends. Realizing that she must now endeavor to win Troy's affections with extreme measures, Sharpay brings Troy into the high class world of her family, which somewhen leads to his promotion and higher opportunities. Sharpay also convinces Troy to sing with her in the Midsummer Dark Talent Show, abandoning plans to enter the show with Ryan. Ryan begins to step out of Sharpay's shadow and Troy eventually begins to complimentary himself from Sharpay's grip. Sharpay is unable to perform at the talent show, but does join Troy and Gabriella'due south duet in the background, forth with their other friends. Despite having little involvement in the prove, the stock-still contest's prize, the Star Dazzle Laurels, was going to be given to her, but she selflessly awards the prize to her blood brother, who arranged Troy and Gabriella'south duet. By the third film, Sharpay's popularity seems to be limited among admiring boys. In her senior year, Sharpay meets Tiara Gold, a British transfer student eager to learn the ropes at Due east High by becoming Sharpay's student. Tiara's dedication is impressive, but it turns out to be a facade. On opening dark of the jump musical, Tiara attempts to upstage Sharpay, but fails. Sharpay does non receive a scholarship to the Juilliard Schoolhouse similar she had hoped and volition study the dramatic arts at the University of Albuquerque. She has agrees to render to Eastward High to help Ms. Darbus with the drama department and to continue her reign over Tiara.

Sharpay becomes the main protagonist in her independent pic, Sharpay's Fabled Adventure, where she believes she is offered a role on Broadway and travels to New York with her domestic dog, Boi. Her male parent agrees to give her a one-calendar month limit to evidence that she can stand on her own: if she fails, then she will work for him at the Lava Springs Country Lodge. While in New York, she meets Peyton Leverette, the son of her mom's college friend, who takes her to a new apartment afterwards she got thrown out of a penthouse for refusing to throw her dog out. After finding out that the agents actually want her dog, non her, she befriends the star, Amber Lee Adams, who manipulates her into doing chores, being her director in exchange for her dog'due south function, until she sees Amber Lee'southward true face. Roger, whose canis familiaris is on competition with Sharpay'due south, helps expose Amber Lee to the world, almost causing the show to be cancelled. Peyton shows a video of Sharpay's hugger-mugger functioning to convince the agents that she can save the show past replacing Amber Lee Adams. Sharpay'southward performance turns her into a star on Broadway and she starts dating Peyton.

Sharpay is portrayed by Ashley Tisdale in the four films of the serial. Tisdale, who was previously known for her starring role on the Disney Channel series "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody", insists that she was not offered the part of Sharpay and had to audition, besides claiming that she well-nigh didn't get the role considering the Disney executives did not call back she could play the "mean girl" function based on her performance in "The Suite Life".^[18] Tisdale said that she went into the auditions at the terminal minute,^[ten] but felt very comfy in front end of the Disney executives, every bit she already knew them.^[18] To ensure that viewers loved to hate her character, Tisdale looked to Rachel McAdams' performance in Mean Girls.^[18]

Ryan Evans

Ryan Evans
Grabeel in November 2016
Loftier Schoolhouse Musical motion-picture show serial, Sharpay's Fabulous Risk character
Portrayed by	Lucas Grabeel
First appearance	High Schoolhouse Musical (2006)
Last appearance	Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (2011)
Created by	Peter Barsocchini
Contour
Occupation	Student Star
Family Parents Vance Evans (father) Darby Evans (mother) Siblings Sharpay Evans (twin sister)

Ryan Evans is the twin brother of Sharpay Evans. Like his sister, Ryan is very much involved with musical theater and performing. Withal, his interests do not stop at theater, as he also enjoys playing baseball and won the junior league globe serial sometime earlier the film series. Ryan is well known for wearing unlike styles of hats. In the first moving picture, Ryan is depicted as being dim-witted and completely submissive to Sharpay, though this could be because he likes Troy and Gabriella. When Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez threaten Ryan and Sharpay'due south chances of being cast as the leads at E High'due south winter musical, Ryan assists Sharpay in making certain Troy and Gabriella'due south schedules conflict with the callback dates. The plan falls through and Troy is cast in the lead part. In Loftier School Musical two, Ryan plans on enjoying the summer at his family's country gild, Lava Springs, and entering the Midsummer Dark Talent Show with Sharpay. However, he begins to footstep out of his sis'south shadow when she decides to enter the talent show with Troy. Ryan decides to assistance Gabriella and her friends, who take felt abased by Troy, stage an act for the talent bear witness. This causes a rift in his human relationship with Sharpay, who all the same expects him to exist at her side. In the stop, Ryan is awarded the Star Dazzle Award at the talent evidence for his directional work. In the third film of the franchise, with more independence by himself and being less controlled past his sis, Ryan is a candidate for a scholarship to the Juilliard School for dance. He is competing for ane scholarship with Sharpay, Troy, and shy composer Kelsi Nielsen. The schoolhouse's scouts volition attend opening night of the East Loftier leap musical to determine who will be the recipient. Ryan is the choreographer of the evidence while Kelsi is the composer. Later working together, Ryan and Kelsi attend prom together, but only every bit friends. Ryan ends up receiving the scholarship to Juilliard.

At the finish of Sharpay'southward Fabulous Risk, Ryan is on a break from his musical tour around the land and pays a visit to his sister Sharpay afterwards she became a star on Broadway to congratulate her. While Sharpay goes to chase Boi, Ryan enjoys her bed until information technology folds back into the closet, taking Ryan with it.

Ryan is played by Lucas Grabeel in the first iii installments of the franchise. Corbin Bleu, who was later on cast as Chad Danforth, auditioned for the part of Ryan.^[10] Grabeel had previously appeared in Disney Channel's Halloweentown High.

Merely after the cease of the franchise, David Simpatico, ane of the writers, revealed Ryan's homosexuality, describing him equally a "coded gay" – characters without revealed sexuality by the rules of the studios, a controversial topic when talking to children and teenagers.^[19] Ortega based the character on his ain adolescence: "I see a lot of myself in Ryan. Yep, I knew I was gay in high school, but I didn't tell anybody".^[twenty]

Chad Danforth

Chad Danforth
Bleu at the Broadway theatre, Godspell in New York City, April 11, 2012
Loftier School Musical film series character
Portrayed by	Corbin Bleu
First appearance	High Schoolhouse Musical (2006)
Last advent	High School Musical 3: Senior Twelvemonth (2008)
Created by	Peter Barsocchini
Profile
Occupation	Student Caddy/Waiter
Family Parents Charlie Danforth (father) Jenny Danforth (mother)

Chad Danforth is Troy Bolton'due south all-time friend and teammate. Chad is known for wearing shirts with eccentric phrases and letters on them. In the third moving picture, those messages are all environs-friendly. In High School Musical, Chad is gearing upwards for the commune championship basketball game and assumes Troy, besides the team helm, is doing the same. Notwithstanding, news soon spreads around school that Troy and Gabriella Montez, a new student, take auditioned for the schoolhouse musical and take been called back for the lead roles. Hoping to keep Troy'south caput in the game, Republic of chad and his teammates stage an intervention while Taylor McKessie and her friends, who desire Gabriella to stay focused on the national decathlon team, practise the aforementioned with Gabriella. The plan is successful, but Chad and Taylor soon realize that they hurt their close friends. After albeit their guilt, they help Troy and Gabriella make the callbacks, every bit well as the game and decathlon. At the terminate of the moving-picture show, Chad asks Taylor on a engagement. In the second picture show, Chad and Taylor seem to have maintained a relationship. Hoping to salvage up for a car, Chad takes a task at the Lava Springs country lodge for the summer, alongside Troy, Gabriella, Taylor, and their friends. Republic of chad reluctantly agrees to participate with the other employees in the Midsummer Nighttime Talent Testify at the club. His friendship with Troy as well hits a wall when Troy compromises himself for luxuries at the country gild. The ii, yet, make up. In High Schoolhouse Musical 3: Senior Year, Chad is looking forward to playing basketball with Troy at the University of Albuquerque following high schoolhouse graduation. He is initially upset when Troy decides to attend the University of California, Berkeley instead, but accepts the fact that he and Troy cannot stay together forever. Chad too struggles with asking Taylor to prom, but finally succeeds after several tries.

Corbin Bleu portrays Republic of chad Danforth in the showtime three films of the franchise. Bleu originally auditioned for the role of Ryan Evans, just was suggested for the role of Republic of chad instead.^[10] Bleu had auditioned for Disney Channel projects in the past.^[5]

Taylor McKessie

Taylor McKessie
Coleman in Feb 2011
High Schoolhouse Musical film series graphic symbol
Portrayed by	Monique Coleman
First appearance	High School Musical (2006)
Last appearance	High School Musical iii: Senior Year (2008)
Created by	Peter Barsocchini
Profile
Occupation	Student Event/Activities Coordinator
Family unit Siblings Unnamed older sister

Taylor McKessie is the president of the science club at Eastward Loftier and a member of the school's national decathlon team. Taylor is a feminist and admires many important women in history. She is also shown to have a wide range of noesis, including anything from computers to the daily dejeuner special in the school cafeteria. In the first movie, she is shown as finding the school's athlete as tribal. She is also impressed at the intellect of new student Gabriella Montez. Articles of Gabriella's academic achievements at her old schools are placed in Taylor's locker. Although Gabriella did not slip the articles in the locker, she agrees to join the decathlon team at Taylor'southward proposition. However, when Gabriella'due south involvement begins to turn to the schoolhouse musical and Troy Bolton, Taylor teams up with Troy'southward all-time friend, Republic of chad, to brand certain they can go along their friends away from one another and focused on the prize. While Republic of chad and his basketball teammates explain to Troy that they volition non win the district championship game if he is involved with the musical, they film him saying that the musical and Gabriella are not of import. Taylor show Gabriella the footage and she is left heartbroken. Realizing the magnitude of what they have done, Taylor and Chad work together over again to make sure Troy and Gabriella make the musical callbacks. Taylor'due south part in the programme is to prepare off a chemical reaction that would event in the evacuation of the national decathlon. At the end of the film, Taylor is asked out by Chad. In High School Musical two, Taylor, Gabriella, Chad, Troy, and their friends are hired at the Lava Springs state social club, owned past the parents of Sharpay Evans, the schoolhouse drama queen. Taylor is the get-go to notice that Troy is changing and being pulled into Sharpay'due south globe. She tries to convince Gabriella that Troy is no longer the nice guy she brutal for. In High School Musical iii: Senior Year, Taylor is editor of the school yearbook. While she will attend Yale Academy and study political science (with the goal of becoming President of the U.s.a.), she pushes Gabriella to accept an early orientation at Stanford University while joining the others for a last spring musicale.

Taylor is portrayed by Monique Coleman in the showtime three films of the serial. Coleman had previously auditioned for Disney Aqueduct.^[five]

Other East High students

Kelsi Nielsen

Kelsi Nielsen
Rulin at WonderCon 2015
High School Musical movie series character
Portrayed past	Olesya Rulin
Showtime appearance	Loftier School Musical (2006)
Terminal appearance	High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Created past	Peter Barsocchini
Profile
Occupation	Pupil Pianist

Kelsi Nielsen is a songwriter and composer and educatee at E High. She is very introverted and is very intimidated by Sharpay Evans, the president of the school's drama department. In High School Musical, Ms. Darbus, the director of the school'due south winter musical, allows Kelsi to etch the music. During the auditions, Sharpay and her brother, Ryan, perform 1 of Kelsi's original songs, "What I've Been Looking For", but with an upbeat organisation. When Kelsi tells Sharpay that she imagined the song to be much slower, Sharpay belittles her and Kelsi retreats. After auditions, Kelsi is approached by Troy and Gabriella, who tell her she does not have to be intimidated by Sharpay. She offers to show them how the song they sang is supposed to audio. Troy and Gabriella sing the duet carol and Ms. Darbus, who had re-entered the auditorium, gives them a callback. Kelsi works with Troy and Gabriella to ensure that they crush Sharpay and Ryan for the pb roles. The 2d film shows Kelsi, Troy, Gabriella, and their friends working at the Lava Springs country social club, which is endemic by Sharpay'southward family. Kelsi'southward job is playing the piano in the dining room. She is too the rehearsal pianist for Sharpay. She has a mutual love involvement in Jason Cross, simply is ultimately never shown to be in a relationship. In the third moving-picture show she attends prom with Ryan when he invites her to work together, but only as friends. Kelsi receives a scholarship to the Juilliard School, where she will study music.

Kelsi is portrayed by Olesya Rulin in the get-go three films of the serial. Rulin, who had previously starred in Disney Channel'due south Halloweentown High alongside Lucas Grabeel, was bandage in her High School Musical role immediately after her own high schoolhouse graduation.^[21]

Zeke Baylor

Zeke Baylor
High School Musical film serial graphic symbol
Portrayed past	Chris Warren, Jr.
Kickoff advent	Loftier Schoolhouse Musical (2006)
Last appearance	Loftier School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Created by	Peter Barsocchini
Profile
Occupation	Student Chef

Zeke Baylor is i of East High's most talented basketball game players. He appears to be very close to Jason Cross, Troy Bolton, and Republic of chad Danforth. He also is attracted to Sharpay Evans. In High School Musical, he is one of several students to reveal a secret passion following Troy Bolton's audition for the school musical. Zeke's passion is baking, which impresses Sharpay at the end of the moving picture. In Loftier School Musical ii, Zeke is ane of many East High students to be hired to work at Sharpay's family unit'due south country club, Lava Springs. He assists Chef Michael in the kitchen. His crush on Sharpay however remains, but the ii are not seen together until the end of the motion picture. In High School Musical 3: Senior Twelvemonth, Sharpay asks Zeke to prom and he joins his friends in a last musical, but also has to work hard to pass his Family Scientific discipline Class.

Chris Warren, Jr. portrays Zeke in the first iii High School Musical films. Although his character graduates in the third film, Warren stated after High School Musical ii that he planned to appear in two more sequels, indicating possible involvement in High School Musical 4: East Meets West.^[22]

Jason Cross

Jason Cross
High School Musical picture show series grapheme
Portrayed by	Ryne Sanborn
Beginning appearance	High School Musical (2006)
Concluding appearance	High School Musical 3: Senior Yr (2008)
Created by	Peter Barsocchini
Contour
Occupation	Student Dishwasher

Jason Cross is a member of the E High Schoolhouse boys' varsity basketball game team and 1 of Troy Bolton, Chad Danforth, and Zeke Baylor's good friends. He tends to enquire questions or brand statements that make him come up off every bit a osculation-up or unintelligent. In High Schoolhouse Musical ii, he works every bit a bus boy at Lava Springs country club. He has a mutual love interest in Kelsi Nielsen, but never been shown a human relationship. In the third picture show he attends prom with Martha Cox, but but as skilful friends, when Kelsi goes with Ryan. While he joins his friends on a concluding musical before graduation, he as well has to spend time to study for his finals. At the end of the motion-picture show, he finally earns plenty scores to graduate.

Jason is portrayed past Ryne Sanborn in the offset three films of the serial.

Martha Cox

Martha Cox
Loftier School Musical movie series character
Portrayed by	Kaycee Stroh
Beginning appearance	High School Musical (2006)
Final appearance	Loftier School Musical iii: Senior Year (2008)
Created by	Peter Barsocchini
Profile
Occupation	Student Culinary Assistant

Martha Cox is an East High School student and member of the national decathlon squad. In wake of Troy's audition for the winter musical in High School Musical, Martha confesses that she enjoys hip-hop dancing. In High School Musical 2, Martha works at the Lava Springs land club every bit part of the kitchen staff. She becomes a cheerleader in the third film and participates in a final musical with her friends.

Martha is portrayed by Kaycee Stroh in the start iii films in the franchise. Stroh took some of her trip the light fantastic students to audition for Loftier Schoolhouse Musical as background dancers. Director Kenny Ortega pulled her aside and asked her to audition for the role of Martha, choosing her.^[23]

Tiara Gold

Tiara Gold
High Schoolhouse Musical pic series character
Portrayed by	Jemma McKenzie-Brownish
First appearance	High Schoolhouse Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Created by	Peter Barsocchini
Profile
Occupation	Student Personal Assistant

Tiara Golden is a British transfer student who takes a task as Sharpay Evans' assistant to learn the ropes at Due east High. She shows some initial interest in musical theater, but is careful non to upstage Sharpay. Due to her dedicated presence during rehearsals for the spring musical, Ms. Darbus casts Tiara as an understudy. Tiara later overhears Gabriella Montez talking to Taylor McKessie about an early orientation at Stanford Academy, which would make Gabriella unable to perform as the lead in the musical. Tiara informs Sharpay, who is impressed by her dedication. Gabriella leaves for the orientation, allowing Sharpay to take over her role. Tiara, in turn, takes over Sharpay's onetime role. During opening night, Sharpay is embarrassed after having to perform with Jimmie Zara, Troy Bolton's understudy. When she goes back to her dressing room, she finds Tiara in her costume. Tiara tells Sharpay that she is the new queen of the drama department and that information technology is time for Sharpay to move aside. Sharpay, in retaliation, upstages Tiara onstage. Subsequently, Tiara learns that Sharpay will exist returning occasionally to Eastward High afterward graduation to assistance Ms. Darbus with the drama department and, undoubtedly, keep to upstage Tiara.

Tiara is portrayed past Jemma McKenzie-Brown in High Schoolhouse Musical 3: Senior Year. Disney star Selena Gomez has admitted to turning down the role,^[24] while Ali Lohan reportedly auditioned for the role.^[25] Although Brown was originally set to star in Loftier School Musical four: East Meets W,^[26] information technology has since been confirmed that she will not reprise her role.^[27]

Jimmie Zara

Jimmie Zara
High Schoolhouse Musical film series character
Portrayed past	Matt Prokop
First appearance	High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Created by	Peter Barsocchini
Profile
Other names	"Rocketman", "The Rocket"
Occupation	Student

Jimmie Zara, also known as "the Rocket" or "Rocketman", is a fellow member on the Due east High School boys' varsity basketball team. In the concluding game of Loftier School Musical 3: Senior Year, he is used every bit somewhat of a undercover weapon and scores the winning basket. He looks up to Troy Bolton and has a small crush on Sharpay Evans. He is Troy'southward understudy for the spring musical and is able to perform with Sharpay on opening night.

Matt Prokop portrays Jimmie in the third film of the serial. Disney star Tony Oller auditioned for this role.^[28] Prokop has stated that he signed on for iii potential films, including Loftier School Musical 3.^[29] Even so, Prokop has since confirmed that he will not exist in the fourth film, as Disney wanted to go in a new management.^[30]

Donny Dion

Donny Dion
High School Musical film series grapheme
Portrayed past	Justin Martin
First advent	Loftier School Musical three: Senior Year (2008)
Created by	Peter Barsocchini
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Occupation	Educatee

Donny Dion is a member of the E High School boys' varsity basketball team. It is unclear whether or not he is a histrion or an equipment manager or towel boy. Nevertheless, he looks up to Chad Danforth and evens asks to take Republic of chad'south gym locker afterwards he graduates. His best friend is Jimmie Zara. Donny is portrayed by Justin Martin in High School Musical 3: Senior Twelvemonth. Martin almost gave up on auditioning for the role considering the casting directors told him he was too little.^[31]

Susan

Susan is a daughter who auditions for the winter musical just did not get the role even though Ms. Darbus was impressed with some hand gestures she fabricated. She is portrayed past Anne Kathryn Parma.

Alan

Alan is a boy who auditions for the winter musical merely did not go the role. He is portrayed by Nick Whitaker.

Cyndra

Cyndra is a girl who auditions for the wintertime musical and is not happy when she does non get the role. She is portrayed by Falcon Grace.

Other characters

Peyton Leverett

Peyton Leverett
Loftier School Musical film series character
Portrayed by	Austin Butler
First appearance	Sharpay'due south Fabled Adventure (2011)
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Peyton Leverett is the male person protagonist and love interest of Sharpay Evans in Sharpay's Fabulous Take a chance. He is a moving-picture show student at New York University who is assigned by his mother to keep an middle on Sharpay while she'south in boondocks, and immediately finds her interesting and decides to make her his filming discipline of "A special story in New York".

He is the 1 who helps Sharpay locate a studio apartment, encourages her to pursue her dreams, adapt to her surroundings and reminds her of who she really is when she is about to lose herself. When Sharpay becomes Bister Lee Adam'southward secretary, she loses time to spend with Peyton. Peyton becomes frustrated with her ignorance to Amber Lee's ambitions, Boi and Countess's newfound human relationship and lack of time to spend with him. The two have an statement and Peyton drops her from his project until she apologizes to him the adjacent day.

Afterward Amber Lee quit the evidence, Peyton shows the agents and producers a video of Sharpay's secret rehearsal to prove that she can save the prove. The producers are and then impressed by her performance that they re-hire Sharpay as the lead of "A Girl'due south Best Friend". Sharpay expresses her worries and anxiety, but Peyton manages to help her maintain conviction and then kisses her. He is last seen greeting Sharpay'south parents seconds before the show starts.

Peyton is portrayed by Austin Butler, who had besides starred with Ashley Tisdale in Aliens in the Attic, where they played each other'due south paternal cousins.

Roger Elliston

Roger Elliston is a young, wealthy boy who shares most of Sharpay's personality and appears in Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, where he and Sharpay compete each other to win a role for their dogs. He continuously attempts to win the role for his canis familiaris, Countess, past cheating. Eventually, he and Sharpay discover out that Amber Lee Adams has forced to producers to remove the dogs from the bear witness, and both are forced to come together to reveal Amber Lee Adams' true prototype to the world.

Although they manage to betrayal Bister Lee's truthful self to the earth, this results in Amber Lee quitting the show, Sharpay getting fired and well-nigh causing the show to be cancelled. When the producers re-hire Sharpay, she demands that Boi and Countess share the role of Shelby as, much to Roger'due south pleasure.

Roger is portrayed past Bradley Steven Perry.

Amber Lee Adams

Amber Lee Adams is a support character who appears in Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure. She is a famous motion picture star who is about to hired as the primary character on Broadway in a show called "A Girl'southward All-time Friend". She is always sugariness and kind to those around her, merely that is only for her image. In truth, she is cocky-absorbed, demanding, mean, and manipulative, much like Sharpay in the previous films.

She fires her secretary for being late and and then hires Sharpay to do her chores and keep check of her schedules, and manipulates her to exercise her behest by acting kind in front of her. In the stop, she gets tired of the dogs, Boi and Countess, and demands the producers remove the dogs from the show. Sharpay hears this and works with Roger to expose Amber Lee's truthful face to the world.

Amber Lee Adams is played by Cameron Goodman.

Parents and adults

• Jack Bolton is Troy Bolton's father and the bus of the E High boys' varsity basketball team. He is angry when he finds out that Troy auditioned for the school musical weeks earlier the district championship game in. He voices his disapproval only changes his listen when he sees how talented Troy is. When Troy begins working at the Lava Springs country club, Jack advises Troy to keep his middle on college. Jack is once over again angry with Troy when he learns Troy is considering other schools likewise the University of Albuquerque; however, he comes to terms with Troy's decision to enroll at the Academy of California, Berkeley. Motorbus Bolton is played by Bart Johnson in the first three films of the series.
• Ms. Darbus is the overly-dramatic musical director at E High. Her classroom serves as homeroom for Troy Bolton, Gabriella Montez, Sharpay Evans, Ryan Evans, Republic of chad Danforth, Taylor McKessie, Kelsi Nielsen, and other students. She has an intense dislike of cell phones, particularly when they ring in the theater. She and coworker Coach Jack Bolton do not always see middle-to-eye. In the first film, Ms. Darbus is convinced that Troy and Gabriella only auditioned for the musical to mock it. In the cease, she casts them equally the leads. In Loftier School Musical 3: Senior Year, Ms. Darbus submits Troy'south name for a scholarship to the Juilliard School without his knowledge. Ms. Darbus is portrayed by Alyson Reed in the films.
• Lisa Montez is the single mother of Gabriella Montez. Gabriella has stated that she and her mother relocated several times. They move to Albuquerque halfway through Gabriella's inferior year, and she promises Gabriella that it is a permanent arrangement until she graduates. Lisa is very proud of Gabriella for beingness accepted to Stanford University and does non agree with her daughter when she suggests taking a yr off after high school. As Gabriella'southward graduation approaches, Lisa puts the house upward for sale. It is unclear what happened to her hubby; he has but been mentioned one time, by Gabriella as she recollects her childhood, and is presumably dead. Lisa is portrayed by Socorro Herrera in the first and 3rd films.
• Vance Evans is the wealthy father of Sharpay and Ryan Evans and the owner of the Lava Springs land club. He holds the highest record on the social club's golf game class, which he built himself. His alma mater is the Academy of Albuquerque. He is very impressed by Troy Bolton and offers him opportunities through his connections with the university. Vance is portrayed by Robert Curtis Brownish in the second and third films.
• Darby Evans is the wealthy mother of Sharpay and Ryan Evans and the married woman of Vance Evans. She approves the hiring of several Eastward High students to the Lava Springs country gild, much to the dismay of Sharpay, who only wanted Troy Bolton to piece of work in that location. She is very interested in yoga, has a unique human relationship with both students, and is unskilled at golf. She is portrayed by Jessica Tuck in the second and 3rd films.
• Thomas Fulton is the manager of the Lava Springs state club. He is obligated to take Sharpay Evans' orders. In doing so, he hires Troy Bolton to work at the society. He is uptight and prefers structure and discipline. He is portrayed by Mark Fifty. Taylor in High School Musical 2.
• Dave Matsui is the primary of Eastward High. He is first seen welcoming Gabriella Montez to Due east High. He too seems to have to deal with the quarrels between Autobus Jack Bolton and Ms. Darbus. He insists that they need to learn to work together, although he seems to take more interest in Coach Bolton's side of the argument. Principal Matsui is portrayed by Joey Miyashima in High School Musical and Loftier School Musical three: Senior Year.
• Lucille Bolton is Troy Bolton'southward mother and Jack Bolton'south wife. She is depicted as beingness somewhat annoyed with Troy and Jack's extreme dedication to basketball. Lucille is portrayed by Leslie Wing in the starting time three installments of the serial.
• Charlie Danforth is the begetter of Chad Danforth and friend of Jack Bolton. He is portrayed by Corbin Bleu'due south real-life father, David Reivers in the tertiary film. His unnamed married woman is portrayed past Yolanda Wood in the third film.
• An unnamed chemistry instructor at Due east High. She is portrayed past Irene Santiago-Baron.
• Ms. Falstaff is a librarian at East High. In the first film, she constantly reminds Chad to proceed tranquility in the library. She is portrayed past Joyce Cohen.

Others

• Jackie, Lea, and Emma are Sharpay Evans' friends, sometimes called the "Sharpettes". The girls are sometimes collectively known as the Sharpettes, as they often human activity equally redundancy singers and dancers for Sharpay, but are never referred to as such in the film series. It is credible that they do not attend Due east High School and spend the majority of their time with Sharpay during the summer at her family unit's land club, Lava Springs. They seem to be every bit as pampered as Sharpay, simply always follow her every lodge. Jackie, Lea, and Emma are only portrayed in High Schoolhouse Musical 2, by Tanya Chisholm, Kelli Baker, and McCall Clark, respectively. Baker had a function as a cheerleader and dancer in the commencement film.
• Boi is Sharpay'due south dog who appears in High School Musical 2, High Schoolhouse Musical three: Senior Year and Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, Boi is taken to New York with Sharpay. He is given an opportunity to participate in a play called "A Girl's Best Friend" on Broadway, which Sharpay initially believed was her opportunity until the casting agent clarified her fault. Boi meets another dog chosen Countess and they fall in love with each other, just their owners initially fail to see their angel. He is portrayed by managing director Kenny Ortega's canis familiaris, Manly "Little Pickles" Ortega.
• Countess is Roger Elliston's well-trained dog who appears in Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure. Countess meets another canis familiaris chosen Boi and they autumn in dearest with each other, but their owners initially fail to run across their affections.
• Lupe, Tiffany and Dena are Sharpay's friends in Sharpay's Fabulous Take chances who help her to evidence her begetter that she's determined to take an offer for Broadway. They are portrayed by Alessandra Cannito, Lauren Collins and Shadia Ali, respectively.
• Jerry Taylor is a famous Broadway producer who offers Sharpay'southward dog, Boi, the take chances to star in his latest show. He is portrayed past Pat Mastroianni in Sharpay'southward Fabulous Hazard.
• Gill Samms is a producer of Jerry's show. He is portrayed by Alec Mapa in Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure.
• Neal Roberts is some other producer of Jerry's show. He is portrayed by Jack Plotnick in Sharpay'due south Fabulous Chance.

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External links

• Disney's Loftier School Musical official site

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_High_School_Musical_characters

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