Zac Efron
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 18, 1987 (age 38)
- Place of birth
- San Luis Obispo, California, USA
- Credits
- 84
Zachary David Alexander Efron (born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. Efron began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence as a teen idol for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical trilogy (2006–2008). During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy film 17 Again (2009), the former of which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
Efron had starring roles in the films New Year's Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), The Paperboy (2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Baywatch (2017), and The Greatest Showman (2017). He played Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) and Kevin Von Erich in The Iron Claw (2023). In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for hosting the Netflix travel show Down to Earth with Zac Efron (2020–2022).
Known for
The Greatest Showman
2017Movie
Phillip Carlyle
Baywatch
2017Movie
Matt Brody
Neighbors
2014Movie
Teddy Sanders
17 Again
2009Movie
Mike O'Donnell
High School Musical
2006Movie
Troy Bolton
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016Movie
Teddy Sanders
Filmography
The Studio
2025TV
Zac Efron
A Family Affair
2024Movie
Chris Cole
Ricky Stanicky
2024Movie
Dean
The Iron Claw
2023Movie
Kevin Von Erich
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022Movie
John 'Chickie' Donohue
Firestarter
2022Movie
Andy McGee
Gold
2022Movie
Virgil
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
2020TV
Self
Scoob!
2020Movie
Fred Jones (voice)
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
2020Movie
Himself
The Great Global Cleanup
2020Movie
Self
The Disney Family Singalong
2020Movie
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Human Discoveries
2019TV
Gary (voice)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019Movie
Ted Bundy
The Beach Bum
2019Movie
Flicker
The Greatest Showman
2017Movie
Phillip Carlyle
Baywatch
2017Movie
Matt Brody
The Disaster Artist
2017Movie
Dan / 'Chris-R'
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016Movie
Dave Stangle
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016Movie
Teddy Sanders
Dirty Grandpa
2016Movie
Jason Kelly
We Are Your Friends
2015Movie
Cole
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self
Hot Ones
2015TV
Self
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014Movie
Self - Actor
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014TV
Self
Neighbors
2014Movie
Teddy Sanders
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014Movie
Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self
That Awkward Moment
2014Movie
Jason
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014TV
Parkland
2013Movie
Jim Carrico
Catfish: The TV Show
2012TV
Self
The Paperboy
2012Movie
Jack Jansen
Liberal Arts
2012Movie
Nat
At Any Price
2012Movie
Dean Whipple
The Lucky One
2012Movie
Logan Thibault
The Lorax
2012Movie
Ted Wiggins (voice)
New Year's Eve
2011Movie
Paul
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
2010Movie
Anakin Skywalker (voice)
Conan
2010TV
Self
Charlie St. Cloud
2010Movie
Charlie St. Cloud
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009Movie
Self
17 Again
2009Movie
Mike O'Donnell
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
2008Movie
Self
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008Movie
Troy Bolton
Me and Orson Welles
2008Movie
Richard Samuels
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007Movie
Self
High School Musical 2
2007Movie
Troy Bolton
Hairspray
2007Movie
Link Larkin
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
El hormiguero
2006TV
Self - Guest
High School Musical: Remix
2006Movie
Troy Bolton
The Replacements
2006TV
Davey Hunkerhoff
Disney Channel Games
2006TV
Self
Heist
2006TV
Pizza Delivery Guy
High School Musical Dance-Along
2006Movie
Self
High School Musical
2006Movie
Troy Bolton
The Derby Stallion
2005Movie
Patrick McCardle
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005TV
Trevor
Robot Chicken
2005TV
Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice), Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice), Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)
Miracle Run
2004Movie
Steven Morgan
Entourage
2004TV
Zac Efron
Summerland
2004TV
Cameron Bale
NCIS
2003TV
Daniel Austin
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Punk'd
2003TV
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
CSI: Miami
2002TV
Seth Dawson
Firefly
2002TV
Young Simon
The Guardian
2001TV
Luke Tomello
The View
1997TV
Self
ER
1994TV
Bobby Neville
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992TV
Self - Presenter
Entertainment Tonight
1981TV
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
People's Choice Awards
1975TV
Self - Presenter
Famous
Movie
Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
Killing Zac Efron
TV
Night Business
Movie
Johnny Timothy
Three Men and a Baby
Movie
Judgment Day
Movie