Zac Efron
4.4Acting

Zac Efron

Oct 18, 1987 - San Luis Obispo, California, USA

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).

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Cast

Media
Movie2007HairsprayLink Larkin
Movie2006High School MusicalTroy Bolton
Movie2008High School Musical 3: Senior YearTroy Bolton
Movie2008Me and Orson WellesRichard Samuels
Movie2007High School Musical 2Troy Bolton
Movie2011New Year's EvePaul
Movie2010Charlie St. CloudCharlie St. Cloud
Movie200917 AgainMike O'Donnell
Movie2005The Derby StallionPatrick McCardle
Movie2010Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode IIIAnakin Skywalker (voice)
Movie2012The PaperboyJack Jansen
Movie2012The LoraxTed Wiggins (voice)
Movie2012Liberal ArtsNat
Movie2004Miracle RunSteven Morgan
Movie2012The Lucky OneLogan Thibault
Movie2012At Any PriceDean Whipple
Movie2014NeighborsTeddy Sanders
Movie2013ParklandJim Carrico
Movie2016High School Musical: 10th Anniversary(uncredited)
Movie2014That Awkward MomentJason
Movie2024A Family AffairChris Cole
Movie2016Dirty GrandpaJason Kelly
Movie2024Ricky StanickyDean
Movie2023The Iron ClawKevin Von Erich
Movie2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding DatesDave Stangle
Movie2009Zac Efron: The Ultimate IdolSelf (Archived Footage)
MovieN/AFamousLance Dunkquist / James Jansen
Movie2016Neighbors 2: Sorority RisingTeddy Sanders
Movie2015We Are Your FriendsCole
Movie2014Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in ParadiseSuperboy / Brainiac (voice)
Movie2017The Disaster ArtistDan / 'Chris-R'
Movie2017BaywatchMatt Brody
Movie201421 Years: Richard LinklaterSelf - Actor
Movie2008High School Musical 3: Making Of A MusicalSelf
MovieN/ANight BusinessJohnny Timothy
Movie2007Road To High School Musical 2Self
Movie2024NCISverse: The First 1,000Self
Movie2017The Greatest ShowmanPhillip Carlyle
Movie2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and VileTed Bundy
Movie2019The Beach BumFlicker
Movie2003Melinda's WorldStuart Wasser
Movie2003The Big Wide World of Carl LaemkePete Laemke
Movie2006If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home NowCody
Movie2020Scoob!Fred Jones (voice)
Movie2020Dude Perfect: Backstage PassHimself
Movie2020The Great Global CleanupSelf
Movie2022GoldVirgil
Movie2020The Disney Family SingalongSelf
Movie2006High School Musical: RemixTroy Bolton
Movie2022FirestarterAndy McGee
Movie2022The Greatest Beer Run EverJohn 'Chickie' Donohue
Movie2009Zac Efron's Pool PartySelf
MovieN/AJudgment Day
Movie2021Save RalphBobby (voice)
TV Show2002CSI: MiamiSeth Dawson1
TV Show2001The GuardianLuke Tomello1
TV Show2006HeistPizza Delivery Guy1
TV Show2004SummerlandCameron Bale16
TV Show2015Hot OnesSelf1
TV Show2005The Suite Life of Zack & CodyTrevor1
TV Show2003NCISDaniel Austin1
TV Show2006The ReplacementsDavey Hunkerhoff1
TV Show1994ERBobby Neville1
TV Show1997The ViewSelf1
TV Show2010ConanSelf1
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host1
TV Show2006Disney Channel GamesSelf9
TV Show2014HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt1
TV Show2003Punk'dSelf2
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf1
TV Show1992MTV Movie & TV AwardsSelf3
TV Show2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf1
TV Show2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self2
TV Show2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf1
TV Show2014Running Wild with Bear GryllsSelf1
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf2
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf1
TV Show2012Catfish: The TV ShowSelf1
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf - Guest1
TV Show2019Human DiscoveriesGary (voice)10
TV Show1981Entertainment TonightSelf3
TV Show2005Robot ChickenBilly Joel, Mechanic (voice)1
TV Show2005Robot ChickenAnakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)1
TV Show2005Robot ChickenHarry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice)1
TV Show2004EntourageZac Efron1
TV ShowN/AKilling Zac Efron1
TV Show2002FireflyYoung Simon2
TV Show2020Down to Earth with Zac EfronSelf16
TV Show2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf1
TV Show2025The StudioZac Efron1
TV Show2006El hormigueroSelf - Guest1

Crew

Media
Movie2014That Awkward MomentExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and VileExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2020The Great Global CleanupExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2020Down to Earth with Zac EfronExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2019Human DiscoveriesExecutive ProducerProduction
TV ShowN/AKilling Zac EfronExecutive ProducerProduction