Zac Efron
ActingAlso Known As
Zachary David Alexander Efron, Zachary Efron
Biography
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).
Movies
(56 total)
The Greatest Showman
as Phillip Carlyle
Baywatch
as Matt Brody
Neighbors
as Teddy Sanders
17 Again
as Mike O'Donnell
High School Musical
as Troy Bolton
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Teddy Sanders
Dirty Grandpa
as Jason Kelly
High School Musical 2
as Troy Bolton
The Lorax
as Ted Wiggins (voice)
The Lucky One
as Logan Thibault
The Disaster Artist
as Dan / 'Chris-R'
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
as Troy Bolton
That Awkward Moment
as Jason
Hairspray
as Link Larkin
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Dave Stangle
We Are Your Friends
as Cole
Charlie St. Cloud
as Charlie St. Cloud
New Year's Eve
as Paul
Scoob!
as Fred Jones (voice)
TV Shows
(37 total)
NCIS
as Daniel Austin
Firefly
as Young Simon
CSI: Miami
as Seth Dawson
ER
as Bobby Neville
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
as Trevor
Entourage
as Zac Efron
Robot Chicken
as Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice)
Robot Chicken
as Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice)
Robot Chicken
as Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
The Studio
as Zac Efron
Conan
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
Catfish: The TV Show
as Self
