Zac Efron
Actor
Born October 18, 1987 in 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).
Filmography
Three Men and a Baby
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
Self (archive footage)
The Studio
Zac Efron
A Family Affair
Chris Cole
NCISverse: The First 1,000
Self
Ricky Stanicky
Dean
The Iron Claw
Kevin Von Erich
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
John 'Chickie' Donohue
Firestarter
Andy McGee
Gold
Virgil
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Self
Scoob!
Fred Jones (voice)
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
Himself
The Great Global Cleanup
Self
The Disney Family Singalong
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Human Discoveries
Gary (voice)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Ted Bundy
The Beach Bum
Flicker
The Greatest Showman
Phillip Carlyle
Baywatch
Matt Brody
The Disaster Artist
Dan / 'Chris-R'
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Dave Stangle
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Teddy Sanders
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
(uncredited)
Dirty Grandpa
Jason Kelly
We Are Your Friends
Cole
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
Hot Ones
Self
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
Neighbors
Teddy Sanders
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
That Awkward Moment
Jason
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Parkland
Jim Carrico
Catfish: The TV Show
Self
The Paperboy
Jack Jansen
Liberal Arts
Nat
At Any Price
Dean Whipple
The Lucky One
Logan Thibault
The Lorax
Ted Wiggins (voice)
New Year's Eve
Paul
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Anakin Skywalker (voice)
Conan
Self
Charlie St. Cloud
Charlie St. Cloud
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
Self (Archived Footage)
17 Agan: Going Back to 17
Self
17 Again: Zac Goes Back
Self
17 Again: Zac's Dance Flashback
Self
Zac Efron's Pool Party
Self
17 Again
Mike O'Donnell
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
Self
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Troy Bolton
Me and Orson Welles
Richard Samuels
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
Self
Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth
Self
'Hairspray' Extentions
Self
It's 'Hairspray'!
Self
High School Musical 2
Troy Bolton
Hairspray
Link Larkin
The Graham Norton Show
Self
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
High School Musical: Remix
Troy Bolton
The Replacements
Davey Hunkerhoff
Disney Channel Games
Self
Heist
Pizza Delivery Guy
High School Musical Dance-Along
Self
High School Musical
Troy Bolton
The Derby Stallion
Patrick McCardle
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Trevor
Robot Chicken
Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice)
Miracle Run
Steven Morgan
Entourage
Zac Efron
Summerland
Cameron Bale
NCIS
Daniel Austin
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Punk'd
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Melinda's World
Stuart Wasser
CSI: Miami
Seth Dawson
Firefly
Young Simon
The Guardian
Luke Tomello
The View
Self
ER
Bobby Neville
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter