Zac Efron
- Acting
- October 18, 1987 · San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Boundless: The Man Who Became Human · Executive producer
- The Studio · Zac Efron
- A Family Affair · Chris Cole
- 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, Executive producer
- Scoob! · Fred Jones (Voice)
- Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass · Self
- The Great Global Cleanup · Self, Executive producer
- The Disney Family Singalong · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Human Discoveries · Gary (Voice), Executive producer
- Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile · Ted Bundy, Executive producer
- 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
- 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
- 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, Executive producer
- 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'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
- High School Musical 2 · Troy Bolton
- Hairspray · Link Larkin
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- El hormiguero · Self
- 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 · Billy Joel, Mechanic (Voice), 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
- CSI: Miami · Seth Dawson
- Firefly · Young Simon
- The Guardian · Luke Tomello
- The View · Self
- ER · Bobby Neville
- MTV Movie & TV Awards · Self
- Entertainment Tonight · Self
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- People's Choice Awards · Self