Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 18, 1987
Place of Birth
San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Credits
98 titles
Zac 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).
Known For
Filmography
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
Dirty Grandpa
Jason Kelly
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
(uncredited)
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
The 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 Again: Zac Goes Back
Self
17 Agan: Going Back to 17
Self