Zac Efron
Acting
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).
Born: October 18, 1987 · San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Filmography (74)
The Studio
2025
A Family Affair
2024
Ricky Stanicky
2024
The Iron Claw
2023
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022
Firestarter
2022
Gold
2022
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
2020
Scoob!
2020
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
2020
The Disney Family Singalong
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Human Discoveries
2019
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019
The Beach Bum
2019
The Greatest Showman
2017
Baywatch
2017
The Disaster Artist
2017
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016
Dirty Grandpa
2016
We Are Your Friends
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Hot Ones
2015
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Neighbors
2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
That Awkward Moment
2014
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014
Parkland
2013
Catfish: The TV Show
2012
The Paperboy
2012
Liberal Arts
2012
At Any Price
2012
The Lucky One
2012
The Lorax
2012
New Year's Eve
2011
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
2010
Conan
2010
Charlie St. Cloud
2010
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009
17 Again
2009
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008
Me and Orson Welles
2008
High School Musical 2
2007
Hairspray
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
El hormiguero
2006
High School Musical: Remix
2006
The Replacements
2006
Disney Channel Games
2006
High School Musical
2006
The Derby Stallion
2005
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005
Robot Chicken
2005
Miracle Run
2004
Entourage
2004
Summerland
2004
NCIS
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Punk'd
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
CSI: Miami
2002
Firefly
2002
The Guardian
2001
The View
1997
ER
1994
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Saturday Night Live
1975
People's Choice Awards
1975