Zac Efron
Born: 1987-10-18 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- The Studio as Zac Efron
2024
- Ricky Stanicky as Dean
- A Family Affair as Chris Cole
- NCISverse: The First 1,000 as Self
2023
- The Iron Claw as Kevin Von Erich
2022
- Gold as Virgil
- The Greatest Beer Run Ever as John 'Chickie' Donohue
- Firestarter as Andy McGee
2021
- Save Ralph as Bobby (voice)
2020
- Scoob! as Fred Jones (voice)
- The Disney Family Singalong as Self
- Down to Earth with Zac Efron as Self
- The Great Global Cleanup as Self
- Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass as Himself
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- The Beach Bum as Flicker
- Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile as Ted Bundy
- Human Discoveries as Gary (voice)
2017
- The Greatest Showman as Phillip Carlyle
- Baywatch as Matt Brody
- The Disaster Artist as Dan / 'Chris-R'
2016
- Dirty Grandpa as Jason Kelly
- Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising as Teddy Sanders
- Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Dave Stangle
- High School Musical: 10th Anniversary as (uncredited)
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Hot Ones as Self
- We Are Your Friends as Cole
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
- Neighbors as Teddy Sanders
- That Awkward Moment as Jason
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
- HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise as Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
2013
- Parkland as Jim Carrico
2012
- The Lorax as Ted Wiggins (voice)
- Catfish: The TV Show as Self
- The Lucky One as Logan Thibault
- Liberal Arts as Nat
- The Paperboy as Jack Jansen
- At Any Price as Dean Whipple
2011
- New Year's Eve as Paul
2010
- Conan as Self
- Charlie St. Cloud as Charlie St. Cloud
- Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
2009
- 17 Again as Mike O'Donnell
- Zac Efron's Pool Party as Self
- Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol as Self (Archived Footage)
2008
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year as Troy Bolton
- Me and Orson Welles as Richard Samuels
- High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Hairspray as Link Larkin
- High School Musical 2 as Troy Bolton
- Road To High School Musical 2 as Self
2006
- El hormiguero as Self - Guest
- High School Musical as Troy Bolton
- The Replacements as Davey Hunkerhoff
- Disney Channel Games as Self
- High School Musical: Remix as Troy Bolton
- If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now as Cody
- Heist as Pizza Delivery Guy
2005
- Robot Chicken as Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice)
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Trevor
- The Derby Stallion as Patrick McCardle
2004
- Entourage as Zac Efron
- Summerland as Cameron Bale
- Miracle Run as Steven Morgan
2003
- NCIS as Daniel Austin
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Punk'd as Self
- The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke as Pete Laemke
- Melinda's World as Stuart Wasser
2002
- CSI: Miami as Seth Dawson
- Firefly as Young Simon
2001
- The Guardian as Luke Tomello
1997
- The View as Self
1994
- ER as Bobby Neville
1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host