Zac Efron
42 movies · 15 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 18, 1987 (age 38)
- Place of birth
- San Luis Obispo, California, USA
- Also known as
- Zachary David Alexander Efron · Zachary 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
Zac Efron: movies and TV shows
Acting (56)
- Upcoming Famous
as Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
- Upcoming Night Business
as Johnny Timothy
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2025
- 2024 A Family Affair
as Chris Cole
- 2024 Ricky Stanicky
as Dean
- 2023 The Iron Claw
as Kevin Von Erich
- 2022 The Greatest Beer Run Ever
as John 'Chickie' Donohue
- 2022 Firestarter
as Andy McGee
- 2022 Gold
as Virgil
- 2020 Scoob!
as Fred Jones (voice)
- 2019
- 2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Ted Bundy
- 2019 The Beach Bum
as Flicker
- 2017 The Greatest Showman
as Phillip Carlyle
- 2017 Baywatch
as Matt Brody
- 2017 The Disaster Artist
as Dan / 'Chris-R'
- 2016 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Dave Stangle
- 2016 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Teddy Sanders
- 2016 Dirty Grandpa
as Jason Kelly
- 2015 We Are Your Friends
as Cole
- 2014 Neighbors
as Teddy Sanders
- 2014 Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
as Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
- 2014 That Awkward Moment
as Jason
- 2014
- 2013 Parkland
as Jim Carrico
- 2012 The Paperboy
as Jack Jansen
- 2012 Liberal Arts
as Nat
- 2012 At Any Price
as Dean Whipple
- 2012 The Lucky One
as Logan Thibault
- 2012 The Lorax
as Ted Wiggins (voice)
- 2011 New Year's Eve
as Paul
- 2010 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
- 2010 Charlie St. Cloud
as Charlie St. Cloud
- 2009 17 Again
as Mike O'Donnell
- 2008 High School Musical 3: Senior Year
as Troy Bolton
- 2008 Me and Orson Welles
as Richard Samuels
- 2007 High School Musical 2
as Troy Bolton
- 2007 Hairspray
as Link Larkin
- 2006 High School Musical: Remix
as Troy Bolton
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 High School Musical
as Troy Bolton
- 2005 The Derby Stallion
as Patrick McCardle
- 2005
- 2005 Robot Chicken · TV
as Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice) / Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice) / Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice) · 3 episodes
- 2004 Miracle Run
as Steven Morgan
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 1994
Behind the camera (7)
- Upcoming
- 2026 Boundless: The Man Who Became Human
Executive Producer
- 2020
- 2020 The Great Global Cleanup
Executive Producer
- 2019
- 2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Executive Producer
- 2014 That Awkward Moment
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (26)
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
1 episode
- 2015 Hot Ones
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014 Running Wild with Bear Grylls
1 episode
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2 episodes
- 2012 Catfish: The TV Show
1 episode
- 2010 Conan
1 episode
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
1 episode
- 2006 El hormiguero
1 episode
- 2006 Disney Channel Games
9 episodes
- 2006
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
3 episodes
- 2003 Punk'd
2 episodes
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards
3 episodes
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight
3 episodes
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1975 People's Choice Awards
1 episode