Zac Efron
Acting
1987-10-18 · San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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
TheatersBoundless: The Man Who Became Human
2026 · Movie
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
2026 · Movie
The Studio
2025 · Series
A Family Affair
2024 · Movie
NCISverse: The First 1,000
2024 · Movie
Ricky Stanicky
2024 · Movie
The Iron Claw
2023 · Movie
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022 · Movie
Firestarter
2022 · Movie
Gold
2022 · Movie
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
2020 · Series
Scoob!
2020 · Movie
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
2020 · Movie
The Great Global Cleanup
2020 · Movie
The Disney Family Singalong
2020 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Human Discoveries
2019 · Series
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019 · Movie
The Beach Bum
2019 · Movie
The Greatest Showman
2017 · Movie
Baywatch
2017 · Movie
The Disaster Artist
2017 · Movie
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016 · Movie
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016 · Movie
Dirty Grandpa
2016 · Movie
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
2016 · Movie
We Are Your Friends
2015 · Movie
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
Hot Ones
2015 · Series
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014 · Movie
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014 · Series
Neighbors
2014 · Movie
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
That Awkward Moment
2014 · Movie
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014 · Series
Parkland
2013 · Movie
Catfish: The TV Show
2012 · Series
The Paperboy
2012 · Movie
Liberal Arts
2012 · Movie
At Any Price
2012 · Movie
The Lucky One
2012 · Movie
The Lorax
2012 · Movie
New Year's Eve
2011 · Movie
The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
2010 · Movie
Conan
2010 · Series
Charlie St. Cloud
2010 · Movie
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
2009 · Movie
17 Agan: Going Back to 17
2009 · Movie
17 Again: Zac Goes Back
2009 · Movie
17 Again: Zac's Dance Flashback
2009 · Movie
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009 · Movie
17 Again
2009 · Movie
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
2008 · Movie
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008 · Movie
Me and Orson Welles
2008 · Movie
'Hairspray' Extentions
2007 · Movie
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007 · Movie
It's 'Hairspray'!
2007 · Movie
Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth
2007 · Movie
High School Musical 2
2007 · Movie
Hairspray
2007 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
El hormiguero
2006 · Series
High School Musical: Remix
2006 · Movie
The Replacements
2006 · Series
Disney Channel Games
2006 · Series
Heist
2006 · Series
High School Musical Dance-Along
2006 · Movie
High School Musical
2006 · Movie
The Derby Stallion
2005 · Movie
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005 · Series
Robot Chicken
2005 · Series
Miracle Run
2004 · Movie
Entourage
2004 · Series
Summerland
2004 · Series
NCIS
2003 · Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Punk'd
2003 · Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Melinda's World
2003 · Movie
CSI: Miami
2002 · Series
Firefly
2002 · Series
The Guardian
2001 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
ER
1994 · Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Series
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Series
Killing Zac Efron
Series
Famous
Movie
Night Business
Movie
Judgment Day
Movie
Three Men and a Baby
Movie