Zac Efron
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 October 1987 · 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).
Known for
Acting 75
- 2026Famous as Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
- 2026Judgment Day
- 2026Three Men and a Baby
- 2026Save Ralph as Bobby
- 2026Night Business as Johnny Timothy
- 2026Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
- 2024A Family Affair as Chris Cole
- 2024NCISverse: The First 1,000 as Self
- 2024Ricky Stanicky as Dean
- 2023The Iron Claw as Kevin Von Erich
- 2022The Greatest Beer Run Ever as John 'Chickie' Donohue
- 2022Firestarter as Andy McGee
- 2022Gold as Virgil
- 2021Save Ralph as Bobby (voice)
- 2020Scoob! as Fred Jones (voice)
- 2020Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass as Himself
- 2020The Great Global Cleanup as Self
- 2020The Disney Family Singalong as Self
- 2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile as Ted Bundy
- 2019The Beach Bum as Flicker
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self · 1 episode
- 2017The Greatest Showman as Phillip Carlyle
- 2017Baywatch as Matt Brody
- 2017The Disaster Artist as Dan / 'Chris-R'
- 2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Dave Stangle
- 2016Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising as Teddy Sanders
- 2016Dirty Grandpa as Jason Kelly
- 2016High School Musical: 10th Anniversary as (uncredited)
- 2015We Are Your Friends as Cole
- 2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self · 1 episode
- 201421 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
- 2014Neighbors as Teddy Sanders
- 2014Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise as Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
- 2014That Awkward Moment as Jason
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self · 2 episodes
- 2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self · 1 episode
- 2013Parkland as Jim Carrico
- 2012Liberal Arts as Nat
- 2012The Paperboy as Jack Jansen
- 2012At Any Price as Dean Whipple
- 2012The Lucky One as Logan Thibault
- 2012The Lorax as Ted Wiggins (voice)
- 2011New Year's Eve as Paul
- 2010Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
- 2010Charlie St. Cloud as Charlie St. Cloud
- 2009Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol as Self (Archived Footage)
- 200917 Again: Zac Goes Back as Self
- 200917 Agan: Going Back to 17 as Self
- 200917 Again: Zac's Dance Flashback as Self
- 2009Zac Efron's Pool Party as Self
- 200917 Again as Mike O'Donnell
- 2008High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical as Self
- 2008High School Musical 3: Senior Year as Troy Bolton
- 2008Me and Orson Welles as Richard Samuels
- 2007You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" as Self
- 2007It's 'Hairspray'! as Self
- 2007Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth as Self
- 2007'Hairspray' Extentions as Self
- 2007High School Musical 2 as Troy Bolton
- 2007Hairspray as Link Larkin
- 2007Road To High School Musical 2 as Self
- 2007The Graham Norton Show as Self · 1 episode
- 2006High School Musical: Remix as Troy Bolton
- 2006If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now as Cody
- 2006High School Musical Dance-Along as Self
- 2006High School Musical as Troy Bolton
- 2006El hormiguero as Self - Guest · 1 episode
- 2005The Derby Stallion as Patrick McCardle
- 2004Miracle Run as Steven Morgan
- 2003The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke as Pete Laemke
- 2003Melinda's World as Stuart Wasser
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest · 2 episodes
- 2003NCIS as Daniel Austin · 1 episode
- 1997The View as Self · 1 episode
- 1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host · 1 episode
Production 4
- 2026Boundless: The Man Who Became Human · executive producer
- 2020The Great Global Cleanup · executive producer
- 2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile · executive producer
- 2014That Awkward Moment · executive producer