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