Actor

Zac Efron

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).

Films and shows

  1. 2026Boundless: The Man Who Became HumanExecutive Producer
  2. 2024Ricky Stanicky1h 54mDean
  3. 2024A Family Affair1h 54mChris Cole
  4. 2023The Iron Claw2h 13mKevin Von Erich
  5. 2022Gold1h 37mVirgil
  6. 2022The Greatest Beer Run Ever2h 7mJohn 'Chickie' Donohue
  7. 2022Firestarter1h 34mAndy McGee
  8. 2021Save RalphBobby (voice)
  9. 2021Save Ralph4mBobby (voice)
  10. 2020Down to Earth with Zac Efron2 seasonsSelf
  11. 2020The Great Global Cleanup42mSelf
  12. 2020Scoob!1h 34mFred Jones (voice)
  13. 2020Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass1h 24mHimself
  14. 2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile1h 51mTed Bundy
  15. 2019Human Discoveries1 seasonGary (voice)
  16. 2019The Beach Bum1h 35mFlicker
  17. 2017The Greatest Showman1h 45mPhillip Carlyle
  18. 2017Baywatch1h 56mMatt Brody
  19. 2017The Disaster Artist1h 44mDan / 'Chris-R'
  20. 2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates1h 38mDave Stangle
  21. 2016Dirty Grandpa1h 42mJason Kelly
  22. 2016Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising1h 32mTeddy Sanders
  23. 2015We Are Your Friends1h 36mCole
  24. 2014That Awkward Moment1h 34mJason
  25. 2014Neighbors1h 37mTeddy Sanders
  26. 201421 Years: Richard Linklater1h 19mSelf - Actor
  27. 2014Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise22mSuperboy / Brainiac (voice)
  28. 2013Parkland1h 34mJim Carrico
  29. 2012The Lucky One1h 41mLogan Thibault
  30. 2012The Paperboy1h 47mJack Jansen
  31. 2012At Any Price1h 45mDean Whipple
  32. 2012The Lorax1h 26mTed Wiggins (voice)
  33. 2012Liberal Arts1h 37mNat
  34. 2011New Year's Eve1h 58mPaul
  35. 2010Charlie St. Cloud1h 39mCharlie St. Cloud
  36. 2010Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III45mAnakin Skywalker (voice)
  37. 2009Zac Efron's Pool Party5mSelf
  38. 200917 Again1h 42mMike O'Donnell
  39. 2009Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol55mSelf (Archived Footage)
  40. 2008Me and Orson Welles1h 54mRichard Samuels
  41. 2008High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical40mSelf
  42. 2008High School Musical 3: Senior Year1h 52mTroy Bolton
  43. 2007High School Musical 21h 51mTroy Bolton
  44. 2007You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"Self
  45. 2007Hairspray1h 56mLink Larkin
  46. 2006High School Musical1h 38mTroy Bolton
  47. 2006High School Musical: Remix2h 12mTroy Bolton
  48. 2006High School Musical Dance-Along17mSelf
  49. 2005The Derby Stallion1h 38mPatrick McCardle
  50. 2004Miracle Run1h 27mSteven Morgan
  51. Night BusinessJohnny Timothy
  52. FamousLance Dunkquist / James Jansen
  53. Killing Zac Efron1 season
  54. Three Men and a Baby
  55. Judgment Day
  56. Save Ralph4mBobby