Zac 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).
Filmography
A Family Affair
NCISverse: The First 1,000
Ricky Stanicky
The Iron Claw
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Firestarter
Gold
Scoob!
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
The Great Global Cleanup
The Disney Family Singalong
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Beach Bum
The Greatest Showman
Baywatch
The Disaster Artist
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
Dirty Grandpa
We Are Your Friends
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Neighbors
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
That Awkward Moment
Parkland
The Paperboy
Liberal Arts
At Any Price
The Lucky One
The Lorax
New Year's Eve
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Charlie St. Cloud
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
Zac Efron's Pool Party
17 Again
High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Me and Orson Welles
High School Musical 2
Hairspray
Road To High School Musical 2
High School Musical: Remix
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
High School Musical
The Derby Stallion
Miracle Run
Famous
Night Business
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
Melinda's World