Zac Efron
Born Oct 18, 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
The Studio
2025
Ricky Stanicky
2024
A Family Affair
2024
The Iron Claw
2023
Gold
2022
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022
Firestarter
2022
Scoob!
2020
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
2020
Human Discoveries
2019
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019
The Beach Bum
2019
The Greatest Showman
2017
Baywatch
2017
The Disaster Artist
2017
Dirty Grandpa
2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
2016
We Are Your Friends
2015
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014
Neighbors
2014
That Awkward Moment
2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014
Parkland
2013
The Lorax
2012
The Lucky One
2012
The Paperboy
2012
Liberal Arts
2012
At Any Price
2012
New Year's Eve
2011
Charlie St. Cloud
2010
The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
2010
17 Again
2009
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008
Me and Orson Welles
2008
Hairspray
2007
High School Musical 2
2007
The Replacements
2006
High School Musical
2006
Heist
2006
Robot Chicken
2005
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005
The Derby Stallion
2005
Entourage
2004
Summerland
2004
Miracle Run
2004
NCIS
2003
Melinda's World
2003
CSI: Miami
2002
Firefly
2002
The Guardian
2001
ER
1994
Famous
Three Men and a Baby