Acting
Zac Efron
EN cinema · 49 credits
Born
18 October 1987 (age 39)
Birthplace
San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Also known as Zachary David Alexander Efron · Zachary 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).
Known for
Filmography
Famous
as Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
Boundless: The Man Who Became Human
Executive Producer
A Family Affair
as Chris Cole
Ricky Stanicky
as Dean
The Iron Claw
as Kevin Von Erich
Gold
as Virgil
Firestarter
as Andy McGee
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
as John 'Chickie' Donohue
Scoob!
as Fred Jones (voice)
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
as Himself
The Great Global Cleanup
as Self, Executive Producer
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Ted Bundy, Executive Producer
The Beach Bum
as Flicker
The Disaster Artist
as Dan / 'Chris-R'
Baywatch
as Matt Brody
The Greatest Showman
as Phillip Carlyle
Dirty Grandpa
as Jason Kelly
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Dave Stangle
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Teddy Sanders
Neighbors
as Teddy Sanders
That Awkward Moment
as Jason, Executive Producer
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
as Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
Parkland
as Jim Carrico
The Paperboy
as Jack Jansen
The Lorax
as Ted Wiggins (voice)
Liberal Arts
as Nat
The Lucky One
as Logan Thibault
At Any Price
as Dean Whipple
New Year's Eve
as Paul
Charlie St. Cloud
as Charlie St. Cloud
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
17 Again
as Mike O'Donnell
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
as Troy Bolton
Me and Orson Welles
as Richard Samuels
Hairspray
as Link Larkin
High School Musical 2
as Troy Bolton
High School Musical
as Troy Bolton
High School Musical: Remix
as Troy Bolton
The Derby Stallion
as Patrick McCardle
Miracle Run
as Steven Morgan