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Zac Efron

Zac Efron

Acting1987San Luis Obispo, California, USA

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).

Acting History

Future
Famous
as Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
Night Business
as Johnny Timothy
Killing Zac Efron
TVExecutive Producer
2025
The Studio
TVas Zac Efron• 1 eps
2024
A Family Affair
as Chris Cole
2023
The Von Erichs
as Kevin Von Erich
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self - Guest• 2 eps
2022
Firestarter
as Andy McGee
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
as John 'Chickie' Donohue
Gold
as Virgil
2021
Save Ralph
as Bobby (voice)
2020
Scoob!
as Fred Jones (voice)
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
TVas Self• 16 eps
Hot Ones
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Great Global Cleanup
Executive Producer
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
TVExecutive Producer• 16 eps
2019
The Beach Bum
as Flicker
Human Discoveries
TVas Gary (voice)• 10 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Human Discoveries
TVExecutive Producer• 10 eps
2017
The Greatest Showman
as Phillip Carlyle
Baywatch
as Matt Brody
The Disaster Artist
as Dan / 'Chris-R'
2016
Dirty Grandpa
as Jason Kelly
Entertainment Tonight
TVas Self• 3 eps
2015
Catfish: The TV Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self• 1 eps
2014
Neighbors
as Teddy Sanders
People's Choice Awards
TVas Self - Presenter• 1 eps
That Awkward Moment
Executive Producer
2013
Parkland
as Jim Carrico
2012
The Lucky One
as Logan Thibault
The Paperboy
as Jack Jansen
The Lorax
as Ted Wiggins (voice)
At Any Price
as Dean Whipple
Conan
TVas Self• 1 eps
2011
2010
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
Charlie St. Cloud
as Charlie St. Cloud
2009
17 Again
as Mike O'Donnell
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
as Self (Archived Footage)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
Entourage
TVas Zac Efron• 1 eps
Robot Chicken
TVas Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice) / Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice) / Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)• 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host• 1 eps
2008
Me and Orson Welles
as Richard Samuels
2007
Hairspray
as Link Larkin
High School Musical 2
as Troy Bolton
Punk'd
TVas Self• 2 eps
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TVas Self - Presenter• 3 eps
The View
TVas Self• 1 eps
El hormiguero
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
2006
High School Musical
as Troy Bolton
Heist
TVas Pizza Delivery Guy• 1 eps
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
TVas Trevor• 1 eps
Disney Channel Games
TVas Self• 9 eps
The Replacements
TVas Davey Hunkerhoff• 1 eps
NCIS
TVas Daniel Austin• 1 eps
2005
The Derby Stallion
as Patrick McCardle
CSI: Miami
TVas Seth Dawson• 1 eps
2004
Miracle Run
as Steven Morgan
The Guardian
TVas Luke Tomello• 1 eps
Summerland
TVas Cameron Bale• 16 eps
2003
Melinda's World
as Stuart Wasser
ER
TVas Bobby Neville• 1 eps
2002
Firefly
TVas Young Simon• 1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/18/1987(38 years old)
Place of Birth
San Luis Obispo, California, USA