Zac Efron
Acting
1987-10-18 · 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).
movieHannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
as Self (archive footage) · 2026 · 7.2
tvThe Studio
as Zac Efron · 2025 · 7.7
movieA Family Affair
as Chris Cole · 2024 · 5.7
movieNCISverse: The First 1,000
as Self · 2024 · 9.0
movieRicky Stanicky
as Dean · 2024 · 6.5
movieThe Iron Claw
as Kevin Von Erich · 2023 · 7.5
movieThe Greatest Beer Run Ever
as John 'Chickie' Donohue · 2022 · 7.5
movieFirestarter
as Andy McGee · 2022 · 5.5
movieGold
as Virgil · 2022 · 6.2
tvDown to Earth with Zac Efron
as Self · 2020 · 7.7
movieScoob!
as Fred Jones (voice) · 2020 · 7.0
movieDude Perfect: Backstage Pass
as Himself · 2020 · 7.4
movieThe Great Global Cleanup
as Self · 2020 · 5.5
movieThe Disney Family Singalong
as Self · 2020 · 8.3
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019 · 6.4
tvHuman Discoveries
as Gary (voice) · 2019 · 5.3
movieExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Ted Bundy · 2019 · 7.0
movieThe Beach Bum
as Flicker · 2019 · 5.7
movieThe Greatest Showman
as Phillip Carlyle · 2017 · 7.9
movieBaywatch
as Matt Brody · 2017 · 6.1
movieThe Disaster Artist
as Dan / 'Chris-R' · 2017 · 7.1
movieMike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Dave Stangle · 2016 · 6.0
movieNeighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Teddy Sanders · 2016 · 5.8
movieHigh School Musical: 10th Anniversary
as (uncredited) · 2016 · 4.0