Zac 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).
89 acting credits
Acting · 89
NCIS
2003
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
CSI: Miami
2002
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
ER
1994
Conan
2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Entourage
2004
Robot Chicken
2005
Hot Ones
2015
El hormiguero
2006
The Guardian
2001
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005
Punk'd
2003
Firefly
2002
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Studio
2025
The Lorax
2012
Catfish: The TV Show
2012
The Greatest Showman
2017
The Replacements
2006
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Baywatch
2017
Summerland
2004
Parkland
2013
The Iron Claw
2023
Disney Channel Games
2006
17 Again
2009
A Family Affair
2024
Neighbors
2014
Dirty Grandpa
2016
Scoob!
2020
The Lucky One
2012
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014
High School Musical
2006
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016
Hairspray
2007
Ricky Stanicky
2024
Heist
2006
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019
Human Discoveries
2019
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008
We Are Your Friends
2015
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
2020
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022
New Year's Eve
2011
High School Musical 2
2007
Firestarter
2022
Gold
2022
Charlie St. Cloud
2010
The Disaster Artist
2017
That Awkward Moment
2014
The Paperboy
2012
Miracle Run
2004
The Beach Bum
2019
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
2010
Liberal Arts
2012
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014
Me and Orson Welles
2008
Famous
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NCISverse: The First 1,000
2024
At Any Price
2012
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
2003
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009
The Derby Stallion
2005
The Disney Family Singalong
2020
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
2016
Killing Zac Efron
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Judgment Day
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The Great Global Cleanup
2020
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
2008
High School Musical: Remix
2006
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
2020
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
2006
Melinda's World
2003
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
2009
Three Men and a Baby
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Night Business
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High School Musical Dance-Along
2006