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).

A Family Affair
Chris Cole
2024

NCISverse: The First 1,000
Self
2024

Ricky Stanicky
Dean
2024

The Iron Claw
Kevin Von Erich
2023

Scoob!
Fred Jones (voice)
2020

Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
Himself
2020

The Great Global Cleanup
Self
2020

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Ted Bundy
2019

The Beach Bum
Flicker
2019

The Greatest Showman
Phillip Carlyle
2017

Baywatch
Matt Brody
2017

The Disaster Artist
Dan / 'Chris-R'
2017

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Dave Stangle
2016

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Teddy Sanders
2016

High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
(uncredited)
2016

Dirty Grandpa
Jason Kelly
2016

We Are Your Friends
Cole
2015

21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
2014

Neighbors
Teddy Sanders
2014

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
2014

That Awkward Moment
Jason
2014

Parkland
Jim Carrico
2013

The Paperboy
Jack Jansen
2012

Liberal Arts
Nat
2012

At Any Price
Dean Whipple
2012

The Lucky One
Logan Thibault
2012

The Lorax
Ted Wiggins (voice)
2012

New Year's Eve
Paul
2011

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Anakin Skywalker (voice)
2010

Charlie St. Cloud
Charlie St. Cloud
2010

Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
Self (Archived Footage)
2009

17 Again
Mike O'Donnell
2009

High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical
Self
2008

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Troy Bolton
2008

Me and Orson Welles
Richard Samuels
2008

High School Musical 2
Troy Bolton
2007

Hairspray
Link Larkin
2007
Road To High School Musical 2
Self
2007
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
Cody
2006

High School Musical
Troy Bolton
2006

The Derby Stallion
Patrick McCardle
2005

Miracle Run
Steven Morgan
2004

Famous
Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
Night Business
Johnny Timothy

The Studio
Zac Efron · (1 episode)
2025

The Greatest Beer Run Ever
John 'Chickie' Donohue
2022

Firestarter
Andy McGee
2022

Gold
Virgil
2022
Save Ralph
Bobby (voice)
2021

Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Self · (16 episodes)
2020

The Disney Family Singalong
Self
2020

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019

Human Discoveries
Gary (voice) · (10 episodes)
2019

The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · (1 episode)
2015

Hot Ones
Self · (1 episode)
2015

Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014

HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
(1 episode)
2014

Conan
Self · (1 episode)
2010

Zac Efron's Pool Party
Self
2009

High School Musical: Remix
Troy Bolton
2006
Judgment Day

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (2 episodes)
2014

Catfish: The TV Show
Self · (1 episode)
2012

The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2007

El hormiguero
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2006

The Replacements
Davey Hunkerhoff · (1 episode)
2006

Disney Channel Games
Self · (9 episodes)
2006

Heist
Pizza Delivery Guy · (1 episode)
2006

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Trevor · (1 episode)
2005

Robot Chicken
Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice) · (1 episode)
2005

Robot Chicken
Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice) · (1 episode)
2005

Robot Chicken
Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice) · (1 episode)
2005

Entourage
Zac Efron · (1 episode)
2004

Summerland
Cameron Bale · (16 episodes)
2004

NCIS
Daniel Austin · (1 episode)
2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
Pete Laemke
2003

Punk'd
Self · (2 episodes)
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (2 episodes)
2003

Melinda's World
Stuart Wasser
2003

CSI: Miami
Seth Dawson · (1 episode)
2002

Firefly
Young Simon · (2 episodes)
2002

The Guardian
Luke Tomello · (1 episode)
2001

The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997

ER
Bobby Neville · (1 episode)
1994

MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self · (3 episodes)
1992

Entertainment Tonight
Self · (3 episodes)
1981

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Killing Zac Efron
(1 episode)