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Zac Efron
Born · October 18, 1987 (37 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Bio
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
5.8
2024
NCISverse: The First 1,000
Self
9.0
2024
Ricky Stanicky
Dean Stanton
6.5
2024
The Iron Claw
Kevin Von Erich
7.5
2023
Scoob!
Fred Jones (voice)
7.0
2020
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
Himself
7.8
2020
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Ted Bundy
7.0
2019
The Beach Bum
Flicker
5.7
2019
The Greatest Showman
Phillip Carlyle
7.9
2017
Baywatch
Matt Brody
6.1
2017
The Disaster Artist
Dan / "Chris-R"
7.1
2017
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Dave Stangle
6.1
2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Teddy Sanders
5.8
2016
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
(uncredited)
4.0
2016
Dirty Grandpa
Jason Kelly
5.9
2016
We Are Your Friends
Cole
6.8
2015
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
6.2
2014
Neighbors
Teddy Sanders
6.2
2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
7.0
2014
That Awkward Moment
Jason
6.2
2014
Parkland
Jim Carrico
6.2
2013
The Paperboy
Jack Jansen
5.5
2012
Liberal Arts
Nat
6.5
2012
At Any Price
Dean Whipple
5.4
2012
The Lucky One
Logan Thibault
7.2
2012
The Lorax
Ted Wiggins (voice)
6.5
2012
New Year's Eve
Paul
5.9
2011
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Anakin Skywalker (voice)
7.4
2010
Charlie St. Cloud
Charlie St. Cloud
7.0
2010
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
Self (Archived Footage)
0.0
2009
17 Again
Mike O'Donnell
6.3
2009
High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical
Self
0.0
2008
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Troy Bolton
6.6
2008
Me and Orson Welles
Richard Samuels
6.4
2008
High School Musical 2
Troy Bolton
6.5
2007
Hairspray
Link Larkin
6.7
2007
Road To High School Musical 2
Self
0.0
2007
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
Cody
10.0
2006
High School Musical
Troy Bolton
6.6
2006
The Derby Stallion
Patrick McCardle
5.9
2005
Miracle Run
Steven Morgan
7.5
2004
Famous
Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
0.0
Night Business
Johnny Timothy
0.0
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
Pete Laemke
0.0
2003
Melinda's World
Stuart Wasser
0.0
2003
Three Men and a Baby
0.0
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
John 'Chickie' Donohue
7.6
2022
Firestarter
Andy McGee
5.6
2022
Gold
Virgil
6.2
2022
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Self · (16 episodes)
7.7
2020
The Great Global Cleanup
Self
5.5
2020
The Disney Family Singalong
Self
8.3
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
6.2
2019
Human Discoveries
Gary (voice) · (10 episodes)
5.2
2019
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · (1 episode)
5.4
2015
Hot Ones
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
2015
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self · (1 episode)
6.9
2014
73 Questions
Self · (2 episodes)
8.7
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
(1 episode)
6.3
2014
Catfish: The TV Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2012
Conan
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2010
Zac Efron's Pool Party
Self
3.2
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.2
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.2
2007
High School Musical: Remix
Troy Bolton
7.9
2006
The Replacements
Davey Hunkerhoff · (1 episode)
6.3
2006
Disney Channel Games
Self · (9 episodes)
9.0
2006
Heist
Pizza Delivery Guy · (1 episode)
6.8
2006
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Trevor · (1 episode)
7.7
2005
Robot Chicken
Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice) · (1 episode)
7.6
2005
Robot Chicken
Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice) · (1 episode)
7.6
2005
Robot Chicken
Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice) · (1 episode)
7.6
2005
Entourage
Zac Efron · (1 episode)
7.3
2004
Summerland
Cameron Bale · (16 episodes)
6.7
2004
NCIS
Daniel Austin · (1 episode)
7.6
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2003
Punk'd
Self · (2 episodes)
5.0
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
2003
CSI: Miami
Seth Dawson · (1 episode)
7.7
2002
Firefly
Young Simon · (2 episodes)
8.3
2002
The Guardian
Luke Tomello · (1 episode)
6.9
2001
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
ER
Bobby Neville · (1 episode)
7.8
1994
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self · (3 episodes)
7.7
1992
Entertainment Tonight
Self · (3 episodes)
3.7
1981
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Killing Zac Efron
(1 episode)
0.0