Zac Efron
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1987-10-18 (37 years old)
Place of Birth
San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Zac Efron
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
Famous
as Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
Night Business
as Johnny Timothy
(2024)
Ricky Stanicky
as Dean Stanton
(2024)
A Family Affair
as Chris Cole
(2024)
NCISverse: The First 1,000
as Self
(2023)
The Iron Claw
as Kevin Von Erich
(2022)
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
as John 'Chickie' Donohue
(2022)
Gold
as Virgil
(2022)
Firestarter
as Andy McGee
(2020)
Scoob!
as Fred Jones (voice)
(2020)
The Disney Family Singalong
as Self
(2020)
The Great Global Cleanup
as Self
(2020)
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
as Himself
(2019)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Ted Bundy
(2019)
The Beach Bum
as Flicker
(2017)
The Greatest Showman
as Phillip Carlyle
(2017)
Baywatch
as Matt Brody
(2017)
The Disaster Artist
as Dan / "Chris-R"
(2016)
Dirty Grandpa
as Jason Kelly
(2016)
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Teddy Sanders
(2016)
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Dave Stangle
(2016)
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
as (uncredited)
(2015)
We Are Your Friends
as Cole
(2014)
Neighbors
as Teddy Sanders
(2014)
That Awkward Moment
as Jason
(2014)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
as Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
(2014)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
(2013)
Parkland
as Jim Carrico
(2012)
The Lorax
as Ted Wiggins (voice)
(2012)
The Lucky One
as Logan Thibault
(2012)
The Paperboy
as Jack Jansen
(2012)
Liberal Arts
as Nat
(2012)
At Any Price
as Dean Whipple
(2011)
New Year's Eve
as Paul
(2010)
Charlie St. Cloud
as Charlie St. Cloud
(2010)
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
(2009)
17 Again
as Mike O'Donnell
(2009)
Zac Efron's Pool Party
as Self
(2009)
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
as Self (Archived Footage)
(2008)
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
as Troy Bolton
(2008)
Me and Orson Welles
as Richard Samuels
(2008)
(2007)
Hairspray
as Link Larkin
(2007)
High School Musical 2
as Troy Bolton
(2007)
(2006)
High School Musical
as Troy Bolton
(2006)
(2006)
High School Musical: Remix
as Troy Bolton
(2005)
The Derby Stallion
as Patrick McCardle
(2004)
Miracle Run
as Steven Morgan
(2003)
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
as Pete Laemke
(2003)
Melinda's World
as Stuart Wasser
Crew
(2020)
The Great Global Cleanup
Executive Producer
(2019)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Executive Producer
(2014)
That Awkward Moment
Executive Producer