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Zac Efron
Actor, ProducerBorn October 18, 1987 (37 years)
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).
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).
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Filmography
| 2025 | The Studio (2025) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2024 | A Family Affair · as Chris Cole |
| 2024 | Ricky Stanicky · as Dean Stanton |
| 2023 | The Iron Claw · as Kevin Von Erich |
| 2022 | The Greatest Beer Run Ever · as John 'chickie' Donohue |
| 2022 | Firestarter · as Andy Mcgee |
| 2022 | Gold · as Virgil |
| 2021 | Save Ralph · as Bobby |
| 2020 | Scoob! · as Fred Jones (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Human Discoveries (TV Series) · as Gary (voice) |
| 2019 | Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile · as Ted Bundy |
| 2019 | The Beach Bum · as Flicker |
| 2017 | The Greatest Showman · as Phillip Carlyle |
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist · as Dan / "chris-R" |
| 2017 | Baywatch · as Matt Brody |
| 2017 | The Greatest Showman Live: Come Alive · as Phillip Carlyle |
| 2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates · as Dave Stangle |
| 2016 | Neighbors 3: Zombies Rising · as Teddy Sanders |
| 2016 | Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising · as Teddy Sanders |
| 2016 | Dirty Grandpa · as Jason Kelly |
| 2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: Gag Reel · as Dave Stangle |
| 2015 | We Are Your Friends · as Cole |
| 2014 | Neighbors · as Teddy Sanders |
| 2014 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise · as Superboy / Brainiac (voice) |
| 2014 | That Awkward Moment · as Jason |
| 2014 | HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Parkland · as Jim Carrico |
| 2012 | The Paperboy · as Jack Jansen |
| 2012 | Liberal Arts · as Nat |
| 2012 | At Any Price · as Dean Whipple |
| 2012 | The Lucky One · as Logan Thibault |
| 2012 | The Lorax · as Ted Wiggins (voice) |
| 2011 | New Year's Eve · as Paul |
| 2010 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars III · as Anakin Skywalker (voice) |
| 2010 | Charlie St. Cloud · as Charlie St. Cloud |
| 2009 | 17 Again · as Mike O'donnell |
| 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year · as Troy Bolton |
| 2008 | Me and Orson Welles · as Richard Samuels |
| 2007 | High School Musical 2 · as Troy Bolton |
| 2007 | Hairspray · as Link Larkin |
| 2007 | High School Musical: The Concert - Extreme Access Pass · as Troy Bolton |
| 2006 | High School Musical: Remix · as Troy Bolton |
| 2006 | If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now · as Cody |
| 2006 | The Replacements (TV Series) · as Davey Hunkerhoff |
| 2006 | Heist (TV Series) · as Pizza Delivery Guy |
| 2006 | High School Musical · as Troy Bolton |
| 2005 | The Derby Stallion · as Patrick Mccardle |
| 2005 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (TV Series) · as Trevor |
| 2004 | The Unexpected Journey · as Steven Morgan |
| 2004 | Summerland (TV Series) · as Cameron Bale |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Daniel Austin |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) · as Seth Dawson |
| 2002 | Firefly (TV Series) · as Young Simon |
| 2001 | The Guardian (TV Series) · as Luke Tomello |
| 2001 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice) |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Bobby Neville |