Acting
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).
Filmography
The Studio
Series · 2025
A Family Affair
Film · 2024
Ricky Stanicky
Film · 2024
The Iron Claw
Film · 2023
Gold
Film · 2022
Firestarter
Film · 2022
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Film · 2022
Scoob!
Film · 2020
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
Film · 2020
The Great Global Cleanup
Film · 2020
The Disney Family Singalong
Film · 2020
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Series · 2020
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Film · 2019
The Beach Bum
Film · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Human Discoveries
Series · 2019
The Disaster Artist
Film · 2017
Baywatch
Film · 2017
The Greatest Showman
Film · 2017
Dirty Grandpa
Film · 2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Film · 2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Film · 2016
We Are Your Friends
Film · 2015
Hot Ones
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
Neighbors
Film · 2014
That Awkward Moment
Film · 2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Film · 2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Film · 2014
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Parkland
Film · 2013
The Paperboy
Film · 2012
The Lorax
Film · 2012
Liberal Arts
Film · 2012
The Lucky One
Film · 2012
At Any Price
Film · 2012
Catfish: The TV Show
Series · 2012
New Year's Eve
Film · 2011
Charlie St. Cloud
Film · 2010
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Film · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
17 Again
Film · 2009
Zac Efron's Pool Party
Film · 2009
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Film · 2008
Me and Orson Welles
Film · 2008
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
Film · 2008
Hairspray
Film · 2007
High School Musical 2
Film · 2007
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
High School Musical
Film · 2006
High School Musical: Remix
Film · 2006
High School Musical Dance-Along
Film · 2006
Heist
Series · 2006
The Replacements
Series · 2006
Disney Channel Games
Series · 2006
El hormiguero
Series · 2006
The Derby Stallion
Film · 2005
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Series · 2005
Robot Chicken
Series · 2005
Robot Chicken
Series · 2005
Robot Chicken
Series · 2005
Miracle Run
Film · 2004
Summerland
Series · 2004
Entourage
Series · 2004
NCIS
Series · 2003
Punk'd
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
CSI: Miami
Series · 2002
Firefly
Series · 2002
The Guardian
Series · 2001
The View
Series · 1997
ER
Series · 1994
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Series · 1992
Entertainment Tonight
Series · 1981
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
People's Choice Awards
Series · 1975
Famous
Film
Judgment Day
Film
Three Men and a Baby
Film
Killing Zac Efron
Series