Zac Efron
Birthdate
October 18, 1987 (37 years old)
Place of Birth
San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
October 18, 1987 (37 years old)
Place of Birth
San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Known For
Acting
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).
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).
Zac Efron's LGBTQ+ Titles
Hairspray
Link Larkin
The Paperboy
Jack Jansen
Acting (90)
Killing Zac Efron (1 episode)
Three Men and a Baby
Famous as Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
Night Business as Johnny Timothy
2024
A Family Affair as Chris Cole
2024
NCISverse: The First 1,000 as Self
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
2020
Down to Earth with Zac Efron as Self (16 episodes)
2020
Scoob! as Fred Jones (voice)
2020
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass as Himself
2020
The Great Global Cleanup as Self
2020
The Disney Family Singalong as Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 episode)
2019
Human Discoveries as Gary (voice) (10 episodes)
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
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Dave Stangle
2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising as Teddy Sanders
2016
Dirty Grandpa as Jason Kelly
2016
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary as (uncredited)
2015
We Are Your Friends as Cole
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self (1 episode)
2015
Hot Ones as Self (1 episode)
2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater as Self - Actor
2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self (1 episode)
2014
Neighbors as Teddy Sanders
2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise as Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
2014
73 Questions as Self (2 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2014
That Awkward Moment as Jason
2014
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1 episode)
2013
Parkland as Jim Carrico
2012
Catfish: The TV Show as Self (1 episode)
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 Episode III as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
2010
Conan as Self (1 episode)
2010
Charlie St. Cloud as Charlie St. Cloud
2009
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol as Self (Archived Footage)
2009
Zac Efron's Pool Party as Self
2009
17 Again as Mike O'Donnell
2008
High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical as Self
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
Road To High School Musical 2 as Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (1 episode)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2006
High School Musical: Remix as Troy Bolton
2006
The Replacements as Davey Hunkerhoff (1 episode)
2006
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now as Cody
2006
Disney Channel Games as Self (9 episodes)
2006
Heist as Pizza Delivery Guy (1 episode)
2006
High School Musical as Troy Bolton
2005
The Derby Stallion as Patrick McCardle
2005
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Trevor (1 episode)
2005
Robot Chicken as Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice) (1 episode)
2005
Robot Chicken as Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice) (1 episode)
2005
Robot Chicken as Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice) (1 episode)
2004
Miracle Run as Steven Morgan
2004
Entourage as Zac Efron (1 episode)
2004
Summerland as Cameron Bale (16 episodes)
2003
NCIS as Daniel Austin (1 episode)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (1 episode)
2003
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke as Pete Laemke
2003
Punk'd as Self (2 episodes)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (2 episodes)
2003
Melinda's World as Stuart Wasser
2002
CSI: Miami as Seth Dawson (1 episode)
2002
Firefly as Young Simon (2 episodes)
2001
The Guardian as Luke Tomello (1 episode)
1997
The View as Self (1 episode)
1994
ER as Bobby Neville (1 episode)
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self (3 episodes)
1981
Entertainment Tonight as Self (3 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
Production (6)
Killing Zac Efron (1 episode)
• Executive Producer (1 episode)
2020
Down to Earth with Zac Efron (16 episodes)
• Executive Producer (16 episodes)
2020
The Great Global Cleanup
• Executive Producer
2019
Human Discoveries (10 episodes)
• Executive Producer (10 episodes)
2019
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
• Executive Producer
2014
That Awkward Moment
• Executive Producer