Zachary David Alexander Efron (born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence in the late 2000s 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). Efron subsequently rose to mainstream prominence with 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). In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for the Netflix web documentary series Down to Earth with Zac Efron (2020–present).
Movies
Hairspray
Link Larkin
High School Musical
Troy Bolton
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Troy Bolton
Me and Orson Welles
Richard Samuels
High School Musical 2
Troy Bolton
Charlie St. Cloud
Charlie St. Cloud
New Year's Eve
Paul
17 Again
Mike O'Donnell
The Derby Stallion
Patrick McCardle
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Anakin Skywalker (voice)
The Paperboy
Jack Jansen
The Lorax
Ted Wiggins (voice)
Liberal Arts
Nat
Miracle Run
Steven Morgan
The Lucky One
Logan Thibault
At Any Price
Dean Whipple
Neighbors
Teddy Sanders
Parkland
Jim Carrico
That Awkward Moment
Jason
We Are Your Friends
Cole
Dirty Grandpa
Jason Kelly
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Teddy Sanders
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Schurken im Paradies
Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
The Disaster Artist
Dan / "Chris-R"
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Dave Stangle
Baywatch
Matt Brody
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
The Greatest Showman
Phillip Carlyle
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Ted Bundy
The Beach Bum
Flicker
Melinda's World
Stuart Wasser
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
Pete Laemke
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
Cody
Scoob!
Fred Jones (voice)
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
Himself
Three Men and a Baby
The Great Global Cleanup
Himself
Gold
Virgil
The Disney Family Singalong
Self
High School Musical: Remix
Troy Bolton
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
John 'Chickie' Donohue
Save Ralph
Bobby (voice)
Firestarter
Andy McGee
Zac Efron's Pool Party
Self
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
(uncredited)
A Family Affair
Ricky Stanicky
Dean Stanton
The Iron Claw
Kevin Von Erich
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
Self (Archived Footage)
Famous
Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical
Self
Night Business
Johnny Timothy
Shows
The Guardian
Luke Tomello
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Trevor
CSI: Miami
Seth Dawson
Heist
Pizza Delivery Guy
Summerland
Cameron Bale
ER
Bobby Neville
NCIS
Daniel Austin
The Replacements
Davey Hunkerhoff
Punk'd
Self
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
Human Discoveries
Gary (voice)
Firefly
Young Simon
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Self
Hot Ones
Self
The View
Self
Conan
Self
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Catfish: The TV Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
Entourage
Zac Efron
Robot Chicken
Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice)
Robot Chicken
Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice)
Robot Chicken
Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)
Killing Zac Efron
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Disney Channel Games
Self
73 Questions
Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Entertainment Tonight
Self