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).
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
New Year's Eve Paul
Charlie St. Cloud Charlie St. Cloud
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
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary (uncredited)
That Awkward Moment Jason
A Family Affair Chris Cole
Dirty Grandpa Jason Kelly
Ricky Stanicky Dean Stanton
The Iron Claw Kevin Von Erich
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Dave Stangle
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol Self (Archived Footage)
Famous Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Teddy Sanders
We Are Your Friends Cole
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
The Disaster Artist Dan / "Chris-R"
Baywatch Matt Brody
21 Years: Richard Linklater Self - Actor
High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical Self
Night Business Johnny Timothy
Road To High School Musical 2 Self
NCISverse: The First 1,000 Self
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 Self
Gold Virgil
The Disney Family Singalong Self
High School Musical: Remix Troy Bolton
Firestarter Andy McGee
The Greatest Beer Run Ever John 'Chickie' Donohue
Zac Efron's Pool Party Self
Shows
CSI: Miami Seth Dawson
The Guardian Luke Tomello
Heist Pizza Delivery Guy
Summerland Cameron Bale
Hot Ones Self
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Trevor
NCIS Daniel Austin
The Replacements Davey Hunkerhoff
ER Bobby Neville
The View Self
Conan Self
Saturday Night Live Self - Host
Disney Channel Games Self
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Punk'd Self
73 Questions Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Running Wild with Bear Grylls Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self
The Graham Norton Show Self
Catfish: The TV Show Self
The Graham Norton Show Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest
Human Discoveries Gary (voice)
Entertainment Tonight Self
Entourage Zac Efron
Robot Chicken Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice)
Robot Chicken Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice)
Robot Chicken Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)
Killing Zac Efron
Firefly Young Simon
Down to Earth with Zac Efron Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self
