Zac Efron
Acting
- Born:
- 1987-10-18
- Place of birth:
- San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
Boundless: The Man Who Became Human
The Studio
A Family Affair
Ricky Stanicky
The Iron Claw
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Firestarter
Gold
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Scoob!
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
The Great Global Cleanup
The Disney Family Singalong
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Human Discoveries
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Beach Bum
The Greatest Showman
Baywatch
The Disaster Artist
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Dirty Grandpa
We Are Your Friends
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Hot Ones
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Neighbors
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
That Awkward Moment
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Parkland
Catfish: The TV Show
The Paperboy
Liberal Arts
At Any Price
The Lucky One
The Lorax
New Year's Eve
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Conan
Charlie St. Cloud
Zac Efron's Pool Party
17 Again
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Me and Orson Welles
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
High School Musical 2
Hairspray
The Graham Norton Show
El hormiguero
High School Musical: Remix
The Replacements
Disney Channel Games
Heist
High School Musical Dance-Along