Zac Efron

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Zac Efron

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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).

Films Featuring Zac Efron

Hairspray

20076.7

High School Musical

20066.5

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

20086.5

Me and Orson Welles

20086.4

High School Musical 2

20076.5

New Year's Eve

20115.9

Charlie St. Cloud

20107.0

17 Again

20096.3

The Derby Stallion

20055.9

The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

20107.4

The Paperboy

20125.5

The Lorax

20126.5

Liberal Arts

20126.5

Miracle Run

20047.6

The Lucky One

20127.2

At Any Price

20125.4

Neighbors

20146.2

Parkland

20136.2

High School Musical: 10th Anniversary

20164.0

That Awkward Moment

20146.1

A Family Affair

20245.7

Dirty Grandpa

20165.9

Ricky Stanicky

20246.5

The Iron Claw

20237.5

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

20166.0

Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol

2009

Famous

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

20165.8

We Are Your Friends

20156.8

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

20146.8

The Disaster Artist

20177.1

Baywatch

20176.1

21 Years: Richard Linklater

20146.3

High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical

2008

Night Business

NCISverse: The First 1,000

20249.0

The Greatest Showman

20177.9

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

20197.0

The Beach Bum

20195.7

Melinda's World

2003

The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke

The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke

20037.0

If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now

If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now

200610.0

Scoob!

20207.0

Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass

20207.4

The Great Global Cleanup

20205.5

Gold

20226.2

The Disney Family Singalong

20208.3

High School Musical: Remix

20068.1

Firestarter

20225.4

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

20227.5

Zac Efron's Pool Party

20093.3

Judgment Day

High School Musical Dance-Along

200610.0

Three Men and a Baby

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

20076.0

Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special

20267.2

17 Agan: Going Back to 17

2009

Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth

2007

'Hairspray' Extentions

2007

It's 'Hairspray'!

2007

17 Again: Zac Goes Back

2009

17 Again: Zac's Dance Flashback

2009