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Zac Efron
Known for: ActingZachary 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).
Filmography 39
Lorax: Skovens beskytter
+2
as Ted Wiggins (voice) 
High School Musical 3
+3
as Troy Bolton 
Firestarter
+2
as Andy McGee 
High School Musical
+3
as Troy Bolton 
The Iron Claw
+3
as Kevin Von Erich 
The Greatest Showman
+4
as Phillip Carlyle 
Baywatch
+3
as Matt Brody 
Gold
+4
as Virgil 
Dirty Grandpa
as Jason Kelly 
17 Again
+1
as Mike O'Donnell 
New Year's Eve
+4
as Paul 
The Lucky One
+3
as Logan Thibault 
A Family Affair
as Chris Cole 
Ricky Stanicky
as Dean 
Charlie St. Cloud
+4
as Charlie St. Cloud 
High School Musical 2
+3
as Troy Bolton 
Hairspray
as Link Larkin 
We Are Your Friends
+2
as Cole 
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Ted Bundy 
Scoob!
+5
as Fred Jones (voice) 
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
as John 'Chickie' Donohue 
Bad Neighbours 2
+4
as Teddy Sanders 
Bad Neighbours
+4
as Teddy Sanders 
The Disaster Artist
+5
as Dan / 'Chris-R' 
That Awkward Moment
+5
as Jason 
The Paperboy
+1
as Jack Jansen 
Strandbumsen
+4
as Flicker 
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
+4
as Dave Stangle 
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
as Self 
Liberal Arts
as Nat 
At Any Price
as Dean Whipple 
Parkland
as Jim Carrico 
Me and Orson
as Richard Samuels 
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
as Anakin Skywalker (voice) 
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor 
Live Your Dream
as Patrick McCardle 
Miracle Run
as Steven Morgan 
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
as Superboy / Brainiac (voice) 
The Great Global Cleanup
as Self