Zac Efron

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

NCIS

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Kelly Clarkson Show

CSI: Miami

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

ER

All Movies (62)

• Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special2026 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Family Affair2024 · as Chris Cole
• NCISverse: The First 1,0002024 · as Self
• Ricky Stanicky2024 · as Dean
• The Iron Claw2023 · as Kevin Von Erich
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever2022 · as John 'Chickie' Donohue
• Firestarter2022 · as Andy McGee
• Gold2022 · as Virgil
• Scoob!2020 · as Fred Jones (voice)
• Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass2020 · as Himself
• The Great Global Cleanup2020 · as Self
• The Disney Family Singalong2020 · as Self
• Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile2019 · as Ted Bundy
• The Beach Bum2019 · as Flicker
• The Greatest Showman2017 · as Phillip Carlyle
• Baywatch2017 · as Matt Brody
• The Disaster Artist2017 · as Dan / 'Chris-R'
• Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates2016 · as Dave Stangle
• Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising2016 · as Teddy Sanders
• High School Musical: 10th Anniversary2016 · as (uncredited)
• Dirty Grandpa2016 · as Jason Kelly
• We Are Your Friends2015 · as Cole
• 21 Years: Richard Linklater2014 · as Self - Actor
• Neighbors2014 · as Teddy Sanders
• Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise2014 · as Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
• That Awkward Moment2014 · as Jason
• Parkland2013 · as Jim Carrico
• The Paperboy2012 · as Jack Jansen
• Liberal Arts2012 · as Nat
• At Any Price2012 · as Dean Whipple
• The Lucky One2012 · as Logan Thibault
• The Lorax2012 · as Ted Wiggins (voice)
• New Year's Eve2011 · as Paul
• Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III2010 · as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
• Charlie St. Cloud2010 · as Charlie St. Cloud
• Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol2009 · as Self (Archived Footage)
• 17 Agan: Going Back to 172009 · as Self
• 17 Again: Zac Goes Back2009 · as Self
• 17 Again: Zac's Dance Flashback2009 · as Self
• Zac Efron's Pool Party2009 · as Self
• 17 Again2009 · as Mike O'Donnell
• High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical2008 · as Self
• High School Musical 3: Senior Year2008 · as Troy Bolton
• Me and Orson Welles2008 · as Richard Samuels
• You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"2007 · as Self
• Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth2007 · as Self
• 'Hairspray' Extentions2007 · as Self
• It's 'Hairspray'!2007 · as Self
• High School Musical 22007 · as Troy Bolton
• Hairspray2007 · as Link Larkin
• High School Musical: Remix2006 · as Troy Bolton
• If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now2006 · as Cody
• High School Musical Dance-Along2006 · as Self
• High School Musical2006 · as Troy Bolton
• The Derby Stallion2005 · as Patrick McCardle
• Miracle Run2004 · as Steven Morgan
• The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke2003 · as Pete Laemke
• Melinda's World2003 · as Stuart Wasser
• Famous— · as Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
• Night Business— · as Johnny Timothy
• Judgment Day—
• Three Men and a Baby—

All TV Shows (37)

• The Studio2025 · as Zac Efron
• Down to Earth with Zac Efron2020 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Human Discoveries2019 · as Gary (voice)
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Running Wild with Bear Grylls2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt2014
• Catfish: The TV Show2012 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• El hormiguero2006 · as Self - Guest
• The Replacements2006 · as Davey Hunkerhoff
• Disney Channel Games2006 · as Self
• Heist2006 · as Pizza Delivery Guy
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody2005 · as Trevor
• Robot Chicken2005 · as Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice)
• Robot Chicken2005 · as Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)
• Robot Chicken2005 · as Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice)
• Entourage2004 · as Zac Efron
• Summerland2004 · as Cameron Bale
• NCIS2003 · as Daniel Austin
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Punk'd2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• CSI: Miami2002 · as Seth Dawson
• Firefly2002 · as Young Simon
• The Guardian2001 · as Luke Tomello
• The View1997 · as Self
• ER1994 · as Bobby Neville
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Presenter
• Killing Zac Efron—