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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 18, 1987
Place of Birth
San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Also Known As
- Zachary David Alexander Efron
- Zachary Efron
- زک اِفرون
Zac Efron
5.8 Popularity
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
7.6
Zac Efron
The Studio
2025
5.7
Chris Cole
A Family Affair
2024
9.0
Self
NCISverse: The First 1,000
2024
6.5
Dean
Ricky Stanicky
2024
7.5
Kevin Von Erich
The Iron Claw
2023
7.5
John 'Chickie' Donohue
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022
5.5
Andy McGee
Firestarter
2022
6.2
Virgil
Gold
2022
7.0
Bobby (voice)
Save Ralph
2021
7.6
Self
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
2020
Credits
The Studio
as Zac Efron
2025
7.6
A Family Affair
as Chris Cole
2024
5.7
NCISverse: The First 1,000
as Self
2024
9.0
Ricky Stanicky
as Dean
2024
6.5
The Iron Claw
as Kevin Von Erich
2023
7.5
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
as John 'Chickie' Donohue
2022
7.5
Firestarter
as Andy McGee
2022
5.5
Gold
as Virgil
2022
6.2
Save Ralph
as Bobby (voice)
2021
7.0
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
as Self
2020
7.6
Scoob!
as Fred Jones (voice)
2020
7.0
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
as Himself
2020
7.8
The Great Global Cleanup
as Self
2020
5.5
The Disney Family Singalong
as Self
2020
8.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Human Discoveries
as Gary (voice)
2019
5.3
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Ted Bundy
2019
7.0
The Beach Bum
as Flicker
2019
5.7
The Greatest Showman
as Phillip Carlyle
2017
7.9
Baywatch
as Matt Brody
2017
6.1
The Disaster Artist
as Dan / 'Chris-R'
2017
7.1
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Dave Stangle
2016
6.1
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Teddy Sanders
2016
5.8
Dirty Grandpa
as Jason Kelly
2016
5.9
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
as (uncredited)
2016
4.0
We Are Your Friends
as Cole
2015
6.8
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2015
5.3
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.2
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
2014
6.3
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
as Self
2014
6.8
Neighbors
as Teddy Sanders
2014
6.2
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
as Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
2014
6.8
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
That Awkward Moment
as Jason
2014
6.1
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014
6.4
Parkland
as Jim Carrico
2013
6.2
Catfish: The TV Show
as Self
2012
6.7
The Paperboy
as Jack Jansen
2012
5.5
Liberal Arts
as Nat
2012
6.5
At Any Price
as Dean Whipple
2012
5.3
The Lucky One
as Logan Thibault
2012
7.2
The Lorax
as Ted Wiggins (voice)
2012
6.5
New Year's Eve
as Paul
2011
5.9
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
2010
7.4
Conan
as Self
2010
7.1
Charlie St. Cloud
as Charlie St. Cloud
2010
7.0
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
as Self (Archived Footage)
2009
0.0
Zac Efron's Pool Party
as Self
2009
3.2
17 Again
as Mike O'Donnell
2009
6.3
High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical
as Self
2008
0.0
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
as Troy Bolton
2008
6.5
Me and Orson Welles
as Richard Samuels
2008
6.4
High School Musical 2
as Troy Bolton
2007
6.5
Hairspray
as Link Larkin
2007
6.7
🎬
Road To High School Musical 2
as Self
2007
0.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
El hormiguero
as Self - Guest
2006
4.8
High School Musical: Remix
as Troy Bolton
2006
8.1
The Replacements
as Davey Hunkerhoff
2006
6.5
🎬
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
as Cody
2006
10.0
Disney Channel Games
as Self
2006
9.0
Heist
as Pizza Delivery Guy
2006
6.8
High School Musical Dance-Along
as Self
2006
10.0
High School Musical
as Troy Bolton
2006
6.5
The Derby Stallion
as Patrick McCardle
2005
5.9
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
as Trevor
2005
7.6
Robot Chicken
as Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice)
2005
7.7
Robot Chicken
as Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)
2005
7.7
Robot Chicken
as Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice)
2005
7.7
Miracle Run
as Steven Morgan
2004
7.6
Entourage
as Zac Efron
2004
7.4
Summerland
as Cameron Bale
2004
6.5
NCIS
as Daniel Austin
2003
7.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
🎬
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
as Pete Laemke
2003
0.0
Punk'd
as Self
2003
5.1
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Melinda's World
as Stuart Wasser
2003
0.0
CSI: Miami
as Seth Dawson
2002
7.7
Firefly
as Young Simon
2002
8.3
The Guardian
as Luke Tomello
2001
6.9
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
ER
as Bobby Neville
1994
7.8
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self
1992
8.1
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
🎬
Famous
as Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
N/A
0.0
🎬
Night Business
as Johnny Timothy
N/A
0.0
🎬
Killing Zac Efron
N/A
0.0
🎬
Judgment Day
N/A
0.0