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Zac Efron
Actor

Zac Efron

18 Oct 1987Born
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San Luis Obispo, California, USABirthplace

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).

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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

  1. TBAFamousFilm: Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
  2. TBANight BusinessFilm: Johnny Timothy
  3. TBAJudgment DayFilm
  4. TBAThree Men and a BabyFilm
  5. TBAKilling Zac EfronSeries (1 episode)
  6. 2025The StudioSeries: Zac Efron (1 episode)
  7. 2024A Family AffairFilm: Chris Cole
  8. 2024Ricky StanickyFilm: Dean
  9. 2023The Iron ClawFilm: Kevin Von Erich
  10. 2022The Greatest Beer Run EverFilm: John 'Chickie' Donohue
  11. 2022FirestarterFilm: Andy McGee
  12. 2022GoldFilm: Virgil
  13. 2020Scoob!Film: Fred Jones (voice)
  14. 2019Human DiscoveriesSeries: Gary (voice) (10 episodes)
  15. 2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and VileFilm: Ted Bundy
  16. 2019The Beach BumFilm: Flicker
  17. 2017The Greatest ShowmanFilm: Phillip Carlyle
  18. 2017BaywatchFilm: Matt Brody
  19. 2017The Disaster ArtistFilm: Dan / 'Chris-R'
  20. 2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding DatesFilm: Dave Stangle
  21. 2016Neighbors 2: Sorority RisingFilm: Teddy Sanders
  22. 2016Dirty GrandpaFilm: Jason Kelly
  23. 2015We Are Your FriendsFilm: Cole
  24. 2014NeighborsFilm: Teddy Sanders
  25. 2014Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in ParadiseFilm: Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
  26. 2014That Awkward MomentFilm: Jason
  27. 2014HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-LevittSeries (1 episode)
  28. 2013ParklandFilm: Jim Carrico
  29. 2012The PaperboyFilm: Jack Jansen
  30. 2012Liberal ArtsFilm: Nat
  31. 2012At Any PriceFilm: Dean Whipple
  32. 2012The Lucky OneFilm: Logan Thibault
  33. 2012The LoraxFilm: Ted Wiggins (voice)
  34. 2011New Year's EveFilm: Paul
  35. 2010Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode IIIFilm: Anakin Skywalker (voice)
  36. 2010Charlie St. CloudFilm: Charlie St. Cloud
  37. 200917 AgainFilm: Mike O'Donnell
  38. 2008High School Musical 3: Senior YearFilm: Troy Bolton
  39. 2008Me and Orson WellesFilm: Richard Samuels
  40. 2007High School Musical 2Film: Troy Bolton
  41. 2007HairsprayFilm: Link Larkin
  42. 2006High School Musical: RemixFilm: Troy Bolton
  43. 2006The ReplacementsSeries: Davey Hunkerhoff (1 episode)
  44. 2006HeistSeries: Pizza Delivery Guy (1 episode)
  45. 2006High School MusicalFilm: Troy Bolton
  46. 2005The Derby StallionFilm: Patrick McCardle
  47. 2005The Suite Life of Zack & CodySeries: Trevor (1 episode)
  48. 2005Robot ChickenSeries: Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice), Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice), Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice) (1 episode)
  49. 2004Miracle RunFilm: Steven Morgan
  50. 2004EntourageSeries: Zac Efron (1 episode)
  51. 2004SummerlandSeries: Cameron Bale (16 episodes)
  52. 2003NCISSeries: Daniel Austin (1 episode)
  53. 2002CSI: MiamiSeries: Seth Dawson (1 episode)
  54. 2002FireflySeries: Young Simon (1 episode)
  55. 2001The GuardianSeries: Luke Tomello (1 episode)
  56. 1994ERSeries: Bobby Neville (1 episode)

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