Zac Efron

About

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

NCISSeries • 2003CSI: MiamiSeries • 2002ERSeries • 1994Robot ChickenSeries • 2005EntourageSeries • 2004The Suite Life of Zack & CodySeries • 2005The LoraxMovie • 2012The StudioSeries • 2025The GuardianSeries • 2001The Greatest ShowmanMovie • 2017FireflySeries • 2002BaywatchMovie • 2017The Iron ClawMovie • 2023The Greatest Beer Run EverMovie • 2022The ReplacementsSeries • 2006Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and VileMovie • 2019HairsprayMovie • 2007New Year's EveMovie • 2011Dirty GrandpaMovie • 2016High School Musical 3: Senior YearMovie • 2008SummerlandSeries • 2004FirestarterMovie • 2022Ricky StanickyMovie • 2024High School MusicalMovie • 2006