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).
Hairspray
(Link Larkin)
High School Musical
(Troy Bolton)
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
(Troy Bolton)
Me and Orson Welles
(Richard Samuels)
High School Musical 2
(Troy Bolton)
New Year's Eve
(Paul)
Charlie St. Cloud
(Charlie St. Cloud)
17 Again
(Mike O'Donnell)
The Derby Stallion
(Patrick McCardle)
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
(Anakin Skywalker (voice))
The Paperboy
(Jack Jansen)
The Lorax
(Ted Wiggins (voice))
Liberal Arts
(Nat)
Miracle Run
(Steven Morgan)
The Lucky One
(Logan Thibault)
At Any Price
(Dean Whipple)
Neighbors
(Teddy Sanders)
Parkland
(Jim Carrico)
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
((uncredited))
That Awkward Moment
(Jason)
A Family Affair
(Chris Cole)
Dirty Grandpa
(Jason Kelly)
Ricky Stanicky
(Dean Stanton)
The Iron Claw
(Kevin Von Erich)
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
(Dave Stangle)
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
(Self (Archived Footage))
Famous
(Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen)
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
(Teddy Sanders)
We Are Your Friends
(Cole)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
(Superboy / Brainiac (voice))
The Disaster Artist
(Dan / "Chris-R")
Baywatch
(Matt Brody)
21 Years: Richard Linklater
(Self - Actor)
High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical
(Self)
Night Business
(Johnny Timothy)
Road To High School Musical 2
(Self)
NCISverse: The First 1,000
(Self)
The Greatest Showman
(Phillip Carlyle)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
(Ted Bundy)
The Beach Bum
(Flicker)
Melinda's World
(Stuart Wasser)
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
(Pete Laemke)
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
(Cody)
Scoob!
(Fred Jones (voice))
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
(Himself)
Three Men and a Baby
The Great Global Cleanup
(Self)
Gold
(Virgil)
The Disney Family Singalong
(Self)
High School Musical: Remix
(Troy Bolton)
Firestarter
(Andy McGee)
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
(John 'Chickie' Donohue)
Zac Efron's Pool Party
(Self)
CSI: Miami
(Seth Dawson)
The Guardian
(Luke Tomello)
Heist
(Pizza Delivery Guy)
Summerland
(Cameron Bale)
Hot Ones
(Self)
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
(Trevor)
NCIS
(Daniel Austin)
The Replacements
(Davey Hunkerhoff)
ER
(Bobby Neville)
The View
(Self)
Conan
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Disney Channel Games
(Self)
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Punk'd
(Self)
73 Questions
(Self)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
MTV Movie & TV Awards
(Self)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Catfish: The TV Show
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self - Guest)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self - Guest)
Human Discoveries
(Gary (voice))
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
Robot Chicken
(Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice))
Robot Chicken
(Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice))
Robot Chicken
(Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice))
Entourage
(Zac Efron)
Killing Zac Efron
Firefly
(Young Simon)
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
(Self)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)