Zac Efron
Actor
Biography
Zachary David Alexander Efron (born October 18, 1987) is a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, model, singer, actor, producer and host. 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).
Filmography
Baywatch
as Matt Brody 2017
Neighbors
as Teddy Sanders 2014
17 Again
as Mike O'Donnell 2009
High School Musical
as Troy Bolton 2006
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Teddy Sanders 2016
Dirty Grandpa
as Jason Kelly 2016
High School Musical 2
as Troy Bolton 2007
The Lorax
as Ted Wiggins (voice) 2012
The Lucky One
as Logan Thibault 2012
The Disaster Artist
as Dan / 'Chris-R' 2017
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
as Troy Bolton 2008
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Ted Bundy 2019
That Awkward Moment
as Jason 2014
Hairspray
as Link Larkin 2007
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Dave Stangle 2016
We Are Your Friends
as Cole 2015