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Zac Efron

Actor

Zac Efron

Born October 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA41 films

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.

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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).

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The Greatest Showman posterFirst watchThe Greatest Showman20177.9as Phillip CarlyleThe story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Lucky One poster7.2The Lucky One2012The Disaster Artist poster7.1The Disaster Artist2017Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile poster7.0Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile2019High School Musical poster6.5High School Musical2006Baywatch poster6.1Baywatch2017Neighbors poster6.2Neighbors201417 Again poster6.317 Again2009The Iron Claw poster7.5The Iron Claw2023

Filmography

41 films as actor
  1. TBAFamousLance Dunkquist / James Jansen
  2. TBANight BusinessJohnny Timothy
  3. TBAJudgment Day
  4. TBAThree Men and a Baby
  5. 2024A Family AffairChris Cole
  6. 2024Ricky StanickyDean
  7. 2023The Iron ClawKevin Von Erich
  8. 2022The Greatest Beer Run EverJohn 'Chickie' Donohue
  9. 2022FirestarterAndy McGee
  10. 2022GoldVirgil
  11. 2020Scoob!Fred Jones (voice)
  12. 2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and VileTed Bundy
  13. 2019The Beach BumFlicker
  14. 2017The Greatest ShowmanPhillip Carlyle
  15. 2017BaywatchMatt Brody
  16. 2017The Disaster ArtistDan / 'Chris-R'
  17. 2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding DatesDave Stangle
  18. 2016Neighbors 2: Sorority RisingTeddy Sanders
  19. 2016Dirty GrandpaJason Kelly
  20. 2015We Are Your FriendsCole
  21. 2014NeighborsTeddy Sanders
  22. 2014Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in ParadiseSuperboy / Brainiac (voice)
  23. 2014That Awkward MomentJason
  24. 2013ParklandJim Carrico
  25. 2012The PaperboyJack Jansen
  26. 2012Liberal ArtsNat
  27. 2012At Any PriceDean Whipple
  28. 2012The Lucky OneLogan Thibault
  29. 2012The LoraxTed Wiggins (voice)
  30. 2011New Year's EvePaul
  31. 2010Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode IIIAnakin Skywalker (voice)
  32. 2010Charlie St. CloudCharlie St. Cloud
  33. 200917 AgainMike O'Donnell
  34. 2008High School Musical 3: Senior YearTroy Bolton
  35. 2008Me and Orson WellesRichard Samuels
  36. 2007High School Musical 2Troy Bolton
  37. 2007HairsprayLink Larkin
  38. 2006High School Musical: RemixTroy Bolton
  39. 2006High School MusicalTroy Bolton
  40. 2005The Derby StallionPatrick McCardle
  41. 2004Miracle RunSteven Morgan