
Acting
Community Rating
6.6
TMDB estimate
Born
October 18, 1987 (age 38)
Born in
San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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).

A Family Affair
Chris Cole
2024

NCISverse: The First 1,000
Self
2024

Ricky Stanicky
Dean
2024

The Iron Claw
Kevin Von Erich
2023

The Greatest Beer Run Ever
John 'Chickie' Donohue
2022

Firestarter
Andy McGee
2022

Gold
Virgil
2022

Scoob!
Fred Jones (voice)
2020

Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
Himself
2020

The Great Global Cleanup
Self
2020

The Disney Family Singalong
Self
2020

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Ted Bundy
2019

The Beach Bum
Flicker
2019

The Greatest Showman
Phillip Carlyle
2017

Baywatch
Matt Brody
2017

The Disaster Artist
Dan / 'Chris-R'
2017

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Dave Stangle
2016

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Teddy Sanders
2016

High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
(uncredited)
2016

Dirty Grandpa
Jason Kelly
2016