Biography
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).
Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 2023
- MTV Movie Award — Best Male Performance · 2009
Filmography50+ titles
Disney Channel Games
Firefly
The Greatest Showman
ER
The Studio
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
CSI: Miami
Robot Chicken
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Miracle Run
NCIS
The Iron Claw
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
Entourage
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
The Lucky One
Conan
The Graham Norton Show
The Disaster Artist
Hot Ones
Scoob!
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Charlie St. Cloud
The Guardian
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Saturday Night Live
We Are Your Friends
Catfish: The TV Show
Hairspray
Ricky Stanicky
The Lorax
Liberal Arts
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
High School Musical 2
The Replacements
High School Musical
The Kelly Clarkson Show
HitRECord on TV
Me and Orson Welles
Parkland
17 Again
Gold
Neighbors
Baywatch
That Awkward Moment
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
The Derby Stallion
Dirty Grandpa
New Year's Eve