Acting

Zac Efron

1987-10-18 · 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).

Movies & TV shows

80 credits

NCIS

2003 · Daniel Austin

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Self

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The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 · Self

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CSI: Miami

2002 · Seth Dawson

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The Graham Norton Show

2007 · Self

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Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Host

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Conan

2010 · Self

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The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015 · Self

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Entourage

2004 · Zac Efron

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Self - Guest

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Robot Chicken

2005 · Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice)

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Robot Chicken

2005 · Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)

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Robot Chicken

2005 · Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice)

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The View

1997 · Self

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ER

1994 · Bobby Neville

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El hormiguero

2006 · Self - Guest

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Hot Ones

2015 · Self

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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

2005 · Trevor

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003 · Self

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Punk'd

2003 · Self

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Firefly

2002 · Young Simon

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MTV Movie & TV Awards

1992 · Self - Presenter

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The Guardian

2001 · Luke Tomello

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The Studio

2025 · Zac Efron

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The Greatest Showman

2017 · Phillip Carlyle

Catfish: The TV Show

2012 · Self

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People's Choice Awards

1975 · Self - Presenter

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The Lorax

2012 · Ted Wiggins (voice)

The Replacements

2006 · Davey Hunkerhoff

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Baywatch

2017 · Matt Brody

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Running Wild with Bear Grylls

2014 · Self

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The Iron Claw

2023 · Kevin Von Erich

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The Greatest Beer Run Ever

2022 · John 'Chickie' Donohue

HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt

2014

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17 Again

2009 · Mike O'Donnell

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Disney Channel Games

2006 · Self

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Entertainment Tonight

1981 · Self

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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

2016 · Teddy Sanders

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Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special

2026 · Self (archive footage)

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The Lucky One

2012 · Logan Thibault

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Scoob!

2020 · Fred Jones (voice)

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High School Musical

2006 · Troy Bolton

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Neighbors

2014 · Teddy Sanders

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Ricky Stanicky

2024 · Dean

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Dirty Grandpa

2016 · Jason Kelly

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Summerland

2004 · Cameron Bale

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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019 · Ted Bundy

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The Disaster Artist

2017 · Dan / 'Chris-R'

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We Are Your Friends

2015 · Cole

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A Family Affair

2024 · Chris Cole

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New Year's Eve

2011 · Paul

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Hairspray

2007 · Link Larkin

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Firestarter

2022 · Andy McGee

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Gold

2022 · Virgil

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High School Musical 2

2007 · Troy Bolton

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That Awkward Moment

2014 · Jason

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Down to Earth with Zac Efron

2020 · Self

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year

2008 · Troy Bolton

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Human Discoveries

2019 · Gary (voice)

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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

2016 · Dave Stangle

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The Paperboy

2012 · Jack Jansen

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Parkland

2013 · Jim Carrico

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Charlie St. Cloud

2010 · Charlie St. Cloud

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The Beach Bum

2019 · Flicker

Heist

2006 · Pizza Delivery Guy

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The Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

2010 · Anakin Skywalker (voice)

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Liberal Arts

2012 · Nat

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Miracle Run

2004 · Steven Morgan

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Me and Orson Welles

2008 · Richard Samuels

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At Any Price

2012 · Dean Whipple

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The Disney Family Singalong

2020 · Self

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The Derby Stallion

2005 · Patrick McCardle

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Killing Zac Efron

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'Hairspray' Extentions

2007 · Self

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Famous

— · Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen

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21 Years: Richard Linklater

2014 · Self - Actor

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You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

2007 · Self

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Night Business

— · Johnny Timothy

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Judgment Day

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