Zac Efron
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).
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Full filmography
- NCIS (2003) as Daniel Austin
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- CSI: Miami (2002) as Seth Dawson
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- ER (1994) as Bobby Neville
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Conan (2010) as Self
- Robot Chicken (2005) as Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice)
- Robot Chicken (2005) as Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice)
- Robot Chicken (2005) as Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self
- The View (1997) as Self
- Entourage (2004) as Zac Efron
- Hot Ones (2015) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- El hormiguero (2006) as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- The Guardian (2001) as Luke Tomello
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005) as Trevor
- Firefly (2002) as Young Simon
- Punk'd (2003) as Self
- MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) as Self - Presenter