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).
58 movies · 34 shows
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
2026·7.2
A Family Affair
2024·5.7
NCISverse: The First 1,000
2024·9.0
Ricky Stanicky
2024·6.5
The Iron Claw
2023·7.5
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022·7.5
Firestarter
2022·5.5
Gold
2022·6.2
Scoob!
2020·7.0
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
2020·7.4
The Great Global Cleanup
2020·5.5
The Disney Family Singalong
2020·8.3
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019·7.0
The Beach Bum
2019·5.7
The Greatest Showman
2017·7.9
Baywatch
2017·6.1
The Disaster Artist
2017·7.1
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016·6.0
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016·5.8
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
2016·4.0
Dirty Grandpa
2016·5.9
We Are Your Friends
2015·6.8
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014·6.3
Neighbors
2014·6.2
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014·6.8
That Awkward Moment
2014·6.1
Parkland
2013·6.3
The Paperboy
2012·5.5
Liberal Arts
2012·6.5
At Any Price
2012·5.4
The Lucky One
2012·7.2
The Lorax
2012·6.5
New Year's Eve
2011·5.9
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
2010·7.5
Charlie St. Cloud
2010·7.0
Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol
2009·0.0
17 Agan: Going Back to 17
2009·0.0
17 Again: Zac Goes Back
2009·0.0
17 Again: Zac's Dance Flashback
2009·0.0
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009·3.3
17 Again
2009·6.3
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
2008·0.0
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008·6.5
Me and Orson Welles
2008·6.4
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007·6.0
Hairspray: Inside the Recording Booth
2007·0.0
'Hairspray' Extentions
2007·0.0
It's 'Hairspray'!
2007·0.0
High School Musical 2
2007·6.5
Hairspray
2007·6.7
High School Musical: Remix
2006·8.1
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
2006·10.0
High School Musical Dance-Along
2006·10.0
High School Musical
2006·6.5
The Derby Stallion
2005·6.0
Miracle Run
2004·7.6
The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
2003·7.0
Melinda's World
2003·0.0