Zac Efron

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1987-10-18 (38 years old)

Place of Birth

San Luis Obispo, California, USA

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 Ex...

Acting

2007

Hairspray

as Link Larkin

2006

High School Musical

as Troy Bolton

2008

Me and Orson Welles

as Richard Samuels

2007

High School Musical 2

as Troy Bolton

2011

2010

Charlie St. Cloud

as Charlie St. Cloud

2009

17 Again

as Mike O'Donnell

2005

The Derby Stallion

as Patrick McCardle

2010

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

as Anakin Skywalker (voice)

2012

The Paperboy

as Jack Jansen

2012

The Lorax

as Ted Wiggins (voice)

2012

2004

Miracle Run

as Steven Morgan

2012

The Lucky One

as Logan Thibault

2012

At Any Price

as Dean Whipple

2014

Neighbors

as Teddy Sanders

2013

Parkland

as Jim Carrico

2024

A Family Affair

as Chris Cole

2016

Dirty Grandpa

as Jason Kelly

2024

2023

The Iron Claw

as Kevin Von Erich

2009

Zac Efron: The Ultimate Idol

as Self (Archived Footage)

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Famous

as Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen

2016

2017

The Disaster Artist

as Dan / 'Chris-R'

2017

Baywatch

as Matt Brody

2014

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Night Business

as Johnny Timothy

2017

The Greatest Showman

as Phillip Carlyle

2019

The Beach Bum

as Flicker

2003

Melinda's World

as Stuart Wasser

2020

Scoob!

as Fred Jones (voice)

2022

Gold

as Virgil

2006

2022

Firestarter

as Andy McGee

2022

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

as John 'Chickie' Donohue

2021

Save Ralph

as Bobby (voice)

Production

2014

That Awkward Moment

as Executive Producer

2020

The Great Global Cleanup

as Executive Producer

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