Cast & creator
Zac Efron
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Kelly Clarkson Show
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).
Also known as: Zachary David Alexander Efron, Zachary Efron
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film credits
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television credits
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1975–2026 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (93)
Showing 93 of 93 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
NCIS
Daniel Austin
2003
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
CSI: Miami
Seth Dawson
2002
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
2006
ER
Bobby Neville
1994
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Robot Chicken
Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice)
2005Robot Chicken
Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice)
2005Robot Chicken
Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)
2005
Entourage
Zac Efron
2004
Hot Ones
Self
2015
The Guardian
Luke Tomello
2001
Punk'd
Self
2003
The Lorax
Ted Wiggins (voice)
2012
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Trevor
2005
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
Firefly
Young Simon
2002
Catfish: The TV Show
Self
2012
The Studio
Zac Efron
2025
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
The Greatest Showman
Phillip Carlyle
2017
The Replacements
Davey Hunkerhoff
2006
Summerland
Cameron Bale
2004
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
2014
The Iron Claw
Kevin Von Erich
2023
Baywatch
Matt Brody
2017
17 Again
Mike O'Donnell
2009
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Teddy Sanders
2016
Dirty Grandpa
Jason Kelly
2016
The Lucky One
Logan Thibault
2012
New Year's Eve
Paul
2011
Ricky Stanicky
Dean
2024
A Family Affair
Chris Cole
2024
Disney Channel Games
Self
2006
Neighbors
Teddy Sanders
2014
The Disaster Artist
Dan / 'Chris-R'
2017
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Troy Bolton
2008
Hairspray
Link Larkin
2007
High School Musical
Troy Bolton
2006
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
John 'Chickie' Donohue
2022
Scoob!
Fred Jones (voice)
2020
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Ted Bundy
2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Executive Producer
2019
Human Discoveries
Gary (voice)
2019Human Discoveries
Executive Producer
2019
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Self
2020Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Executive Producer
2020
Charlie St. Cloud
Charlie St. Cloud
2010
We Are Your Friends
Cole
2015
High School Musical 2
Troy Bolton
2007
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Dave Stangle
2016
Firestarter
Andy McGee
2022
Heist
Pizza Delivery Guy
2006
The Paperboy
Jack Jansen
2012
That Awkward Moment
Jason
2014That Awkward Moment
Executive Producer
2014
The Beach Bum
Flicker
2019
Gold
Virgil
2022
Liberal Arts
Nat
2012
Parkland
Jim Carrico
2013
Me and Orson Welles
Richard Samuels
2008
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Self - Actor
2014
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Anakin Skywalker (voice)
2010
At Any Price
Dean Whipple
2012
The Disney Family Singalong
Self
2020
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
Self
2007
Famous
Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
Zac Efron's Pool Party
Self
2009
Miracle Run
Steven Morgan
2004
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
2014
The Great Global Cleanup
Self
2020The Great Global Cleanup
Executive Producer
2020
The Derby Stallion
Patrick McCardle
2005Killing Zac Efron
Killing Zac Efron
Executive Producer
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
Himself
2020
High School Musical: Remix
Troy Bolton
2006Night Business
Johnny Timothy
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
Self
2008
High School Musical Dance-Along
Self
2006
Boundless: The Man Who Became Human
Executive Producer
2026Judgment Day
