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).

Known For

The Studio 2025 ★ 7.7
The Iron Claw 2023 ★ 7.5
Scoob! 2020 ★ 7.0
The Greatest Showman 2017 ★ 7.9
Baywatch 2017 ★ 6.1
Dirty Grandpa 2016 ★ 5.9
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising 2016 ★ 5.8
Neighbors 2014 ★ 6.2
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt 2014 ★ 6.4
The Lorax 2012 ★ 6.5
The Lucky One 2012 ★ 7.2
New Year's Eve 2011 ★ 5.9
17 Again 2009 ★ 6.3
The Replacements 2006 ★ 6.5
High School Musical 2006 ★ 6.5
Robot Chicken 2005 ★ 7.6
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody 2005 ★ 7.6
Entourage 2004 ★ 7.4
Summerland 2004 ★ 6.5
NCIS 2003 ★ 7.6
CSI: Miami 2002 ★ 7.7
Firefly 2002 ★ 8.3
The Guardian 2001 ★ 7.1
ER 1994 ★ 7.8