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Zac Efron Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1987-10-18

Birthplace:
San Luis Obispo, California, USA

Credits:
92 Total Roles

Zac Efron

Acting

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 The Studio TV Zac Efron
2024 A Family Affair MOVIE Chris Cole
2024 NCISverse: The First 1,000 MOVIE Self
2024 Ricky Stanicky MOVIE Dean
2023 The Iron Claw MOVIE Kevin Von Erich
2022 The Greatest Beer Run Ever MOVIE John 'Chickie' Donohue
2022 Firestarter MOVIE Andy McGee
2022 Gold MOVIE Virgil
2020 Down to Earth with Zac Efron TV Self
2020 Scoob! MOVIE Fred Jones (voice)

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